Abida Ahmed

Begum Abida Ahmed
First Lady of India
In role
24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977
PresidentFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Vice PresidentGopal Swarup Pathak
B.D. Jatti
Preceded bySaraswati Bai
Succeeded bySangamma Jatti (Interim)
Neelam Nagaratnamma Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1981–1989
Preceded byMisaryar Khan
Succeeded bySantosh Gangwar
ConstituencyBareilly
Personal details
Born17 July 1923
Died7 December 2003 (aged 80)
PartyIndian National Congress
Spouse
(m. 1945; died 1977)
Children3
EducationAligarh Muslim University
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Begum Abida Ahmed (17 July 1923 – 7 December 2003) was an Indian politician, artist, and social activist, notable for her role as the First Lady of India from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India. She was later a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the Bareilly parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh.