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Sadath Ali Khan

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Sadath Ali Khan
Ambassador of India to Turkey
In office
March 1966 – February 1967
Ambassador of India to Iraq
In office
1962–1965
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1952–1957
ConstituencyIbrahimpatnam
In office
1957–1962
Preceded byPendyal Raghava Rao
Succeeded byBakar Ali Mirza
ConstituencyWarangal
Personal details
Born16 September 1919
Hyderabad, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSakina Begum
Alma materUniversity of Oxford

Sadath Ali Khan was an Indian political and member of first and second Lok Sabha. He represented Warangal parliamentary constituency from 1952 to 1962. A member of the Indian National Congress, he also served as a secretary to the government of India from 1953 to 57.

He later served as the Indian Ambassador to Iraq (1962-1965)[1] and Turkey (1966-1967).[2] He died during his tenure in Turkey.

Biography

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He was born to Nawab Zain Yar Jung and Begum Ruqqaiya on 16 September 1916 in Hyderabad, India.[3] He studied at Nizam College, Hyderabad and later at Oxford University. As a writer and journalist, he wrote poems in Urdu and English, and translated some uncertain literary works of English into Urdu. He wrote his memoirs, Brief Thanksgiving, in 1959.

He was married to Sakina Begum, with whom he had a son, Shujaat, and a daughter, Suroor.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Embassy of India, Baghdad, Iraq : List of previous Ambassadors of India to Iraq". www.eoibaghdad.gov.in. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Embassy of India, Ankara, Türkiye : Indian Ambassadors to Türkiye". www.indembassyankara.gov.in. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Parliament of India, Lok Sabha. 5 June 1947. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Shri Sadath Ali Khan political profile". ENTRANCEINDIA. Retrieved 12 August 2021.