Jahangir Kabir ( bn, জাহাঙ্গীর কবীর is a

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politician and journalist. He was the former

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Jhalokati-1 Jhalokati-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Bazlul Haque Haroon of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Kathalia and Rajapur upazilas. History The ...

, as a Jatiya Party candidate.

Early life and family

Kabir was born into a political

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family of landowners known as the

Taluqdar Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: ; Perso-Arabic: , ; from ''taluq'' "estate/attachment" + '' dar'' "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Mughal Empire and British Raj ...

s of Chechrirampur in Kathalia,

Jhalokati Jhalokati ( bn, ঝালকাঠি) is a town in Jhalokati district in the Barisal Division, division of Barisal in southern Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarter and the largest town of Jhalokati district. The town covers an area of ...

, then under the

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. The family traced their ancestry to Tendur Khan, a claimed descendant of Sultan

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, who first settled in Faridpur from

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. Tendur Khan then settled in Chechrirampur, and was given the

taluq A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

of Syedpur

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. Kabir's genealogy is as follows: Jahangir Kabir, son of Tafazzal Husayn Khan Tota Mia, son of Muazzam Husayn Khan Naya Mia, son of Ahsan Khan, son of Bhola Khan, son of Nasir Khan. His paternal uncle, Nurul Husayn Khan Nanna Mia, was an associate of

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ( bn, হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্‌রাওয়ার্দী; ur, ; 8 September 18925 December 1963) was a Bengali barrister and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 t ...

and editor for the

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Volunteers Force.

Career

Kabir was elected to parliament from Jhalokati-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.

References

Jatiya Party politicians Living people 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi people of Afghan descent {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub