Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XII Lok Sabha








ANWAR, SHRI TARIQ
[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - KATIHAR (BIHAR)]


Father's Name Shri Shah Mushtaque Ahmed Date of Birth 16 January 1951 Place of Birth Patna (Bihar) Marital Status Widower (Married on 31 October 1980) Spouse's Name Late Smt. Yasmin Anwar Children One daughter Educational Qualifications B.Sc. Educated at College of Commerce, Patna (Bihar) Profession Political and Social Worker Permanent Address Park View, Bhanwar Pokhar, Patna-800 004 (Bihar) Tels. (0612) 671485, 674143 Present Address 64, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 Tels. (011) 4633471, 4633886 Positions Held 1976-82President, Youth Congress (I), Bihar 1980Elected to 7th Lok Sabha 1981-82General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress 1982Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee(Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)] 1982-85President, All India Youth Congress (I) 1984Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1985-87Chairman, All India Congress Seva Dal (I) 1987-88Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to Enquire into Bofors Contract 1988-89Working Chairman, Bihar State 20-Point Programme Implementation Committee 1989-90Working Chairman, Bihar State 15-Point Implementation Committee for Welfare of Minorities 1993-96Chairman, [A.I.C.C.(I)], Minority Cell 1996Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1996General-Secretary, [A.I.C.C.(I)] onwards 1996-97Member, Committee on Energy 1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1998-99Member, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committee-II on Coal Member, Joint Committee on the functioning of Wakf Boards Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications Social and Cultural Activities Upliftment/welfare of minorities and weaker sections Special Interests Social service, meeting people of all walks of life and journalism Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading books, magazines and newspapers and watching TV programmes Sports and Clubs Good player of table tennis and cricket; Member, National Sports Club of India (NSCI) Countries Visited Widely travelled (15 countries) Other Information President, All India Qaumi Tanzeem; Member, (i) Court of Jamia Millia Islamia, 1998-99; and (ii) Board of Trustee of India Islamic Cultural Centre

Election Result of Katihar Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 10,37,246 Total votes polled 7,14,052 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Tariq Anwar (I.N.C.) 3,37,360 (2) Shri Nikhil Kumar Choudhary (B.J.P.) 3,16,923 (3) Shri Sakil Ahamad Kha (J.D.) 25,144 (4) Shri Fazlur Rahaman (B.J.C.) 6,552
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