Tafazzal Hossain ( bn, তফজ্জল হোসেন) was an Indian Bengali

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politician. He was an inaugural member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, representing the

Kharba Kharba is a village in Chanchal I CD Block in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is located on the western banks of the Mahananda River. Geography Location Kharba is located at . It has an aver ...

constituency.

Early life and family

Tafazzal Hossain was born into a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Naikunda in

Malda district Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha (, , often ), is a district in West Bengal, India. It lies 347 km (215 miles) north of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Mango, jute and silk are the most notable products of this district. ...

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. He married Mariam Bibi, and they had a son named Mahabubul Haque Badal on 31 July 1941. Haque won the Kharba seat in the

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on March 11, 1972. Background The election was the 4th assembly election in West Bengal within six years. President's Rule had been introduced soon after the 1971 West ...

Career

Hossain won the Kharba constituency seat in the inaugural

1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952. Alliances On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between th ...

, standing as an

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candidate.

References

Year of birth missing Year of death missing Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 1951–1957 20th-century Bengalis People from Malda district {{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Tafazzal