Ziaur Rahman Ansari
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Preceded byKrishna Dev Tripathi
Succeeded byRaghavendra Singh
Preceded byRaghavendra Singh
Succeeded byAnwar Ahmad
Ziaur Rahman Ansari | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1971-1977 | |
| Preceded by | Krishna Dev Tripathi |
| Succeeded by | Raghavendra Singh |
| In office 1980-1989 | |
| Preceded by | Raghavendra Singh |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Ahmad |
| Constituency | Unnao, Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1925 |
| Died | 6 October 1992 (aged 67) New Delhi, India |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
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Ziaur Rahman Ansari (9 March 1925 – 6 October 1992) was an Indian politician.[1] He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Unnao constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress.[2][3][4] Ansari, who was an Environment Minister in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet, was accused of trying to molest an activist, Mukti Dutta, who had gone to meet him.[5]