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
ConstituencyChandpur East
Personal details
BornChandpur, Tipperah District, Bengal Presidency
Political partyKrishak Praja Party

Early life

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He was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Majumdars from Chandpur, which was then under the Tipperah (Comilla) District of the Bengal Presidency.[citation needed]

Career

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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

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  1. ^ Chakrabarti, Ratan Lal (1997). Rural Indebtedness in Bengal, 1928-1947. Progressive Publishers. p. 94. ISBN 9788186383339.
  2. ^ Roy, Bijoy Prasad Singh (1943). Parliamentary Government in India. Thacker, Spink & Company, Limited. p. 263.
  3. ^ Government of Bengal. "Alphabetical list of members". Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings (1939). Vol. 54. Alipore.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). The Indian Year Book.