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Saggy Tahir
Saghir "Saggy" Tahir (died October 16, 2013) was an American politician who was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. In the 2006 elections, he was re-elected for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town of Manchester.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/billstatus/legdetails.asp?txten=376402 ) Retrieved on Dec. 25, 2006〕
〔http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131017/NEWS06/131019261〕
==Background==
Tahir was born in British Raj India, at New Delhi.〔 Retrieved on Jan. 2, 2007〕〔 Retrieved on Dec. 25, 2006〕 In 1972 he emigrated to the United States from Lahore, Pakistan, "with about $100 to his name."〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Abdus Sattar Ghazali ) Retrieved on Dec. 25, 2006〕〔 Retrieved on Jan. 02, 2007〕 After coming to America Tahir “worked a variety of jobs, mostly in the construction field and invested in rental properties.”〔 At this point of his life Tahir felt sacrifice was necessary: "I was married to the business rather than married to my wife." Focusing on his businesses left him with little family time. "I wanted to take my kids out of the poverty cycle because I came from a poor family and to do that I had to work and I did work more than 16, 18, 20 hours a day, seven days a week to get ahead of the bunch."〔
Tahir has a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics and a B.S. in Civil Engineering.〔 Retrieved on Dec. 26, 2006〕 Tahir is believed to be the first Pakistani native to be elected to a state legislature anywhere in the United States. Tahir is the first Muslim-American elected to a political position in the United States of America.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=PakistanLink ) Retrieved on Jan. 2, 2006〕
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