| Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 5th President of India | |
| In office 24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Vice President | Basappa Danappa Jatti |
| Preceded by | V. V. Giri |
| Succeeded by | Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1905 Delhi, British India (now in India) |
| Died | 11 February 1977 (aged 71) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Begum Abida Ahmed |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge St. Stephen's College, Delhi |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Islam |
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was born on 13 May 1905, at the Hauz Qazi area of Old Delhi, India.[2] His father, Col. Zalnur Ali Ahmed, was the first Assamese person to have an M.D. (Master of Doctor) degree and also the first one fromNorth-East India. His mother was a daughter of the Nawab of Loharu.Ahmed's grandfather, Khaliluddin Ali Ahmed, was from Kacharighat nearGolaghat, Assam, and hailed from a well-known Assamese Muslim family.
Ahmed was educated at the Government High School in Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh, and matriculated from the Delhi Government High School. He attended St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple of London and began legal practice in theLahore High Court in 1928.
Political years
He met Jawaharlal Nehru in England in 1925. He joined the Indian National Congressand actively participated in the Indian freedom movement. In 1942 he was arrested in the Quit India movement and sentenced to 3 1/2 years' imprisonment. He was a member of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 1936 and of AICC from 1947 to 74, and remained the Minister of Finance, Revenue and labour in the 1938Gopinath Bordoloi Ministry.
After Independence he was elected to the Rajya Sabha (1952–1953) and thereafter became Advocate-General of the Government of Assam. He was elected on Congress ticket to the Assam Legislative Assembly on two terms (1957–1962) and (1962–1967).
Subsequently, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Barpeta constituency, Assam in 1967 and again in 1971. In the Central Cabinet he was given important portfolios relating to Food and Agriculture, Cooperation, Education, Industrial Development and Company Laws.
Picked for the presidency by the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, in 1974, and on 20 August 1974, he became the second Muslim to be elected President. He is known to have issued the proclamation of emergency by signing the papers at midnight after a meeting with Indira Gandhi the same day. He used his constitutional authority as head of state to allow her to rule by decree once Emergency in India was proclaimed in 1975. He is well known among Indian diplomats for his visit to Sudan in 1975 where the whole town showed up to see him. He was the second Indian president to die in office, on 11 February 1977. Today his grave lies right across Parliament of India, next to Sunhari Masjid, at Sansas chowk, in New Delhi.
Honors
He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Pristina, in Kosovo, in 1975, during his visit to Yugoslavia.
He was elected President of the Assam Football Association and the Assam Cricket Association for several terms; he was also the Vice-President of the Assam Sports Council.
In April 1967, he was elected President of the All India Cricket Association. He was a member of the Delhi Golf Club and the Delhi Gymkhana Club from 1961. In 1942 he was arrested in the Quit India movement and sentenced to 3 1/2 years' imprisonment. He was a member of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 1936 and of AICC from 1947 to 74, and remained the Minister of Finance, Revenue and labour in the 1938 Gopinath Bordoloi Ministry and he is the first president to istablished the industrial act.
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