Gulsher Ahmad

Gulsher Ahmad
9th Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office
1993–1993
Member of Lok Sabha
ConstituencySatna
Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
ConstituencyAmarpatan
Personal details
Born(1921-08-03)3 August 1921
Died20 May 2002(2002-05-20) (aged 80)
PartyIndian National Congress
ChildrenSayeed Ahmad (son)
OccupationBarrister, Politician

Gulsher Ahmed (3 August 1921[1] – 20 May 2002[2]) was a leader of the Indian National Congress. He studied in England and became a barrister. He was speaker Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, MLA and also MP from Satna Lok Sabha constituency. He was the 9th governor of Himachal Pradesh in 1993. He hailed from Madhya Pradesh. He contested from Amarpatan constituency for state assembly. He died in 2002 in Satna.

His son Sayeed Ahmad was also an MLA and became minister of state (finance and commercial tax).

Gulsher Ahmad had to resign from governor post when the Election Commission indicted him for campaigning for his son.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Rajya Sabha" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Uncorrected Debates-15072002".
  3. ^ Sahara Time