Tafazzal Hossain

Tafazzal Hossain (Bengali: তফজ্জল হোসেন) was an Indian Bengali Congress politician.[1] He was an inaugural member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, representing the Kharba constituency.

Tafazzal Hossain
তফজ্জল হোসেন
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
April 1951  May 1957
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byGolam Yazdani
ConstituencyKharba
Personal details
Born Bengal Presidency
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseMariam Bibi
ChildrenMahabubul Haque
Residence(s)Naikunda, Murshidabad district, West Bengal

Early life and family

Tafazzal Hossain was born into a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Naikunda in Malda district, Bengal Presidency.[2]

He married Mariam Bibi, and they had a son named Mahabubul Haque Badal on 31 July 1941. Haque won the Kharba seat in the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[3]

Career

Hossain won the Kharba constituency seat in the inaugural 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, standing as an Indian National Congress candidate.[4]

References

  1. West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (3 July 1956). Assembly Proceedings: official report. West Bengal Government Press. p. x.
  2. Subodh Chandra Sarkar (1952). Indian Parliament and state legislatures: being the supplement to Hindustan year book, 1952. M.C. Sarkar. p. 68.
  3. West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1974). Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat. p. 36.
  4. Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 427. ISBN 9788176260282.
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