| Name(s) |
FAKHRUDDIN ALI
AHMED |
| Date of
Birth |
May 13, 1905
– Delhi, India. |
| Date of
Death |
February 11, 1977
– New Delhi, India. |
|
Identity |
The fifth President of India
from 1974 to 1977. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He began legal practice in the
Lahore High Court in 1928.
- Soon, he joined the Indian
National Congress and actively
participated in the Indian freedom
movement.
- In 1942 he was arrested for
participating in the Quit India
movement and was sentenced to 3 1/2
years' imprisonment.
- He was a member of the Assam
Pradesh Congress Committee and
remained the Minister of Finance,
Revenue and labour in the 1938
Gopinath Bordoloi Ministry.
- After Independence he was
elected to the Rajya Sabha
(1952–1953) and thereafter became
Advocate-General of the Government
of Assam.
- Subsequently, he was
elected to the Lok Sabha from the
Barpeta constituency, Assam in 1967
and again in 1971.
- In the Central Cabinet he was
given important portfolios relating
to Food and Agriculture,
Cooperation, Education, Industrial
Development and Company Laws.
- On 24 August 1974,
he was elected as President of
India.
- He is known to have issued the
proclamation of emergency in 1975.
- He also used his constitutional
authority to allow Indira Gandhi to
rule by decree after proclamation of
emergency.
- In April 1967, he was elected
President of the All India Cricket
Association.
- He was awarded an honorary
doctorate by the University of
Pristina, in Kosovo in 1975, during
his visit to Yugoslavia.
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