Nurul Islam (10 May 1931 – 30 December 1997) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me ...

from

Mankachar Mankachar is a census town in South Salmara-Mankachar District in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated at the extreme south-westernmost end of North-East India Geography Mankachar is located at . It has an average elevation of . In the no ...

in the

1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Assam, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Sarat Chandra Singha was re-appointed as t ...

as a member of 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 served as member of the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

representing

Dhubri (Lok Sabha constituency) Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Dhubri consists of 10 assembly segments of Lower Assam, covering all of South Salmara-Mankachar District and Dhubri districts and par ...

. He was elected to 7th, 10th and

11th Lok Sabha General elections were held in India in 1996 Indian general election, April–May 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha. The result of the election was a hung parliament, which would see three Prime Ministers in two years and force t ...

. He was born in Molakhowa, Dhubri district (Assam) on 10 May 1931, and died in

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on 30 December 1997, at the age of 66.

Positions held

* 1972-78 Member,

. * 1983 Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh). * 1983-84 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry. * 1984-85 A.I.C.C. Observer to Karnataka and Orissa during the general elections. * 1991 Re-elected to

(Tenth). * 1991-96 Member, Estimates Committee. ** Member, Consultative Committee on Ministry of Defence. * 1992-96 Member, Standing Committee on Defence. * 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time.

Social and cultural activities

Established two colleges, six high schools, 13 M.E. Schools, 47 L.P. Schools in Mankachar, Assam during 1972-78 and also established two music schools at Dhubri (Assam).

Special interests

Legal works, farming, horticulture, pisciculture, travelling, fishing and hunting.

Sports and clubs

Minor games, Member, Evening Club, Dhubri, Assam.

Other information

Professor, Law College, Dhubri, Vice-President, Apex Cooperative Bank, Dhubri for 3 years, President and Member of many educational institutions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Islam, Nurul 1931 births 1997 deaths People from Dhubri district India MPs 1980–1984 Indian Muslims Lok Sabha members from Assam India MPs 1991–1996 Indian National Congress politicians from Assam India MPs 1996–1997 University of Calcutta alumni Gauhati University alumni Assam MLAs 1972–1978