Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer
Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer | |
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Born | (1909-08-09)August 9, 1909 Poona |
Died | 1990 |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Occupation(s) | Politician and businessman |
Known for | Central Legislative Assembly member |
Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer was a Central Legislative Assembly member. He was politician and businessman in Pakistan.[1]
Early life
Jaffar was born on 9 August 1909 in Poona.[2] His father Sir Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer was a businessman.[3] He studied at Anglo Urdu Boys' High School and Deccan College.[4][5]
Career
Jaffar was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly in 1934.[2] At 25, he was the youngest.[4][3] In 1945, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly of India from Bombay.[4] He was one of two representatives of the Muslim community from the Bombay Presidency.[4] He served as the deputy whip of the All India Muslim League in the Central Legislative Assembly.[4]After the Partition of India, Jaffar served as the President of the Pakistan Chamber of Film Industry.[4] From 1948 to 1950, he was the president of Pakistan Olympic Association.[4] Jaffar was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.[2] From 1947 to 1955, he served in the Parliament of Pakistan.[2] He also incorporated his family business, founded in 1849 in Pune, in Karachi in 1948.[6]
Global policy
He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution.[7][8] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.[9]
Death and legacy
Jaffar died in 1990.[6] His memory is preserved by the Ahmed E. H. Jaffer Foundation in Pakistan.[3]
References
- ^ Singh, Nagendra Kr (2001). Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: I-M. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 111. ISBN 978-81-7648-233-2.
- ^ a b c d "AJCL – Ahmed Jaffer & Company (Pvt) Ltd". ajcl.co. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ a b c "KARACHI: Ahmed Jaffer's biography launched". DAWN.COM. 2002-01-13. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Olympedia – Ahmed Jaffer". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan. 1960.
- ^ a b "ABOUT US". Jaffar. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Preparing earth constitution | Global Strategies & Solutions | The Encyclopedia of World Problems". The Encyclopedia of World Problems | Union of International Associations (UIA). Retrieved 2023-07-15.
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- Georgia Lloyd
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- André and Magda Trocmé (Righteous Among the Nations)
- Brock Chisholm
- Arthur Ernest Bishop (inventor)
- David Alfaro Siqueiros (Social realist)
- E. M. L. Odjidja (teacher)
- Edward J. Sparling (educator)
- Erich Kahler (scholar)
- Gregorio Bermann (humanist)
- Gerard Piel (science editor)
- Henri Laugier (scholar)
- Hugh J. Schonfield (scholar & pacifist)
- Kaoru Ōta (union leader)
- Kay Boyle (writer)
- Lloyd Morain (humanist)
- Mark Van Doren (writer & scholar)
- Maurício Campos de Medeiros (teacher)
- Oscar Niemeyer (architect)
- Ōuchi Hyōei (economist)
- Rameshwari Nehru (social worker)
- Satish Gujral (artist)
- Shigeri Yamataka (feminist)
- Sophia Wadia (theosophist)
- Stanley Slotkin (businessman)
- Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)
- Tamaki Uemura (YWCA executive)
- Tano Jōdai (teacher & pacifist)
- Toyohiko Kagawa (pacifist)
- Source: [1], [2], [3] [4]
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