Background
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed, the son of Shaikh Azizur Rahman, was born into a family of landlords in the small town of Sudanipur (Shudnipur), in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh.
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed, the son of Shaikh Azizur Rahman, was born into a family of landlords in the small town of Sudanipur (Shudnipur), in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh.
In 1980, he was elected as an Modern Language Association from the Mumbai Chinchpokli Constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. In 1980, Ahmed was elected as an Modern Language Association from the Mumbai Chinchpokli Constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. In 1977 at the call of "Jail bharo andolan" (fill up the jails) in support of Indira Gandhi, (former Prime Minister of India) Ahmed took the initiative and courted arrest with 96 supporters at Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
He was sentenced to three days imprisonment and sent to Varanasi Central jail.
He contested general elections for the Assembly in 1978 as a Congress (I) candidate. 1978-1980 - General Secretary, B.R.C.C.(I) Minority Cell.
1978-1990 - Vice President Bombay Central South District Congress Committee. Constituency: 25. CHINCHPOKLI
ELECTORS: 115834 VOTERS: 34346 POLL PERCENTAGE: 29.65% VALID VOTES: 33899.
He was a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.