Marghoob Ahmad Lari

Marghoob Ahmad Lari or Margoob Ahmad Lari (28 December 1947 to 31 January 2020) was a politician from Uttar Pradesh, India. In 1991, he served as a Minister of State, Tourism Department under the government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh.^[1][2]

Marghoob Ahmad Lari
Member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council India
In office 1990–1996
Constituency	Salempur, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1947-12-28)28 December 1947 Lar, India
Died	31 January 2020(2020-01-31) (aged 72)
Political party	Chandra Shekhar's Janata Dal (Socialist) party, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party
Residence	Lucknow
Profession	Politician

Political life

Marghoob Ahmad Lari was born on 28 December 1947 at Lar Deoria and completed his post graduation, M.A. degree, from Lucknow where he resided due to his family business.^[3] His political career was rooted around his birth place in Deoria district. He worked in the beginning with Chandra Shekhar's Janata Dal (Socialist) party becoming a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council MLC on the ticket from the aforementioned party during 1990 to 1996. In addition, in 1991 he was the Minister of State, Tourism department in Uttar Pradesh government.^[1] Later in his career, he worked with other socialist Parties i.e Bahujan Samajwadi Party and Samajwadi Party of Mulyam Singh Yadav in U.P.^[4] He is credited to establish a Girls degree college in the town of his birth Lar.^[5]

Death

He died in Lucknow on 31 January 2020 and was buried in his ancestral town Lar, Deoria.^[3]