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Father's Name
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Late Shri A.B. Atta Koya Thangal
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Umma Bi
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Date of Birth
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10 May 1941
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Place of Birth
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Androth Island (Lakshadweep)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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04 Jan 1967
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. A.B. Rahmath Sayeed
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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7
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Educational
Qualifications
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B.Com., LL.B.
Educated at Government Arts College, Mangalore (Karnataka) and Sidhartha College of Law, Bombay (Maharashtra)
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Profession
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Advocate
Social Worker
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Permanent Address
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Padannatha House Androth,
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Lakshadweep- 682551
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(04893)32244,32255
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Present Address
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3, G.R.G. Road,
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New Delhi - 110001
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(011) 23792358
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Positions Held
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1967
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Elected to 4th Lok Sabha
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1967-71
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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1968-69
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Member, Joint Committee on Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition),
Bill, 1967
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1969-70
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General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress
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1971
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Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1971-72
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Member, Committee on Petitions
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1971-74
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Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of
Parliament
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1972-73
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Member, Joint Committee on Companies (Amendment) Bill, 1972
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1972-75
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
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1973
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Member, Joint Committee on Constitution (Thirty-Second Amendment) Bill, 1973 on Amendment in Ninth Schedule of the Constitution
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1973-74
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Treasurer, Parliamentary Forum for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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1974-76
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Member, Committee on Government Assurance
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1976-77
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Member, Consultative Committee constituted under Tamil Nadu State Legislature
(Delegation of Powers) Act, 1976
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1977
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Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1977-79
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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1979-80
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Union Minister of State, Steel, Coal and Mines
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1980 onwards
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Member, Lakshadweep Territorial Congress Committee
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1984
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Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1984-86
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Member, Joint Committee on Shipping Agents (Licensing), Bill
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1984-88
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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1985-86
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Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
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1986 onwards
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Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira)[A.I.C.C.(I)]
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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1990-91
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
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1990-91
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Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
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1990-96
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Member, Rules Committee
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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1991-92
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Panel of Chairmen
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1991-93
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Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Seventy-Second
Amendment) Bill, 1991
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Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party (Indira)[C.P.P.(I)]
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1991-95
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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1992-93
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport
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1992-94
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to Enquire into Irregularities in
Securities and Banking Transactions
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1993-95
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Union Minister of State, Home Affairs
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1995-96
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Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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1996 onwards
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Deputy Chief-Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party
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1996-97
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Member, Panel of Chairmen
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1996-97
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Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (9th term)
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17 Dec. 1998-99
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Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament
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Chairman, Committee on Private Members`Bills and Resolutions
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Chairman, Committee on Budget of Lok Sabha
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Chairman, Library Committee
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (10th term)
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27 Oct.1999- 6 Feb. 2004
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Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha (Second term)
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24 Dec. 1999 - 2004
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Member, Congress Working Committee
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Chairman, Library Committee
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Chairman, Committee on Private Members` Bills and Resolutions
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Knows eight languages, viz. English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Tulu and Beary
Basa
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Associated with various social and cultural activities of Lakshadweep; instrumental in conducting inter
-state cultural programmes, Lakshadweep festivals in various places and promoting folk arts Parichakkali,
Kolkali and Lava dances, etc
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Special Interests
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Social Work, labour welfare, upliftment of the poor, the downtrodden and the people belonging to
minorities;
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, music, public service and computer network
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Sports and Clubs
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Football, badminton and chess
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled (30 countries); Member, Indian Delegation to the 24th Session, UN General Assembly,
1969; and 36th Session, UN General Assembly, 1982; represented India at U.N. Special Session on
Minicoy Islands 1977; Leader, Goodwill Delegation to erstwhile G.D.R., 1970; Member (i) Indian
Parliamentary Delegation to 59th I.P.U. Conference, Paris, 1971; Lome (Togo), 1985; Moscow
(former U.S.S.R.), 1988; and to 100th I.P.U. Conference, Moscow, 1998 (ii) International Solidarity
Conference of World Peace Council, Basel, Switzerland, 1979; (iii) Government of India Haj Delegation,
1988 and its Leader, 1993; (iv) Indian Delegation to Non-aligned Youth Conference, Algiers; and
represented A.I.C.C. (I) to Baghdad on the occasion of Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Arab Baath
Socialist Party; Indian Delegation to SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians Conference, Pakistan
and India-China Friendship Society Delegation to China; Led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to
the 3rd International Forum for Parliamentarians and Local Authorities: Tourism Policy Makers in the
21st Century, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2000
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Other Information
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Chairman, Advisory Board, Non-aligned Congress of Youth; Member (i) Central Haj Committee,
1968-70; (ii) Central Haj Advisory Board, 1970-71; (iii) National Welfare of Seafares Board,
1974-77; (iv) Island Development Authority, 1984-88; and (v) Court, Jamia Millia Islamia,
since 1990
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