Abul Hasnat Khan (5 December 1946 - 30 April 2021) was an Indian politician belonging to the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

(CPM). He is a four-time MLA and two-time MP.

Early life

Son of Muslim Ali Khan and Dilafroze Khanam, Abul Hasnat Khan was born on 5 December 1946 at Dumka, then in Bihar. A post graduate degree holder in history. He was educated at the University of Calcutta and

Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. ...

. He married Rokea Khanam in 1965, and they had two sons and three daughters.

Political career

Abul Hasnat Khan won from Farakka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1977, 1982, 1987 and 1991. He successfully contested from

Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency) Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. All the seven assembly segments of No.9 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district. Assembly segments As per orde ...

in 1998 and 1999. He took part in active politics from a young age and became a whole-time worker of CPI(M) in 1970. Khan died from COVID-19 in 2021 at the age of 78.

References

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