Kaneez Fatima Age, Wiki and Bio

Kaneez Fatima

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth21/08/1959
Age65 years
BirthplaceHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Physical Stats & More

Height160 cm / 5' 3"
Eye ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolGovernment Junior College, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Qualification12th pass

Personal Life

Marital StatusWidowed
ReligionIslam
Food HabitNon-vegetarian

Relationships & More

Marital StatusWidowed
Husband/SpouseQamar ul Islam (politician)
Children
SonFaraz ul Islam (adopted; politician)
DaughterNone

Family

FatherNot Known
MotherNot Known
SiblingsNot Known

Career

Political PartyIndian National Congress (INC)
Political Journey
  • Elected as MLA from Gulbarga Uttar in 2018
  • Re-elected as MLA from Gulbarga Uttar in 2023

Style Quotient

Car Collection
  • Toyota Innova Crysta
  • Toyota Fortuner

Some Lesser Known Facts

Kaneez Fatima, an Indian politician, was elected as MLA from Gulbarga Uttar in Karnataka in 2018 and 2023.
She is the late Qamar ul Islam's wife, a prominent INC politician in Karnataka who served as an MLA six times.
Qamar ul Islam, her husband, was elected from Gulbarga and Gulbarga Uttar Assembly constituencies in various years.
After Qamar's demise, Kaneez Fatima won the Gulbarga Uttar seat in 2018 and retained it in 2023.
In the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections, she was the sole Muslim woman candidate fielded by INC.
Initially hesitant, Fatima contested the 2018 elections after persuasion from key political figures.
In 2019, she led protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Kalaburagi.
In 2022, Fatima joined Muslim female students in protesting the ban on hijabs in Karnataka state-run institutions.