Prem Hari Barman

Prem Hari Barman (Bengali: প্রেমহরি বর্মন) was a Pakistani politician, and former leader of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in Dinajpur, East Bengal.

Biography

Barman was born to a Hindu family in Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency. He was the first lawyer from a Scheduled Castes and Tribes background. In 1936, Barman was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly from Dinajpur. He became a minister at the Bengal Legislative Council in 1942. During the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he successfully won, representing the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in partnership with the Muslim League.[1] The following year, he became a member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan.[2] He advocated for a secular constitution of Pakistan.[3]

References
  1. "Dinajpur District Portal". দিনাজপুর জেলা প্রশাসন. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  2. Möller, Ulrika; Schierenbeck, Isabell (2014). Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy: A comparative study. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-317-67310-1.
  3. Saeed, Sadia (2016). Politics of Desecularization: Law and the Minority Question in Pakistan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-14003-5. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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