Najma Heptulla
Politician
1940 –
Who is Najma Heptulla?
Dr. Najma Heptulla is vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, an Indian politician and was a Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan from July 2004 to July 2010. She was nominated by the BJP for the upper house in 2012 from Madhya Pradesh, and assumed her office on 24 April 2012, taking oath in chaste Urdu.
She is the grand-niece of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a prominent Indian freedom fighter, a strong proponent of united India, and its first Minister of Education after Independence. She is also a second cousin to prominent Indian actor Aamir Khan. She contested the 13th Vice-Presidential Elections held in August 2007 but lost to Hamid Ansari in the by 233 votes.
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- Born
- Apr 13, 1940
Bhopal - Spouses
- Shri Akbarali A. Heptulla
(1966/12/07 - )
- Shri Akbarali A. Heptulla
- Religion
- Islam
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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