Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Pondicherry (Pondicherry )
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Party Name :
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Indian National Congress(INC)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Shri M.O. Hasan Kuthoos Maricar
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Seyed Sultangani
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Date of Birth
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06.09.1937
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Place of Birth
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Karikal (Pondicherry)
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Marital Status
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Widower
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Date of Marriage
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09 Oct 1960
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Spouse’s Name
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Late Smt. S.A. Kadhija Nachiyal
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A. (Economics)
Educated at Loyola College, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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64, Saffron Street,
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Pondicherry- 605 001
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0413-331200,331579
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Present Address |
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10, Pandit Pant Marg,
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New Delhi – 110001
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(011) 23357009
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Position Held |
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1964-91
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Member, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly
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1964-67 and 1980-85
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Speaker, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly (two terms)
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1967-68, 1969-74 and 1985-90
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Chief Minister, Pondicherry (three terms)
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March-Dec. 1990
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Leader of Opposition, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly
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1991
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Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
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1991-96
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Member, Joint Committee to Enquire into Irregularities in Securities and
Banking Transactions
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology
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Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs
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June 1991- Dec. 1992
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Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation and Tourism
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme
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Special Interests
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Books, women welfare and upliftment of the downtrodden
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, sports, social work and horticulture
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Sports and Clubs
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Tennis; Member, Circle-de-Pondicherry
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Countries Visited
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Australia, France, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, U.K., U.S.A. and erstwhile U.S.S.R.; attended
World Tamil Conference at Paris, 1970, Disarmament Conference at Vienna; attended a Seminar
at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University, U.S.A.; Deputy Leader and
Leader, Haj Goodwill Delegation in 1987 and 1989 respectively; visited Syria in 1991 for signing
a protocol on Tourism
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Other Information
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Participated in struggle for liberation of Pondicherry as a student, during 1953-54 when
Pondicherry was a French colony; Member, Central Haj Committee, Mumbai, 1975-2000
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Reference: Loksabha