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Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung Born May 23, 1894 Died June 28, 1967 (aged 73) Occupation Bureaucrat and Politician Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung (23 May 1894 - 28 June 1967) was an Indian bureaucrat and was Secretary to the Executive Council during the Nizam rule.[1] His house konwn as Devdi Mehdi Nawaz Jung, a Grade-I notified heritage building by HMDA.[2][3]
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Early life
Mehdi Nawaz Jung was born in Hyderabad State in a noble family.
Career
Mehdi Nawaz Jung was also the first commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. He contested a general election in 1952 from the Hyderabad constituency and won the election with a very big majority. From the year 1952 to January, 1960, Shri Mehdi Nawaj Jung was a Minister in the former Hyderabad State and then in Andhra Pradesh Government, holding various portfolios such as Public Works Department, Roads & Buildings Department, Irrigation & Power, etc.[4]
He was instrumental in setting up Niloufer Hospital in Hyderabad. He died on 28 June 1967.
Personal life
Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung was married and had three sons.
Positions held
- Secretary, Executive Council - Hyderabad State 1926
- First Municipal Commissioner - MCH
- Member of Parliament from Hyderabad 1952 and 1959
- Governor of Gujarat - 1960
References
- ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-16/hyderabad/29891727_1_hmda-hyderabad-metropolitan-development-authority-heritage-conservation-committee
- ^ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hmda-blames-ghmc-for-heritage-buildings-razing/176252-60-121.html
- ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-17/hyderabad/29896335_1_house-owner-hmda-heritage-structures
- ^ http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=60
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