Ghulam Nabi Azad Age, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Politician
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Politics
Political Party	• Democratic Azad Party (September 2022-present) [1]India Today • Indian National Congress (1973-August 2022)
Political Journey	• 1973: Joined Indian National Congress as the secretary for the Block Congress Committee in Bhalessa • 1975: Nominated as the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress • 1980: Appointed as the President of the All-India Youth Congress • 1982: Appointed in Central Government as Deputy Minister in charge of Law, Justice and Company Affairs Ministry • 1983-1984: Served as the Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting • 1984: Appointed as the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha • 1984-1986: Served as the Minister of State- Parliamentary Affairs • 1986: Minister of State- Home Affairs • October 1986-1987: Minister of State- Food and Civil Supplies • 1989: Member of the Rajya Sabha • June 1991- December 1992: Union Minister- Parliamentary Affairs • January 1993- May 1996: Union Minister- Parliamentary Affairs • January 1993- May 1996: Union Minister- Civil Aviation and Tourism • 1996: Appointed as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir • 2002: Member of the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir • May 2004-October 2005: Union Minister- Parliamentary Affairs • May 2004- October 2005: Union Minister- Urban Development • 2005: Resigned as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha • 2005: Appointed as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir • 2005-2008: Served as the 7th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir • 2008: Elected as the MLA of the Bhaderwah Assembly constituency • 2009: Appointed as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare • 2015: Appointed as the Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha • 2015-2021: Served as the leader of opposition • 2022: Resigned from the Congress party • 26 September 2022: Launched his own party named Democratic Azad Party in Jammu and Kashmir
Award	In March 2022, Ghulam Nabi Azad received Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind.
Personal Life
Date of Birth	7 March 1949 (Monday)
Age (as of 2022)	73 Years
Birthplace	Soti village, Gandoh, Jammu and Kashmir
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Gandoh, Jammu and Kashmir
School	Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education, Srinagar
College/University	• Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu an Kashmir • University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
Educational Qualification(s) [2]My Neta	• Bachelor of Science at Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu an Kashmir • Master's degree in Zoology (1972) at University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
Address	House No. 9, Hyderpora Byepass, District Badgam, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Controversy	In 2022, when Azad's name was nominated for Padma Bhushan, there were many rumours on social media that BJP was trying to convenience him to join BJP. Many congress leaders said that it was strange that Congress party could not recognize his social work, but BJP did. After all these allegations on him, he took to social media to clarify the blames and said, Some mischievous propaganda being circulated by some people to create confusion. Nothing has been removed or added to my twitter profile.The profile is as it was earlier." [3]The Hindu
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	Year, 1980
Family
Wife/Spouse	Shameem Dev Azad (Kashmiri singer)
Children	Son- Saddam Nabi Azad Daughter- Sofiya Nabi Azad
Parents	Father- Rahamatullah Batt Mother- Basa Begum
Siblings	Brother- 3 • Liaqat Ali (politician) • Ghulam Ali Azad (politician) • Ghulam Qadir Bhatt (politician) Sister-Shakeela Begum
Money Factor
Assets/Properties	Movable Assets • Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies: Rs. 2,03,33,590 • Jewellery: Rs. 10,26,000 [4]My Neta
Net Worth	Rs. 4,13,89,590 [5]My Neta

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ghulam Nabi Azad

• Ghulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician and a former member of the Indian National Congress. He was the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2005-2008) and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare (2009-2014). On 26 August 2022, he resigned from the party because of his resentment toward the party leaders.

• Azad was part of the INC for more than four decades.
  

  Ghulam Nabi Azad with Indira Gandhi

• Azad served as a member of the Congress Parliamentary Board headed by Rajiv Gandhi till his death in May 1991.
  

  Ghulam Nabi Azad with Rajiv Gandhi

• In 2005, he was the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs under the Manmohan Singh government.
  

  An old image of Ghulam Nabi Azad with Dr. Manmohan Singh

• In 2012, he was appointed as the Health Minister of India. He expanded the National Rural Health Mission all across India, and also launched a National Urban Health Mission for the urban poor. During one of his interactions with the media, he suggested that people should get married between the age of 25 and 30 to control the population. He also suggested that due to the lack of electricity in rural areas, people tend to produce more babies. In a statement, he said,
  

  If there is electricity in every village, people will watch TV till late night and then fall asleep. They won”t get a chance to produce children. When there is no electricity, there is nothing else to do but produce babies.”

  

  Ghulam Nabi Azad giving lecture on National Rural Health Mission 2012

• In 2021, when Azad’s tenure as a member of Rajya Sabha ended, Prime minister Narendra Modi got teary-eyed while talking about him. During the speech, he said,
  

  There was a terrorist attack and eight people in Gujarat were killed. The first call I received was from Ghulam Nabi ji. The call was not just to inform me of the incident, but his tears were not stopping on the phone. It was of concern, like a family member.”

• During his farewell from Rajya Sabha, Azad said that he was proud of being a Hindustani Muslim. In the speech, he said,
  

  I am among those fortunate people who never went to Pakistan. When I read about circumstances in Pakistan, I feel proud to be a Hindustani Muslim. If any Muslim should feel proud in the world, it should be the Indian Muslim. Over the years, we have seen how Muslims countries from Afghanistan to Iraq getting destroyed. There are no Hindus or Christians there – they are fighting amongst themselves.”

• On 16 August 2022, Azad resigned from the post of chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress campaign committee. In an interview, one of the members of the party talked about Azad leaving the committee and said,
  

  The newly constituted campaign committee has ignored the aspirations of the party’s grassroot workers in J&K. Injustice has been meted out to them. That’s why Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned as he was unsatisfied with the committee.”

• In June 2022, he said his name should not be on Congress’ Rajya Sabha nominations. In an interview, while talking about this, he said,
  

  Today a generation gap has come between the youth running the party and us. There is a difference between our thinking and their thinking. So the youth are not willing to work with the party veterans.”

• On 26 August 2022, he resigned from all positions including primary membership of the Indian National Congress. In his resignation letter, he stated Rahul Gandhi was the reason for the destruction of the party. He further said that Rahul Gandhi was appointed vice-president of the party in 2013 and all senior and experienced leaders were sidelined. On 28 August 2022, he said that he would not join BJP after rumours of him joining BJP surfaced.

• He is often considered the ‘crisis manager’ of the Congress party.

• In 2022, when he received the Padma Bhushan award, he said,
  

  I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.”