Father's
Name
Late
Shri A.B. Atta Koya Thangal
Mother's Name
Smt. Umma Bi
Date of Birth
10 May 1941
Place of
Birth
Androth Island (Lakshadweep)
Marital Status
Married
Date of Marriage
4 January 1967
Spouse's
Name
Smt. A.B. Rahmath Sayeed
No. of Sons One
No. of Daughters
Seven
Educational
B.Com., LL.B.
Qualifications
Educated at Government Arts College, Mangalore
(Karnataka) and
Sidhartha College of Law, Bombay (Maharashtra)
Profession
Lawyer, Political and Social
Worker
Permanent Address
Padannatha House, P.O. Androth-682551 (Lakshadweep)
Tels. (04893) 32244, 32255
Office Address
Room No. 1, Parliament House
New Delhi 110001
Tels: (011) 3012832, 3034675, 3034694
Fax: (011) 3017455
Present Address
3, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road,
New Delhi - 110001
Tels & Fax. (011) 3015319, 3015634
Positions
Held
1967
Elected to 4th Lok Sabha *
1967-71
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1968-69
Member, Joint Committee on Contract Labour (Regulation
and Abolition),
Bill, 1967
1969-70
General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress
1971
Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1971-72
Member, Committee on Petitions
1971-74
Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of
Members of
Parliament
1972-73
Member, Joint Committee on Companies (Amendment) Bill,
1972
1972-75 and
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
1990-91
1973
Member, Joint Committee on Constitution (Thirty-Second
Amendment) Bill, 1973
on Amendment in Ninth Schedule of the Constitution
1973-74
Treasurer, Parliamentary Forum for Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes
1974-76 and
Member, Committee on Government Assurances
1977-79
1976-77
Member, Consultative Committee constituted under Tamil
Nadu State Legislature
(Delegation of Powers) Act, 1976
1977
Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1979-80
Union Minister of State, Steel, Coal and Mines
1980
Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1980
Member, Lakshadweep Territorial Congress Committee
onwards
1984
Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1984-86
Member, Joint Committee on Shipping Agents (Licensing),
Bill
1985-86 and
Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
1990-91
1984-88
Member, Committee on Estimates
1986
Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira)[A.I.C.C.(I)]
onwards
1989
Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (6th term)
1990-96
Member, Rules Committee
1991
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (7th term)
1991-92
Member, General Purposes Committee
1991-92 and
Member, Panel of Chairmen
1996-97
1991-93
Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Seventy-Second
Amendment) Bill, 1991
Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party (Indira)[C.P.P.(I)]
1991-95
Member, Committee on Official Language
1992-93
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface
Transport
1992-94
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to Enquire into
Irregularities in
Securities and Banking Transactions
1993-95
Union Minister of State, Home Affairs
1995-96
Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting
1996
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (8th term)
1996
Deputy Chief-Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party
onwards
1996-97
Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
1998
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (9th term)
17 Dec. 1998-99
Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
Chairman, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members
of Parliament
Chairman, Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions
Chairman, Committee on Budget of Lok Sabha
Chairman, Library Committee
Member, General Purposes Committee
Member, Business Advisory Committee
Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
1999
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (10th term)
27 Oct.1999-
Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha (Second term)
onwards
24 Dec. 1999
Member, Congress Working Committee
onwards
Chairman, Library Committee
Member, General Purposes Committee
Literary,
Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments
Knows eight languages,
viz. English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam,
Kannada, Tamil, Tulu and Beary
Basa
Social and
Cultural Activities
Associated with various
social and cultural activities of Lakshadweep; instrumental
in conducting inter
-state cultural programmes, Lakshadweep
festivals in various places and promoting folk arts
Parichakkali,
Kolkali and Lava dances, etc.
Special Interests
Social Work, labour
welfare, upliftment of the poor, the downtrodden and
the people belonging to
minorities
Favourite
Pastime and Recreation
Reading, music, public
service and computer network
Sports and
Clubs
Football, badminton
and chess
Countries
Visited
Widely travelled (30
countries); Member, Indian Delegation to the 24th Session,
UN General Assembly,
1969; and 36th Session, UN General Assembly,
1982; represented India at U.N. Special Session on
Minicoy Islands 1977; Leader, Goodwill
Delegation to erstwhile G.D.R., 1970; Member (i) Indian
Parliamentary Delegation to 59th I.P.U.
Conference, Paris, 1971; Lome (Togo), 1985; Moscow
(former U.S.S.R.), 1988; and to 100th
I.P.U. Conference, Moscow, 1998 (ii) International Solidarity
Conference of World Peace Council, Basel, Switzerland, 1979; (iii) Government
of India Haj Delegation,
1988 and its Leader, 1993; (iv) Indian
Delegation to Non-aligned Youth Conference, Algiers;
and
represented A.I.C.C. (I) to Baghdad on
the occasion of Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Arab
Baath
Socialist Party; Indian Delegation to
SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians Conference, Pakistan
and India-China Friendship Society Delegation
to China; Led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to
the 3rd International Forum for Parliamentarians and Local Authorities:
Tourism Policy Makers in the
21st Century, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
May 2000
Other Information
Chairman, Advisory
Board, Non-aligned Congress of Youth; Member (i) Central
Haj Committee,
1968-70; (ii) Central Haj Advisory Board,
1970-71; (iii) National Welfare of Seafares Board,
1974-77; (iv) Island Development Authority,
1984-88; and (v) Court, Jamia Millia Islamia,
since 1990
