Abdur Rezzak Khan (1900–1984)
Bengali
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anti-British freedom fighter, communist revolutionary and politician. He was a member of the
West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1969.
Background
He was born in June 1900 at Hakimpur,
24 parganas
24 Parganas district (''cabbiś pargaṇā jēlā'') is a former district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was split into two districts — North 24 Parganas district and South 24 Parganas district, with effect from 1 March 1 ...
of
Bengal Presidency,
British India.
Political movement
During the
Chittagong armoury raid led by
Masterda Surya Sen
Surya Sen, also called Surya Kumar Sen (22 March 189412 January 1934), was an Indian revolutionary who was influential in the Indian independence movement against British rule in India and is best known for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury ...
, he secretly supplied arms.
Santosh Kumar Mitra, a revolutionary martyr, was one of his companions.
In 1922, he came in contact with
Muzaffar Ahmed and
Abdul Halim ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحليم) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥalīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gives rise ...
. 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.
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References
Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal
Bengali communists
1900 births
1984 deaths
West Bengal MLAs 1969–1971