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.infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><p><b>Najma Akbar Ali Heptulla</b> (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian politician. She was the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">Chancellor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jamia_Millia_Islamia" title="Jamia Millia Islamia">Jamia Millia Islamia</a> from 2017 to 2023, until <a href="/wiki/Mufaddal_Saifuddin" title="Mufaddal Saifuddin">Mufaddal Saifuddin</a> was elected as new <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">Chancellor</a> on 14 March 2023. She was a six time member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, the upper house of the Indian parliament, between 1980 and 2016, and <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha">Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha</a> for sixteen years when she was a member of <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a>. Later she was nominated vice-president of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) in 2012, and was a minister from 2014-2016 as a member of BJP in Narendra Modi's first government. From 2016 to 2021, she served as the 16th Governor of <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>. </p><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Najma Heptulla</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Najma_A._Heptulla_presenting_the_Badalte_Qadam_Award_to_the_Cinematographer,_Doordarshan,_Ms._Jayshree_Puri,_at_the_Best_Achievers_Award_Ceremony,_organised_by_the_Child_Care_%26_Welfare_Foundation,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Najma_A._Heptulla_presenting_the_Badalte_Qadam_Award_to_the_Cinematographer%2C_Doordarshan%2C_Ms._Jayshree_Puri%2C_at_the_Best_Achievers_Award_Ceremony%2C_organised_by_the_Child_Care_%26_Welfare_Foundation%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Najma_A._Heptulla_presenting_the_Badalte_Qadam_Award_to_the_Cinematographer%2C_Doordarshan%2C_Ms._Jayshree_Puri%2C_at_the_Best_Achievers_Award_Ceremony%2C_organised_by_the_Child_Care_%26_Welfare_Foundation%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Najma_A._Heptulla_presenting_the_Badalte_Qadam_Award_to_the_Cinematographer%2C_Doordarshan%2C_Ms._Jayshree_Puri%2C_at_the_Best_Achievers_Award_Ceremony%2C_organised_by_the_Child_Care_%26_Welfare_Foundation%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="707" data-file-height="838"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">16th <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Manipur" title="List of governors of Manipur">Governor of Manipur</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>24 July 2019 – 10 August 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nongthombam_Biren_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Nongthombam Biren Singh">Nongthombam Biren Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padmanabha_Acharya" title="Padmanabha Acharya">Padmanabha Acharya</a> <i>(Addl. Charge)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ganga_Prasad" title="Ganga Prasad">Ganga Prasad</a> <i>(Addl. 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Shanmuganathan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Mukhi" title="Jagdish Mukhi">Jagdish Mukhi</a> <i>(Addl. Charge)</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">11th <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">Chancellor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jamia_Millia_Islamia" title="Jamia Millia Islamia">Jamia Millia Islamia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>26 May 2017<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 13 March 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Vice Chancellor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Talat_Ahmad" title="Talat Ahmad">Talat Ahmad</a><br>Najma Akhtar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ahmed_Zaki" title="Mohammad Ahmed Zaki">Mohammad Ahmed Zaki</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mufaddal_Saifuddin" title="Mufaddal Saifuddin">Mufaddal Saifuddin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Minority Affairs (India)">Minister of Minority Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>26 May 2014 – 12 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._Rahman_Khan" title="K. Rahman Khan">K. Rahman Khan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">7th <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha">Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>25 January 1985 – 20 January 1986</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shyamlal_Yadav" class="mw-redirect" title="Shyamlal Yadav">Shyamlal Yadav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M._M._Jacob" title="M. M. Jacob">M. M. Jacob</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>11 November 1988 – 10 June 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._Rahman_Khan" title="K. Rahman Khan">K. Rahman Khan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>3 April 2012 – 20 August 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>2004–2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1980–2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1940-04-13</span>) </span>13 April 1940<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 84)</span><br><a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State" title="Bhopal State">Bhopal State</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, India)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a><br><span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2004)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br>affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a><br><span style="font-size:85%;">(1960s–2004)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Akbar Ali Akhtar Heptulla</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1966; died 2007)<wbr></wbr></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vikram_University" title="Vikram University">Vikram University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>She is a second cousin to actor <a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> and grand niece of <a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She contested the 13th vice-presidential election held in August 2007 but lost to <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Ansari" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamid Ansari">Hamid Ansari</a> by 233 votes. She took oath as a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet minister">cabinet minister</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> headed government on 26 May 2014 and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a> in July 2016. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life_and_background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life and background</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Awards_and_decorations"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Awards and decorations</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#State_honours"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">State honours</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Awards"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Awards</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Early_life_and_background">Early life and background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Najma_Heptulla&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and background" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Najma was born as Sayyida Najma bint Yusuf on 13 April 1940 in <a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State" title="Bhopal State">Bhopal State</a>, in present <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sayyid" title="Sayyid">Sayyid</a> Yusuf bin Ali AlHashmi and Sayyida Fatima bint Mahmood.<sup id="cite_ref-bs0716_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bs0716-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a <a href="/wiki/Dawoodi_Bohra" title="Dawoodi Bohra">Dawoodi Bohra</a> Ismaili Shia <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_people" title="Gujarati people">Gujarati</a> with Arab ancestry, as traced by her ancestral roots in the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabian peninsula">Arabian peninsula</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> state.<sup id="cite_ref-bs0716_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bs0716-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She did her schooling at Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya (MVM) Bhopal, and obtained an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">M.Sc.</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> degree, both in Zoology (Cardiac Anatomy) from <a href="/wiki/Vikram_University" title="Vikram University">Vikram University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ujjain" title="Ujjain">Ujjain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bs0716_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bs0716-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gov_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gov-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She married Akbar Ali Akhtar Heptulla in 1966, and has three daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-gov_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gov-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her husband, Akbar Ali Akhtar Heptulla, a manpower consultant, was instrumental in the establishment of the <i>Patriot</i> newspaper in the 1960s. He died on 4 September 2007, in New Delhi at the age of 75.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Najma_Heptulla&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>She steadily climbed up in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> party, heading several divisions of the party's grassroots organisations. She was the General Secretary of Congress during 1986 with the additional responsibility of youth activities of the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Congress_Committee" title="All India Congress Committee">All India Congress Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/NSUI" class="mw-redirect" title="NSUI">NSUI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1980, she was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> for four terms, elected in 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998 as Congress candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Najma was the Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha from January 1985 to January 1986 and from 1988 to July 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heptulla joined <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-bs0716_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bs0716-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Media sources reported that she left the Congress apparently due to a strain in relationship with Congress president Sonia Gandhi.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later she alleged that she was personally humiliated by Sonia Gandhi.<sup id="cite_ref-Rediff_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rediff-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She declared that she was leaving the party due to the problems with party leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-Rediff_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rediff-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, BJP-led NDA fielded her as a candidate in the elections for the Vice-President of India, which was won by <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Ansari" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamid Ansari">Hamid Ansari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was a member of Rajya Sabha, representing <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> for BJP from July 2004 to July 2010. She was nominated by the BJP for the Rajya Sabha in 2012 from <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, and assumed her office on 24 April 2012 upon election.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under <a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a> as BJP President, she became one of the 13 vice-presidents of the BJP in 2010, where later when <a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a> took over, she was made a member of the party's national executive.<sup id="cite_ref-exp_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exp-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heptulla served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Minority_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Minority Affairs">Minister of Minority Affairs</a> in Prime minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>'s cabinet from 26 May 2014<sup id="cite_ref-exp_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exp-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 12 July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said that minorities needed a level playing field in Indian society, but reservation is not the solution as it kills the spirit of competition.<sup id="cite_ref-exp2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exp2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She resigned from her positions as a minister and a member of Rajya Sabha in 2016 when she was nominated Governor of Manipur. </p><p>Heptulla was nominated to head the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_for_Cultural_Relations" title="Indian Council for Cultural Relations">Indian Council for Cultural Relations</a>, ICCR. She also presided over the women parliamentarians' group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1993 and became founder president of the parliamentarians' forum for human development the same year. She was also elected President of <a href="/wiki/Inter-Parliamentary_Union" title="Inter-Parliamentary Union">Inter-Parliamentary Union</a> (IPU), a <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>-based international organisation at Council's 165th session in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> in 1999. She held the post from 16 October 1999 to 27 September 2002. Subsequently, in 2002, at Council's 171st session, she was chosen the Honorary President of the IPU Council. Heptulla was nominated by the United Nations Development Programme as its human development ambassador. Heptulla led a delegation to the UN Commission on Status of Women in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heptulla has authored book on AIDS titled "AIDS: Approaches to Prevention". She has also written on human social security, sustainable development, environment, reforms for women and on ties between India and west Asia. </p><p>Heptulla faced charges of having morphed a 1958 photograph to show her along with <a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad</a> in a publication of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_for_Cultural_Relations" title="Indian Council for Cultural Relations">Indian Council of Cultural Relations</a> (ICCR). The controversial photograph was published in an ICCR publication titled 'Journey of a legend', on the life of Maulana Azad, a noted scholar and the country's first education minister. He was also the first chairperson of the ICCR and the publication came out when the council was headed by Heptulla. The photograph came with an introduction and showed a young Heptulla with the Maulana. The caption read "Najma Heptulla with Maulana Azad after her graduation". This gave the game away as official inquiries later revealed Heptulla had graduated in May 1958, whereas the Maulana had died on 22 February 1958. The publication was later withdrawn by the ICCR and its revised version is released but without the controversial photograph. Delhi High court had directed the CBI to investigate the case on a public interest litigation filed by ICCR Employees Association president.<sup id="cite_ref-fakephoto1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fakephoto1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Najma_Heptulla&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> 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