25th May 1999 is the Red Letter Day for the country. It was on that day that
the Nationalist leaders Shri Sharad Pawar, Shri Tariq Anwar with hundreds
of their political supporters assembled at No. 6, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj
Road, New Delhi and took the historic decision to form a new Political
Party under the name 'Nationalist Congress Party'. Shri Sharad Pawar was
elected President and Shri Tariq Anwar, General Secretary of the party.
Among various other prestigious portfolio's headed, he held the following positions
:
| July 2004 |
Elected to Rajya Sabha |
| 1998-99 |
Member,
Twelfth Lok Sabha |
| 1996-98 |
Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha |
| 1985-89 |
Member,
Eighth Lok Sabha |
| 1980-85 |
Member,
Seventh Lok Sabha |
Shri. Anwar firmly supports and believes that NCP's idelogy is of holistic
democracy anchored on Gandhian secularism, equity, social justice and federalism
based
National Unity.
| Delhi Residence:
G-21 Nizamuddin West,
New Delhi-110013.
Telefax: 011-24350886, 24353471
|
Patna Residence:
Park View, Bhanwar Pokhar,
Patna - 800 004.
Tel : 0612-671485
|
Mumbai
Residence:
Flat
No. 34, 9th Floor, Asha Co-operative Housing
Society,
Malawni, Malad (W), Mumbai - 400 0067 (Maharashtra)
|
Shri Anwar
belongs
to a reputed family of Bihar and remained associated with
freedom struggle. Grandfather Barrister Shah Mohd.
Zubair was the President of Bihar-Orissa Pradesh Congress
Committee way back in 1930's. He was Member of Council
of States from Bihar. Father Late Shah Mushtaque Ahmed
was Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was also President
of Anjuman Taraqui Urdu, Chairman of Bihar Urdu Academy
and Chairman of Bihar State Sunni Waqf Board. Started career
as a Journalist and was Founder Editor of a weekly tabloid
CHHATRA which was publisehd in Hindi from Patna in 1972-74.
He was Editor of YUVAK DHARA first a weekly tabloid and
later a fortnightly magazine which started publication
in Patna from 1974 and then published from Delhi from 1982.
He was also Editor of Tanzeem Times a monthly magazine
published in English from New Delhi from 1986. He was also
Chief Editor SADAKAT VANI a monthly magazine published
in Hindi from Patna from 1988. Presently he is the Editor-in-Chief
of RASHTRAWADI SANKALP a fortnightly newspaper published
in Hindi from New Delhi since 2001.
More on Shri Anwar:
• President, Bihar State Youth Congress (I) from 1976 to
1981.
• General Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I) from
1981 to 1982.
• Joint Secretary, Indian National Congress under the
Presidentship of Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, from 23rd March,
1982 to 19th September, 1982.
• President, All India Youth Congress (I) from 19th
September, 1982 to 24th April, 1985.
• Chairman, All India Congress Seva Dal (I) from 24th
September, 1985 to 11th May, 1988.
• President, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (I) from
5th March, 1988 to 7th March, 1989.
• Chairman, AICC Minority Cell from 27th September,
1993 to December 1996.
• Political Secretary to Congress President from December
1996 to 4th September, 1997.
• Working Chairman, Bihar State 20 Point Implementation
Committee from Ist June, 1988 to 19th June, 1989.
• Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee enquiring
Bofors Gun Deal.
• Working Chairman, Bihar State 15 Point Implementation
Committee for Welfare of Minorities from 20th June, 1989
to November, 1990.
• Elected as Member Congress Working Committee on 10th
August, 1997.
• Appointment General Secretary, All India Congress
Committee on 4th September, 1997.
• Re-appointed as General Secretary, All India Congress
Committee in June 1998 by the Congress President, Mrs.
Sonia Gandhi and worked as General Secretary till 3rd
February, 1999.
• Appointed General Secretary, Nationalist Congress
Party by its President Shri Sharad Pawar on 23rd May,
1999 and continuing till date.
Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic
and Scientific Accomplishment
and other Special Interests:
(i) Founder President, All India Qaumi Tanzeem, a
registered Social organisation working for the welfare
of weaker sections and minorities since 1986.
(ii) Founder Chairman, Yasmin Foundation, a registered
Charitable Trust.
(iii) Founder President of Jan Astha a registered
Social Organisation.
Sports,
Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation:
(i) Member, National Sports Club of India, Delhi
(ii) Member, India International Centre, New Delhi.
(iii) Member, India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi.
Deeply interested in sports especially in Badminton,
Table Tennis and Cricket.
Countries visited USA, Canada, Germany, France, Holland,
Italy, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine,
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Thailand.
