Zainal Abedin is a

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politician and was four-time MP.

Early life

Zainal Abedin, son of Wareshtullah Mandal, was born on 29 October 1938 at Kabilpur in Murshidabad district. A graduate in humanities and education, he was educated at Jangipur College and Union Christian Training College at Baharampur. He married Rubeda Begum in 1957 and they had five sons.

Political career

He unsuccefully contested the

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seat for the state assembly in 1977. He was elected to the

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from Jangipur in 1980, 1984, 1989 and 1991.

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