Education
Born in a well-known zamindar"s (landlord"s) family, he studied at the Allahabad University and later at the London School of Economics at the University of London.
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Mohammed Fazal
Edit ProfileGovernor of Maharashtra Governor of Goa
Career
He suggested to Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Sushilkumar Shinde that prostitution be legalised, which caused controversy. In 1977 he was appointed the Secretary of Industrial Development, Government of India. He then founded and was the chairman of Hughes & Hughes Chem Limited.
In 1999, he was appointed the Governor of Goa, a post he held until he was appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.
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.
Membership
He was the most senior member of the Planning Commission from April 1980 till his resignation in January 1985.
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Religion
Islam