Shakeelur Rahman

Shakeelur Rehman (18 February 1931 – 9 May 2016) was an Indian politician and Urdu-language writer. He served as Minister of Health and Family Welfare in Chandra Shekhar government. His father Khan Bahadur Muhammad Jan was a Government lawyer in British India.

Life and career He studied at Patna University, where he gained a B.A. with First Class Honors, an M.A. with First Class Honors and a D.Litt. He remained attached to the University of Kashmir as Professor and Head of the Department of Urdu. He also served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bihar (1978–1989), Kashmir University (1987) and L.N. Mithila University (1987–1988). In November 1990, he was one of the 64 MPs who left Janata Dal and formed Chandra Shekhar government. In January 1991, Lok Sabha speaker Rabi Ray disqualified him from Lok Sabha, along with 7 other MPs under the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India. Shakeelur Rehman died on 9 May 2016 at Gurgaon in Haryana near New Delhi.