Assam’s Lone Woman CM, Syeda Anwara Taimur Passes Away

Former Assam Chief Minister Syeda Anwara Taimur passed away in Australia.
The lone woman Chief Minister of the state was 84-years-old.
Taimur served as the chief minister of the state from December 6, 1980, to June 30, 1981.
Before joining politics Taimur was a lecturer of economics in Debicharan Barua Girls College, Jorhat.
She was elected as an MLA four times in 1972, 1978, 1983, and 1991.
In 1988 she was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. In 1991 she was given the agriculture portfolio in the Assam cabinet.