Abid Ali Jaferbhai

Abid Ali Jaferbhai (1899/1900 - 26 June 1973)[1] was a leader of Congress(I) from Bombay, Maharashtra.

He became a member of the Bombay Legislative Council in 1947. He was a founder member of the Indian National Trade Union Congress and its Vice-President. As such, he was closely related to the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO). For four terms during 3 April 1952 to 3 April 1970 Abid Ali served as member of Rajya Sabha. He was Union Deputy Minister for Labour during 1952-1962.

He was born on in 1899 or 1900. He died in 1973 and survived by three sons and one daughter.[2]

He was living in Mazgaon, Bombay[3]

  1. ^ International Labour Office: Obituary: Mr. Abid Ali Jaferbhai. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (pdf)
  2. ^ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS' BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). p. 1.
  3. ^ M K Gandhi. "Letter to Abid Ali Jafferbahi (13 July 1928)". Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.