Editing Mohammed Fazal

{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Other uses|Mohammad Fazel (disambiguation){{!}}Mohammad Fazel}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Mohammed Fazal
|image       =
|office      = [[List of Governors of Maharashtra|Governor of Maharashtra]]
|1blankname    = Chief Minister
|1namedata     =* [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
* [[Sushil Kumar Shinde]]
* [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
|term_start    = 10 October 2002
|term_end      = 5 December 2004
|predecessor   = [[P. C. Alexander]]
|successor     = [[SM Krishna]]
}} 

'''Mohammed Fazal''' (2 July 1922 – 4 September 2014) was an Indian politician who was the [[Governor of Maharashtra]] from 10 October 2002 to 5 December 2004. Born in a well-known ''[[zamindar]]i'' (landlord) family, he studied at the [[Allahabad University]] and later at the [[London School of Economics]] at the [[University of London]]. In 1977 he was appointed the Secretary of Industrial Development, [[Government of India]]. He was the most senior member of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] from April 1980 till his resignation in January 1985. He then founded and was the chairman of Hughes & Hughes Chem Ltd. In 1999, he was appointed the [[Governor of Goa]], a post he held until he was appointed [[Governor of Maharashtra]]. He suggested to [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] [[Sushilkumar Shinde]] that [[prostitution]] be legalised, which caused controversy.

His grandson [[Ali Fazal]] is an actor who had roles in films including ''[[3 Idiots]]'' and ''[[Victoria & Abdul]]''.

Fazal died on 4 September 2014 at the age of 92 at his residence in Abu Bakrpur, Allahabad. He had been suffering from low blood pressure, congestion in the chest, and short-term memory loss.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/exgoa-maharashtra-governor-mohammed-fazal-dead/article6378633.ece|title=Ex-Goa, Maharashtra Governor Mohammed Fazal dead|publisher=The Hindu|date=4 September 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20130414122232/http://www.cflr.org/legal.htm "''Green signal to red light''"] - article in [[Bombay Times]] about the governor's views
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041013020012/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/biodata_he_brief.htm Biodata at website of Raj Bhavan]

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[[Category:Indian civil servants]]
[[Category:Politicians from Prayagraj]]
[[Category:Governors of Goa]]
[[Category:Governors of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom]]


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