Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (born 1 July 1920) is an Indian politician. He served as Governor of Bihar and Haryana states. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian parliament from 2000-2004.
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He was born in 1920 in Baragaon village of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh.[1],[2]
He studied B.A. at Jamia Millia Islamia University, 1940, M.Sc. at University of Illinois, USA, 1948 and Ph.D. at Cornell University, USA, 1950.[2]
Kidwai was Chairman of Union Public Service Commission-UPSC, Government of India from 1974 to 1977. He was Governor of Bihar twice, from 1979 to 1985 and 1993 to 1998, and Governor of West Bengal from 1998 to 1999.[1],[2]
He was Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, from 1983 to 1992[2] and has also been the director of the Jammu & Kashmir Bank[3].
Kidwai was a member of the Rajya Sabha from January 2000 to July 2004. He was the Governor of Haryana from 7 July 2004 to 27 July 2009.[1] After Pratibha Patil's resignation as Governor of Rajasthan in June 2007, he was asked to take over that position as well,[4] serving as Governor of the state until S. K. Singh took office on September 6, 2007.[5]. He wrote forward to the book Syed Zahoor Qasim — The Man, Mission, and Milestones by Meher Fatima.[6]
On January 25, 2011 Kidwai was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.[7] The award was for his contribution towards Public Affairs[8]
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Union Deputy Minister, Railways 1974 – 1976 |
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Union Deputy Minister, Commerce 1976 – 1977 |
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Governor of Bihar 1979 – 1985 |
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Governor of Bihar 1993 – 1998 |
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| Preceded by Om Prakash Verma |
Governor of Haryana July 2004 – July 2009 |
Succeeded by Jagannath Pahadia |
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Governor of Rajasthan (acting) June 2007 – September 2007 |
Succeeded by S. K. Singh |
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