Tauqeer Raza Khan Age, Wiki and Bio

Tauqeer Raza Khan

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth01/01/YYYY
AgeUnknown
BirthplaceBareilly, Uttar Pradesh

Bio/Wiki

Profession(s)
  • Politician
  • Religious Leader

Physical Stats & More

Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorSalt and Pepper

Personal Life

BirthplaceBareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
HometownBareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Marital StatusMarried

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried

Family

Spouse
First Marriage
Daughteri khan
SonNaqi Ali Khan
Second Marriage
Daughters
  • Mustajab Beghum
  • Bibie Jan

Career

Political PartyIttehad-e-Millat Council

Some Lesser Known Facts

Tauqeer Raza Khan is a religious leader of the Bareilvi sect of Sunni Muslims from Uttar Pradesh, India.
He founded the political party Ittehad-e-Millat Council in 2001.
His grandfather was Ahmed Raza Khan, the founder of the Barelvi movement.
Tauqeer Raza Khan is the head of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jaded).
In 2013, Khan resigned from his post in the handloom department of Uttar Pradesh following the Muzaffar Nagar clashes.
To promote unity among Muslims, Khan visited Deoband in Uttar Pradesh in 2016, which attracted criticism from religious leaders within his own sect.
In 2001, Tauqeer Raza Khan established the political party 'Ittehad-e-Millat Council' in Uttar Pradesh, winning ten seats in its inaugural municipal elections.
He joined the Indian National Congress in 2009.
Khan was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police in 2010 for his involvement in Hindu-Muslim riots in Bareilly.
In the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Tauqeer Raza Khan supported the Samajwadi Party.
In 2013, Khan was appointed vice-chairman of the Handloom Corporation of Uttar Pradesh.
After resigning from the Samajwadi Party, Khan accused them of not safeguarding Muslim citizens in Uttar Pradesh.
He met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a visit to Delhi in 2013.
Tauqeer Raza Khan backed the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party in 2014.
In February 2015, he established the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jaded) to ensure personal laws for Barelvi Muslims in India.
Khan visited the house of a boy arrested on terrorism charges in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh in May 2016.
In March 2016, Tauqeer Raza Khan criticized the International Sufi Conference.
He stated at a Social Integration Conference in Bareilly in 2017 that a Hindu woman had five husbands.
During a rally in Bareilly on 8 January 2022, Tauqeer Raza Khan made threatening remarks towards Hindus while addressing 20 lakh Muslims.
On 30 January 2022, Khan's daughter-in-law, Nida Khan, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.