Harendra Kumar Sur (1893 - 3 October 1964) was an anti-colonial Bengali politician, and a representative of

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

to the

Constituent Assembly of Pakistan The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ( bn, পাকিস্তান গণপরিষদ, Pākistān Goṇoporishod; ur, , Aāin Sāz Asimblī) was established in August 1947 to frame Constitution of Pakistan of 1956, a constitution for Paki ...

. Sur was a lawyer by training. In the 1937 Bengal Provincial Assembly Elections, Sur filed his nomination from

Noakhali Noakhali ( bn, নোয়াখালী, , New canal), historically known as Bhulua ( bn, ভুলুয়া), is a district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in the Chittagong Division. It was established as district in 1821, and officia ...

from the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. He drubbed his opponent, an independent candidate. He did not seek re-election to the Assembly in 1946; nonetheless, he was elected by the Assembly on a Congress ticket to the

Constituent Assembly of India The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the 'Provincial Assembly'. Following India's independence from the British rule in 1947, its members served as the nation's first Parliament as ...

. After

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, Noakhali went to Pakistan and Majumdar became a member of the

. During the

Noakhali riots The Noakhali riots were a series of semi-organized massacres, rapes and abductions, combined with looting and arson of Hindu properties, perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of Bengal (n ...

, he opened a peace camp at

Chowmuhani Chowmuhani ( bn, চৌমুহনী, Choumuhonī) is a city and municipal corporation in Noakhali District, located in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It is the administrative centre and capital of the Begumganj Upazila. Chowmuhani is an impor ...

. Sur died on 3 October 1964 at

R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital is a government owned medical college and hospital in Shyambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1886 to ensure self-sufficiency (Swaraj) in medical education and services in the coloni ...

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

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Pakistani MNAs 1947–1954 1964 deaths Members of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan Bengali Hindus Pakistani Hindus Politicians from East Pakistan Pakistani emigrants to India Naturalised citizens of India Politicians from Kolkata 1893 births {{Pakistan-MNA-stub