ˈæɹɪf bˈɛɡ ɔːɹ ˈæɹɪf bˈeɪɡ stˈɑːɹɾᵻd hɪz ᵻlˈɛktɚɹəl dʒˈɜːni wɛn hiː wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd tə mˈɑːdjə pɹɐdˈeɪʃ vˈɪdhən sɐbˈɑː ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən fɹʌm ɪndˈoːɹ æz ɐ sˈoʊʃəlˌɪst.
Arif Beg (or Arif Baig) started his electoral journey when he was elected to Madhya Pradesh vidhan sabha in 1967 from Indore as a socialist.