Sirajuddin Ajmal
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sirajuddin Ajmal
| image =
| caption = Sirajuddin at Ajmal Foundation
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|2|21|df=y}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly
| term_start1 = 2 May 2021
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = Jamunamukh
| predecessor1 = Abdur Rahim Ajmal
| successor1 =
| office2 = Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha
| constituency2 = Barpeta
| term_start2 = 16 May 2014
| term_end2 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor2 = Ismail Hussain
| successor2 = Abdul Khaleque
| office3 = Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly
| term_start3 = 2006
| term_end3 = 2014
| constituency3 = Jamunamukh
| predecessor3 = Badruddin Ajmal
| successor3 = Abdur Rahim Ajmal
| party = All India United Democratic Front
| spouse = Munira Sirajuddin Ajmal
| children = Abdul Haleem Ajmal(son)
Abdul Hafiz Ajmal(son)
Abdul Karim Ajmal(son)
3 daughters
| alma_mater = University of Mumbai
| relatives = Badruddin Ajmal (brother)
Amiruddin Ajmal (brother)
Nazirul Haq Ajmal (brother)
Fakhruddin Ajmal (brother)
Abdur Rehman Ajmal (nephew)
Abdur Rahim Ajmal (nephew)
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 12 December
| year = 2016
| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4817
}}
Sirajuddin Ajmal (born 21 February 1958) is an Indian politician of All India United Democratic Front who is serving as the Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing Jamunamukh constituency since 2021 and from 2006 to 2014. He was also served as the Member of the Parliament, Lok Sabha from Barpeta constituency from 2014 to 2019. His brother, Badruddin Ajmal is also the Member of the Lok Sabha.{{cite web|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS036.htm?ac=6|accessdate=17 May 2014}}
Biography
Ajmal was born on 21 February 1958 to a Bengali Muslim family from Hojai in central Assam. His family traces their origins to the Sylhet district of eastern Bengal.{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/assam-assembly-election-perfume-baron-badruddin-ajmal-is-expected-to-hold-on-to-his-strongholds-expand-his-reach/articleshow/50787794.cms?from=mdr|title=Assam assembly election: Perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal is expected to hold on to his strongholds & expand his reach|date=31 January 2016|author=Seetharaman, G.|work=The Economic Times}} He is the son of Haji Ajmal Ali, a rice farmer who moved to Mumbai in 1950 to try to succeed in the perfume industry using the oud plant. After the opening of the first store in the 1960s, the Ajmal perfume brand quickly grew to become a large brand in the Middle East.{{Cite web|last=Sajjad|first=M.|title=Ajmal Perfumes: A 70-year legacy of farm to fragrance|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/videos/nation/ajmal-perfumes-a-70-year-legacy-of-farm-to-fragrance|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Khaleej Times|language=en}}
Career
He is one of the directors of Ajmal Foundation (NGO) which is actively involved in social welfare activities in the state of Assam, India. The major activities of Ajmal Foundation are:
Ajmal Group of Colleges (13 Colleges)
National Talent Search Examinations
Literacy Programmes
Ajmal Computer Education Centres (25 Nos.)
Academic and Professional Coaching Programmes
Employment Generation Projects
Women Empowerment Schemes
Merit Scholarships, Medical Aids, Marriage Aids, Safe Drinking Water Schemes, Low Cost House, Appliances to differently abled persons, sanitation scheme and relief distribution.
Ajmal Foundation also has future plans of setting up Ajmal University, Ajmal Engineering College, Ajmal College of Education, Ajmal College of Pharmacy for the poor and downtrodden.
References
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Category:Lok Sabha members from Assam
Category:21st-century Indian Muslims
Category:All India United Democratic Front politicians
Category:People from Barpeta district
Category:21st-century Bengalis
Category:20th-century Bengalis
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