Abdur Rezzak Khan

Abdur Rezzak Khan (1900–1984) Bengali anti-British freedom fighter, communist revolutionary and politician. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1969.

Abdur Rezzak Khan
আবদুর রেজ্জাক খান
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1969–1971
Preceded byH. N. Mazumdar
Succeeded byMolla Tasmatulla
ConstituencyHasnabad
Personal details
BornJune 1900
Hakimpur, 24 parganas, , Bengal Presidency, British India
Died28 January 1984(1984-01-28) (aged 83)
Political partyCommunist Party of India; Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Background

He was born in June 1900 at Hakimpur, 24 parganas of Bengal Presidency, British India.

Political movement

During the Chittagong armoury raid led by Masterda Surya Sen, he secretly supplied arms. Santosh Kumar Mitra, a revolutionary martyr, was one of his companions.[1] In 1922, he came in contact with Muzaffar Ahmed and Abdul Halim.[2][3] He was one of the founding member of the Workers and Peasants Party. He led a first time large-scale general strike of jute workers with Abdul Momin and others in 1929.[4]

References

  1. Subodh Chandra Sengupta; Anjali Basu, eds. (2002). Sangsad Bangali Sangsad Charitabhidhan. Vol. 1. সাহিত্য সংসদ. p. 46.
  2. "Leftism in India, 1917–1947". SAGE Publications Inc. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. Bairathi, Shashi (1987). Communism and Nationalism in India: A Study in Inter-relationship, 1919–1947. Anamika Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85150-00-0.
  4. "1929 – First general strike of jute workers". Communist Party of India (Marxist). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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