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Majeed Memon

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ17518828
Source-derived summary

Majeed Memon (born 12 December 1945) is an Indian Politician. He was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha of India from Maharashtra. He is a criminal lawyer by profession and was a leader of Nationalist Congress Party. In December 2022, he joined Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

Career

Memon is a Member of Parliament (M.P) of Rajya Sabha. He is a noted criminal lawyer who defended Indian personalities including politicians, human rights activists and film actors. He defended high-profile Indians overseas in various extradition matters. Memon is also a human rights activist.

Memon has also represented the many suspects of 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai. He has also defended several film stars and big personalities in criminal cases.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Majeed Memon” as indian politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1945, 2022, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1945-12-12. The account is most persuasive where Majeed, Memon and Indian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as indian politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17518828. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1945, 2022 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from Majeed Memon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.