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Tariq Anwar is listed as Lok Sabha MP for Katihar, Bihar.
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Read the source ↗B.Sc. from Commerce College, Patna, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya in year 1972
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · INC(I) · 138,099 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · INC · 229,883 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · INC · 235,604 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · INC · 150,808 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · INC · 267,927 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · INC · 337,360 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · NCP · 144,059 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · NCP · 286,357 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · NCP · 255,819 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · NCP · 431,292 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Bihar · INC · 502,220 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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| Election | Seat & party | Outcome | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · INC(I) | Won | 138,099 |
| 1984 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · INC | Won | 229,883 |
| 1989 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · INC | Position 2 | 235,604 |
| 1991 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · INC | Position 2 | 150,808 |
| 1996 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · INC | Won | 267,927 |
| 1998 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · INC | Won | 337,360 |
| 1999 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · NCP | Position 2 | 144,059 |
| 2004 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · NCP | Position 2 | 286,357 |
| 2009 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · NCP | Position 2 | 255,819 |
| 2014 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · NCP | Won | 431,292 |
| 2019 · Lok Sabha ↗ | KATIHARBihar · INC | Position 2 | 502,220 |
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The cited biography records Tariq Anwar’s date of birth as 16 January 1951. The birthplace is recorded as Patna, Bihar.
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.Sc. Educated at College of Commerce, Patna, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya College of Commerce, Patna, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. The professional background is listed as SOCIAL WORKER.
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 1972-74: President, Pirbahory, Thana Congress Committee. A later recorded entry is 25 Feb 2026 Onwards: Member, India– Saudi Arabia Parliamentary Friendship Group. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
His family has been associated with the freedom struggle; His grandfather, Barrister Shah Zubair represented Bihar in Council of States. He was an eminent freedom fighter, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was President of Bihar and Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee. His father, Late Shah Mustaque Ahmed was Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was Chairman of Bihar State Sunni Waqf Board and Bihar State Urdu Academy; started career as a journalist; Founder Editor, Chhatra, a Fortnightly tabloid in Hindi published from Patna, 1972-74; Editor, Yuvak Dhara, first a weekly tabloid and later a fortnightly magazine published from Patna from 1974 and later published form Delhi since 1982; Editor, Tanzeem Times, a monthly magazine in English published from New Delhi since 1986; Chief Editor, Sadakat Vani, a monthly magazine in Hindi published from Patna since 1988; Founder Editor, Rashtrawadi Sankalp, a weekly newspaper in Hindi published from Mumbai since 2001. He visited diferent countries • Represented as a member of Indian Delegation of World Youth festival in Cuba in 1978. • Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation headed by the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha at the Inter Parliamentary Conference held in Ottawa (Canada) in 1985. • Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the Inter Parliamentary Conference held in Bulgaria in 1987. • Member, Indian Goodwill Haj Delegation to Saudi Arabia in 1988. • Member of the Indian Delegation to the United Nations, October, 2006. • Member of the Indian Delegation to the 63rd Annual Session of United Nations General Assembly, October, 2008. • Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to participate in the Meeting of Standing Committee on Political Affairs and ad-hoc working Group on ICT of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly held in 2010 in Tehran (Ran). • Participated in World Agriculture Ministers` Conference at Berlin (Germany) in 2013 & 2014. • Participated in Asian Agriculture Ministers` Conference at Bangkok (Thailand) in 2014. • Visited Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, France, Germany, Holland, Iran, Italy, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand, U.A.E., U.K., Ukraine and U.S.A. as member of Parliamentary Delegation and in other capacities.
Member, Committee on Privileges
Source ↗Member, India– Saudi Arabia Parliamentary Friendship Group
Source ↗Member, committee on Railways
Source ↗Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Source ↗Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Source ↗Member, Committee on Government Assurance
Source ↗Member, General Purposes Committee
Source ↗Member, Court of Jamia Milia Islamia
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Labour
Source ↗Member (Special Invitee), Business Advisory Committee
Source ↗Elected as Leader of Nationalist Congress Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha
Source ↗Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)May, 2014
Source ↗Served as Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Source ↗Member, Central Wakf Council Convener: Sub-Committee on the Admn. of Union Territories
Source ↗Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Source ↗Member, Select Committee on the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010
Source ↗Member, Committee on Ethics and Public Accounts Committee
Source ↗Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table, Rajya Sabha
Source ↗Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha
Source ↗Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd Term)July 2010
Source ↗Leader, NCP Party in Rajya Sabha
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
Source ↗Member, Department related Standing Committee on Home Affairs
Source ↗Nominated to the panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha
Source ↗Member, Commitee on Rules
Source ↗Member, Consultative Commitee for the Ministry of External Affairs
Source ↗Member, Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
Source ↗Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗Founder General Secretary of Nationalist Congress Party
Source ↗Member, 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)1998-99
Source ↗Elected Member, Congress Working Committee
Source ↗General Secretary, All India Congress Committee (I)
Source ↗Member, 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1996-98
Source ↗Political Secretary to President, Indian National Congress
Source ↗Chairman, Ajmer Dargah Committee
Source ↗Chairman, All India Congress Commiittee (I) Minority Dept.
Source ↗Working Chairman, Bihar State 15 Point Implementation Committee for Welfare of Minorities
Source ↗Working Chairman, Bihar Pradesh 20 Point Programme Implementation Committee
Source ↗President, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (I)
Source ↗Chairman, All India Congress Seva Dal (I)
Source ↗Member, 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1985-89
Source ↗Chairman, Bihar State Small Scale Industries Corporation
Source ↗President, Indian Youth Congress (I)
Source ↗Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (I)
Source ↗General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress (I)
Source ↗Member, 7th Lok Sabha1980-84
Source ↗President, Bihar State Youth Congress (I)
Source ↗Secretary, Bihar Youth Congress Committee
Source ↗President, Pirbahory, Thana Congress Committee
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| 2025 | 22 | 6 |
| 2026 | 32 | 5 |
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B.Sc. Educated at College of Commerce, Patna, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya College of Commerce, Patna, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya.
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