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Shaikh Shamim Ahmed

Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (Marathi मराठी : शेख़ शमीम अहमद Urdu : شیخ شمیم احمد اعظمی, born 20 March 1938) is a politician and social worker from Bombay, India. In 1980, he was elected as an MLA from the Mumbai Chinchpokli Constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate.

Early life
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed, the son of Shaikh Azizur Rahman, was born into a family of landlords in the small town of Sudanipur, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Career
In 1980, Ahmed was elected as an MLA from the Mumbai Chinchpokli Constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.

Maharashtra Assembly Results 1980

Constituency : 25 . CHINCHPOKLI

NAME                              GENDER     PARTY               VOTES

1. SHAIKH SHAMIM AHMED   M          INC(I)                  17512
2 . KAVISKAR S. T.             M          INDEPENDENT         9363
3 . SHAMIM AHMED (TARIQ) M          INDEPENDENT          5720
4 . KHAN M. N.                  M          JANATA PARTY (SEC) 1304

ELECTORS : 115834 VOTERS : 34346 POLL PERCENTAGE : 29.65% VALID VOTES : 33899

Positions held

1978-1980 – General Secretary ,B.R.C.C.(I) Minority Cell.
1978-1990 – Vice President Bombay Central South District Congress Comittee.

Political and social activities

In 1977 at the call of “Jail bharo andolan” (fill up the jails) in support of Indira Gandhi, (former Prime Minister of India) Ahmed took the initiative and courted arrest with 96 supporters at Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. He was sentenced to three days imprisonment and sent to Varanasi Central jail. He contested general elections for the Assembly in 1978 as a Congress (I) candidate.