Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1957)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi
| native_name = میاں الطاف احمد لاروی
| image = Mian Altaf Larvi Jan 2024.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}}
| birth_place = Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, India
| father = Mian Bashir Ahmed
| alma_mater = University of Kashmir
| party = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
| otherparty = Indian National Congress
| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency = Anantnag-Rajouri
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Hasnain Masoodi (as Anantnag)
| office1 = Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
| term_start1 = 1987
| term_end1 = 2018
| constituency1 = Kangan
| office2 = Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare Department & Health and Medical Education Department
| term_start2 = 1996
| term_end2 = 2002
| governor2 = K. V. Krishna Rao
Girish Chandra Saxena
| office5 = Cabinet Minister of Forestry Department, Ecology & Environment
| term_start5 = 2008
| term_end5 = 2014
| governor5 = N. N. Vohra
}}
Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is a Member of the Lok Sabha from 2024, representing Anantnag-Rajouri constituency as a Member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference party. He was a five time MLA from Kangan Assembly constituency in Ganderbal district.
He is the younger son of Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi, a politician and a caliph of the Islamic Sufi order (Naqshbandi, Majadadi, Larvi) in Jammu and Kashmir. Mian Altaf is the grandson of saint Mian Nizam ud Din, the founding president of Gujjar-Jat Conference, a socio-political body established in 1932.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/will-history-repeat-itself-in-jks-kangan/article6580477.ece|title=Will history repeat itself in J&K's Kangan?|website=The Hindu|date=9 November 2014 }} Mian Altaf was born in 1957 in Baba Nagri, Wangath, Kangan Ganderbal, Kashmir.{{cite news|last1=The Economic Times|title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|accessdate=27 July 2024|date=6 June 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|archivedate=27 July 2024}}
Personal life
=Family=
He was born in 1957 in Kashmir. His family had migrated from the Hazaras in the 1800s. His great grandfather (Mian Abdullah), known as Baba Jee Sahib Larvi, his grandfather Mian Nizam Ud Din Larvi, and his father Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi were also religious personalities in Kashmir. They are buried in Wanghat, Kashmir. Mian Altaf has an elder brother, Mian Sarfraz. Mian Bashir Ahmed declared his younger son Mian Altaf Ahmed as Wali E Ahed (Crown Caliph) successor on annual occasion of 8 June 2017, making him heir-designate to the throne.
=Education=
Mian Altaf is a law graduate from University of Kashmir.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/mian-altaf-wins-kangan-for-fourth-time-in-succession/story-wtGjt7419ACWk5OhG6HZxM.html|title=Mian Altaf wins Kangan for fourth time in succession|website=Hindustan Times|date=28 December 2008 }}
=Religious views=
He is a Muslim. He proselytizes the doctrines of Naqshbandi and (Majadadi) in order to advocate Sufism to his followers through Bayyet. His family has a following of millions. Hundreds of his followers throng his house at Baba Nagri, Wangath in Kangan every day to meet him and seek his blessings.{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/opinion/a-remarkable-life/|title=A Remarkable Life|website=Greater Kashmir|date=13 August 2023 }} The most renowned follower of his family is Sheikh Al-Mashaikh Faisal ur Rehman Usmani Qadri Suhrawardi, Chishti Qalandari Abul Alai Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Madari Shatari Ferdowsi Nizami Sabri Jahangiri Shazli.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
Political career
He is popular in the Gujjar, Bakarwal and Pahari community.{{Cite web|url=https://kashmirlife.net/gujjar-leader-mian-altaf-says-he-was-not-permitted-to-visit-poonch-336328/|title=Gujjar Leader Mian Altaf Says He Was Not Permitted to Visit Poonch|website=Kashmir Life|date=26 December 2023 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/politics/mian-altaf-seeks-swift-probe-action-into-poonch-civilian-killings/|title=Mian Altaf seeks swift probe, action into Poonch civilian killings|website=Greater Kashmir|date=26 December 2023 }} He has been elected five times in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|url=https://www.myneta.info/jk2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=106|title=Altaf Ahmad(JKNC):Constituency- KANGAN(GANDERBAL)}} Mian Altaf's family has a long political standing, with his grandfather Mian Nizam-ud-din having remained National Conference MLA from 1952 to 1967. His father Mian Bashir Ahmed represented Kangan constituency from 1967 to 1987 and was a minister also. Mian Nizam Ud Din Larvi, Mian Bashir Ahmed larvi and Mian Altaf Ahmed never lost any election since they stepped into politics. Mian Altaf Ahmed has served as Minister of Forestry, Ecology and Environment in Jammu and Kashmir. He has been a Cabinet Minister in Jammu and Kashmir twice. He gave his first term under Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in 1996 and second term as Cabinet Minister under Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
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Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1987–1996
Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians
Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1996–2002
Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2002–2008
Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014
Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir
Category:People from Ganderbal district
Category:Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir