New Delhi: Father of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and a former Union Minister Khurshed Alam Khan,died on Saturday at the age of 95.
Khan was the governor of Karnataka from 1991 to 1999 and before that, governor of Goa from 1989 to 1991.
Khan, who had served as minister of state under the late prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, was admitted to a private hospital here six days ago after he complained of chest pain.
Dr TS Kler, the executive director of cardiac sciences department, Escorts Hospital, said that Khan was admitted with fever and chest infection.”But he already had a major problem of Aortic Stenosis (AS), a disease of the heart valves. He (breathed his last) at around 3 am today,” Kler said.
Khan, who was in a major way responsible for creation of the Jamia Milia Islamia as an independent university through a Parliamentary law, had served as Chancellor of the university.
Born in Pitaura village in Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh, he had represented Farrukhabad in Lok Sabha between 1984 and 1989.Son-in-law of the late president Zakir Hussain, Khan served as Member of Parliament for 15 years. He was in Rajya Sabha from 1974 to 1984.
The Prime Minister said Khan had served the nation with distinction throughout his life and in many capacities. His death was an “irreparable loss”.
