Mohammed Fazal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Governor of Maharashtra
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Place of Birth: Prayagraj, India
About Mohammed Fazal
- Mohammed Fazal (2 July 1922 – 4 September 2014) was an Indian politician who was the Governor of Maharashtra from 10 October 2002 to 5 December 2004.
- Born in a well-known zamindari (landlord) family, he studied at the Allahabad University and later at the London School of Economics at the University of London.
- In 1977 he was appointed the Secretary of Industrial Development, Government of India.
- He was the most senior member of the Planning Commission from April 1980 till his resignation in January 1985.
- He then founded and was the chairman of Hughes & Hughes Chem Ltd.
- In 1999, he was appointed the Governor of Goa, a post he held until he was appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.
- He suggested to Chief Minister of Maharashtra Sushilkumar Shinde that prostitution be legalised, which caused controversy. His grandson Ali Fazal is an actor who had roles in films including 3 Idiots and Fukray. Fazal died on 4 September 2014 at the age of 92 at his residence in Abu Bakrpur, Allahabad.
- He had been suffering from low blood pressure, congestion in the chest, and short-term memory loss.
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