{{short description|Indian politician (1945–2008)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rubi Noor | image = Rubi Noor Begam.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 12 August 1945 | birth_place = Malda, Bengal Province, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|7|10|1945|8|12}} | death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India | office1 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | constituency1 = Sujapur | successor1 = Mausam Noor | term_start1 = 1991 | term_end1 = 2008 | office2 = | constituency2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | party = Indian National Congress | spouse = Syed Mohammad Noor | children = {{flatlist| *Sonya *Sayeda *Mausam }} | alma_mater = | faculty = | website = | source = }}
'''Rubi Noor''' (12 August 1945 – 10 July 2008) was an Indian politician and the leader of the Indian National Congress who served as four term MLA from Sujapur Assembly constituency. She was younger sister of A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury and mother of Mausam Noor.
==Early life== Rubi Noor was born in 1945 at the Kotwali residence of the Khan Chowdhurys, a Bengali Muslim bloodline. After her primary education in Malda, she passed her school final from Shri Shikshayatan School in Kolkata in 1964.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080711/jsp/siliguri/story_9535076.jsp| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803081742/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080711/jsp/siliguri/story_9535076.jsp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 3 August 2008|title = Congress mourns loss of a leader who filled a void |publisher=The Telegraph, 11 July 2008 | accessdate = 21 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=ht>{{cite web| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kolkata/malda-congress-mla-rubi-noor-passes-away/article1-323295.aspx| title = Malda Congress MLA Rubi Noor passes away| publisher = Hindustan Times, 11 July 2008| accessdate = 21 July 2014| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130719160342/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Malda-Congress-MLA-Rubi-Noor-passes-away/Article1-323295.aspx| archivedate = 19 July 2013}}</ref>
She got married during her college days to Syed Mohammad Noor, a resident of Beck Bagan in Kolkata. He worked abroad and Rubi accompanied her husband to Canada. They returned to Kolkata in 1972.<ref name=telegraph/>
==Political career== Rubi Noor entered politics in 1991 when she was 46. Her elder brother and the Congress leader, Ghani Khan Chowdhury, made her contest the Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).<ref name=telegraph/> She won the Sujapur seat in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 2006.<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> In 2001, Ghani Khan Chowdhury made her the Malda district Congress president, a position she held till her death.<ref name=telegraph/>
==Death== Rubi Noor suffered from lung cancer and died at Kolkata on 10 July 2008. After her death, her body was taken to the state assembly, which was adjourned after paying obituary tributes.<ref name=ht /><ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20080714/999534.html| title = West Bengal Assembly adjourned to pay respect to Rubi Noor| publisher = webindia123| accessdate = 17 July 2014| archive-date = 14 August 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814162823/http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20080714/999534.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
Her husband had died before her and she left behind three daughters, her eldest daughter Sonya Noor is an American Vascular surgeon and her middle daughter Sayeda Noor who has married her uncle Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury's son Isha Khan Choudhury and her youngest of whom, Mausam Noor, has entered politics after her death or she has served as M.P. from Maldaha Uttar.<ref name=telegraph/>
In an obituary tribute ''The Telegraph'' wrote: “Over the years, her brother ingrained in her an insight into Bengal politics, which in turn helped her feel the pulse of electoral politics. Under her able leadership, the Congress came to power in the Malda zilla parishad this year without having to clutch on to other anti-Left parties. The new zilla parishad sabhadhipati, Sabina Yasmeen, was Ruby’s choice despite several attempts made by Congress dissidents to thwart her move.”<ref name=telegraph/>
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