By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: Mirza Mohammed Hashim veteran politician and a pioneer of separate Telangana movement took his last breath in Baltimore, Washington on Sunday morning.
He was 92 years old and survived by his wife two sons and four daughters.
MM Hashim was elected from Secunderabad lok sabha seat in Hyderabad district during 1977 election as Telangana Praja Samithi candidate riding on popular statehood movement. After merger of TPS with the Congress in 1978 he was again elected from Secunderabad .
He was close confidant of former chief minister Chenna Reddy, during his first reign as CM in 1978 Chenna Reddy appointed Hashim home minister as his second in command in the state.
He started his political career as municipal corporator of Mallepaly division. In 1960, he got defeated in corporation elections by then MIM’s rising star Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi. After a crunching defeat he then shifted his focus to Asifnagar assembly seat which he won and represented in two terms at 1962 and 67.
When Chenna Reddy again took over power in AP in 1989, MM Hashim was made Rajya Sabha member.
After quitting politics in 1990’s he settled in USA along with his family, and was reportedly seriously ill for past three years.
Many personalities including TDP leader and Siasat editor Zahid Ali Khan and MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi have paid their tributes to Mr. Hashim describing him as ambassador of Hyderabadi culture and a community leader whose services will always be remembered.