Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai | |
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Kidwai on a 1969 stamp of India | |
| Union Minister of Food and Agriculture | |
| In office 13 May 1952 – 24 October 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Preceded by | Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi |
| Succeeded by | Panjabrao Deshmukh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1894 Barabanki, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Died | 24 October 1954 (aged 60) Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Education | Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, now called Aligarh Muslim University |
| Khilafat Movement (1919-1922) | |
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. Kidwai served as a Minister of Communications in the first Cabinet of Independent India (First Nehru Ministry).
He hailed from Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, in north India.