Former Chief Minister of Assam Syeda Anwara Taimur passed away in Australia on Monday. She lost her life at the age of 84.
She was the one and only woman chief minister of Assam. The former CM was residing in Australia with her son for the past few years. She was ailing for a long period of time.
Daughter of former President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Syeda AnwaraTaimur was the chief minister of Assam from December 6, 1980, to June 30, 1981. She was also a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
From 1983 to 1985 she was the PWD minister of the same state. Taimur was a lecturer in Economics in Debicharan Barua Girls College, Jorhat in 1956. She was an elected member of the Assam Assembly in 1972, 1978, 1983, and 1991. In 1988 she was nominated to the Indian Parliament. In 1991 she was appointed to the post of Minister for Agriculture in Assam.
Her death has been widely mourned cutting across party lines.