Guwahati: Former Chief Minister of Assam Syeda Anwara Taimur’s last rite was performed in Australia today morning.
Syeda Anwara Taimur, the only woman to have become the Chief Minister of Assam till now, passed away in Australia on Monday after a prolonged illness. She was 84.
Taimur was born on November 24, 1936. She graduated from Aligarh Muslim University with economics honors and later she served as a lecturer in Economics in Debicharan Barua Girls College, Jorhat in 1956.
As per reports, she was residing in Australia with her son for the past few years.
Taimur, a Congress politician then, was the CM from December 1980 to June next year. At that time, the anti-foreigner movement in the state (1979-85) was at its peak.
Taimur became an MLA in 1972, 1978, 1983 and 1991; was a minister in Assam twice; and a Rajya Sabha MP twice (nominated in 1988 and elected in 2004).
In 2011, Taimur joined the Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF, reportedly after being denied a ticket from Congress.
