Faiz Mohammed Khan (11 July 1938 21 July 2016), commonly known as F. M. Khan, was an Indian politician who served as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council for two years in 1974 and as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 1976 for two terms. He was associated with the Indian National Congress and also served as a vice president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
Biography Khan was born to Yousuf Ali Khan on 11 July 1938 in Kodagu district in present-day Karnataka. He completed his education up to the Senior Cambridge level; details of the institution are not widely documented.
Khan entered politics during the mid-1960s, a period marked by the anti-Hindi agitations in southern India. He joined the Indian National Congress led by Indira Gandhi.
He served as general secretary of the Karnataka Youth Congress and was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council from 1974 to 1976.
Khan was elected twice to the Rajya Sabha, representing Karnataka from 1976 to 1988. During his parliamentary career, he was regarded as a close associate of former Karnataka chief minister R. Gundu Rao and was considered an influential political figure during that period.
He later withdrew from active politics after his parliamentary tenure.
Apart from politics, Khan was associated with sports administration and served as vice-president of the Indian Olympic Association.
He married to Nasteen Sultana with three daughters.
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