Jamal Uddin Ahmed ( bn, জামাল উদ্দিন আহমেদ; 12 June 1954 – 27 January 2021) was an Indian politician and former Member of the

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Early life

Ahmed was born on 12 June 1954, to Bengali Muslim parents Haji Najib Ali and Sayful Bibi in

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's Karimganj, which was a part of

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before the 1947

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Career

After passing his

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, Ahmed began social work. He became the president of a cultural club, and made a visit to

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. Ahmed was successful in the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly elections in which he represented the

All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

in the Badarpur constituency. He lost this seat to Anwarul Haq of the

All India United Democratic Front The All India United Democratic Front (also known as AIUDF and ''Sarva Bharatiya Sanyukt Ganatantric Morcha'') is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam. It is the 3rd largest political party in Assam Legislative Assembly after B ...

in 2006. In 2011, Ahmed won the elections as an

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candidate and served two more times as MLA for Badarpur. .

Personal life

Ahmed married twice, and one of his spouses was Rahima Begum. He had two sons and two daughters, including Zakariyya Ahmed.

Death

Whilst being transferred from Karimganj Civic Hospital to Silchar Medical Hospital, Ahmed died on 27 January 2021 during his third tenure as MLA. After his death no by-election was held in the constituency.

References

2021 deaths Members of the Assam Legislative Assembly 1954 births People from Karimganj district 21st-century Bengalis Trinamool Congress politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-INC-politician-stub