Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Bangalore North
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 8 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri C. Abdul Kareem
Mother's Name : Smt. Zahera Bie
Date of birth : 03 Nov 1933
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1971 Elected to 5th Lok Sabha1977 Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1980-84 Union Minister of State, Railways1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (4th term)Nov.-Dec. 1984 Union Minister of State, Irrigation1988-89 Union Minister of State, Coal1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (5th term)1989-90 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministries of Health, Energy, Atomic Energy and Home Affairs1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term)1991-95 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension SchemeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (8th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Committee on Energy and Convenor of its Sub-Committee ‘A’ on Atomic Energy
More Information :
Special Interests
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and travelling
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, Haj Goodwill Delegations to Saudi Arabia, 1975 and 1980
Other Information
Life Member, Central Muslim Association of Karnataka; Member, Central Haj Committee and Informal Consultative Committee of MPs from Karnataka; Member, Court of Aligarh Muslim University
