Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha

ISLAM, SHRI QAMARUL
JANATA DAL - GULBARGA (KARNATAKA)


Father's Name:   Shri Noorul Islam

Date of Birth:   27 January 1948

Place of Birth:   Gulbarga (Karnataka)

Marital Status:   Married on 3 October 1982

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Kaneez Fatima

Educational Qualifications :
B.E. (Mech.) 
Educated at College of Engineering, Gulbarga (Karnataka)

Profession :
   Engineer,Trader and Industrialist, Political and Social Worker, 
        Sportsman and Educationist

Permanent Address :
   H.N. 1-1456, M.S.K. Mill Road, Gulbarga-585102 (Karnataka)
Tels. (08472) 21042, 26854, 31842
 
Positions Held :
   
1978-83 and 1989-96Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
1979-82 and 1992-93Member, Public Accounts Committee
1990-92Member, Estimates Committee
1993-94Member, Committee on Petitions, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
1994-96Member, Committee on Housing and Urban Development, Karnataka 
Legislative Assembly
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
July 1996 onwardsGeneral Secretary, J.D. Parliamentary Party

Social and Cultural Activities :
   President (i) Hazrath Shaik Minhajuddin 
Ansari Kallerawan Charitable Trust, Gulbarga (Karnataka); (ii) Hyderabad 
Karnataka Urdu Front; and (iii) Meraj Noor Educational and Charitable trust 
running polytechnic. B. Pharma and D. Pharma Colleges and Noble Public High 
School in Gulbarga

Special Interests :
   Educational and economical upliftment of the downtrodden and 
        social work

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
   Reading

Sports and Clubs :
   Cricket and table tennis

Countries Visited :
   Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka

Election Result :
   
Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate12,04,474
Total votes polled  5,80,679
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Qamarul Islam (J.D.)   2,03,521
(2) Shri Basawaraj Patil Sedam (B.J.P.) 1,87,976
(3) Dr. B.G. Jawali (I.N.C.) 1,32,383
(4) Shri Shivayya Kusayya Guttedar (K.C.P.)   15,444