Begum Abida Ahmed

Begum Abida Ahmed (17 July 1923 – 7 December 2003) was an Indian politician, First Lady of India from 1974 to 1977, and the wife of the fifth President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974–1977). She was twice member of the Lok sabha from Bareilly parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh in 1980 and 1984.

She was born on 17 July 1923 at Sheikhupur, Badaun, Uttar Pradesh to Mohammad Sultan Hyder 'Josh'. Ahmed was educated from Women's College, Aligarh, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

• She was member of Lok Sabha, elected twice from Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency), Uttar Pradesh.
• Ahmed founded God's Grace which was registered with the Registrar of Societies under the Indian Societies Registration Act.
• She was member of India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC), a society registered in April 1981.
• Ahmed formed Humsub Drama Group in 1974 for Urdu theatre.

Shamsul Hasan made a life-size statue of "Ghalib", which had been ordered by Ahmed.

A train was named after her: the Abida Begum Express: Delhi Jn. - Raxaul. It has since been renamed. It is now called Satyagrah Express.