Jnanendra Chandra Majumdar (also Janendra Chandra Majumder) was an anti-colonial Bengali politician, and a representative of

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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 ...

. A long-time associate of

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, Majumdar sided with

Sarat Bose Sarat Chandra Bose (Bengali: শরৎচন্দ্র বসু) (6 September 1889 – 20 February 1950) was an Indian barrister and independence activist. Early life He was born to Janakinath Bose (father) and Prabhabati Devi in Cuttac ...

during the evolution of

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faction. In 1940, he won a bye-election from East Mymensingh —a dual-member rural constituency— to the Bengal Provincial Assembly, drubbing Satish Chandra Ray Chowdhuri, the official Congress candidate, with considerable organizational support from Bose. In 1946, Majumdar re-stood as an independent candidate, but failed to be re-elected; nonetheless, he was elected by the Assembly as a Congress candidate to the

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. After

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Majumdar Pakistani MNAs 1947–1954 Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Year of death missing Place of death missing Members of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan