Muhammad Janab Ali Majumdar (Bengali: মহম্মদ জনাব আলী মজুমদার) was a Bengali politician. He served as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1]
Janab Ali Majumdar | |
|---|---|
| জনাব আলী মজুমদার | |
| Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1937–1947 | |
| Constituency | Chandpur East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chandpur, Tipperah District, Bengal Presidency |
| Political party | Krishak Praja Party |
Early life edit
He was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Majumdars from Chandpur, which was then under the Tipperah (Comilla) District of the Bengal Presidency.
Career edit
Majumdar contested in the 1937 Bengal legislative elections,[2] winning in the Chandpur East constituency.[3] In August 1937 however, he was among the 21 members that defected from the leadership of prime minister A. K. Fazlul Huq and his Krishak Praja Party.[4] He was re-elected for a second term following the 1946 elections.[5]
References edit
- ^ Chakrabarti, Ratan Lal (1997). Rural Indebtedness in Bengal, 1928-1947. Progressive Publishers. p. 94. ISBN 9788186383339.
- ^ Roy, Bijoy Prasad Singh (1943). Parliamentary Government in India. Thacker, Spink & Company, Limited. p. 263.
- ^ Government of Bengal. "Alphabetical list of members". Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings (1939). Vol. 54. Alipore.
- ^ Hashmi, Taj Ul-islam (11 July 2019). Pakistan As A Peasant Utopia: The Communalization Of Class Politics In East Bengal, 1920-1947. Routledge. p. 272.
- ^ Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). The Indian Year Book.