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Khurshed Alam Khan (5 February 1919 – 20 July 2013) was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party.

He was Governor of Karnataka from 1991 to 1999 and governor of Goa from 1989 to 1991.

Before that, he was Union minister of External affairs in Government of India. He was associated with Jamia Millia Islamia.

Early life

Khurshed Alam Khan was born on 5 February 1919 in Pitaura, Kaimganj, Farrukhabad District of Uttar Pradesh into a Muslim family of Pashtun descent, tracing their lineage to the Afridi and Kheshgi Tribes of Afghanistan.

After his early education, he joined the Agra University as a student of St. John's College, where, he obtained bachelor's and master's degree in History. He was also a student at the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., where he completed a course in Management Studies.

Khan had an interest in education.

He was a member of the Governing Body of Dr. Zakir Husain Memori