Abu Raihan Biswas ( – 29 December 2019) was an Indian teacher and politician from

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

belonging to

Socialist Unity Centre of India The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C) is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in India. The party was founded by Shibdas Ghosh, Nihar Mukherjee and others in 1948. Ideology SUCI(C) is a communist party in ...

. He was a legislator of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...

Biography

Biswas was a high school teacher. He was elected as a member of the

from

Hariharpara Hariharpara is a village, with a police station, in the Hariharpara (community development block), Hariharpara Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, Indi ...

in 1972. Biswas also contested from

in 1977 and he lost to Shaikh Imaijuddin. He took part in 7th Lok Sabha election from

Murshidabad Murshidabad (), is a town in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. This town is the headquarters of Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly river, Bhagirathi Riv ...

but did not win. Biswas died on 29 December 2019 at the age of 79.

References

2019 deaths Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) politicians Politicians from Murshidabad district Indian schoolteachers West Bengal MLAs 1972–1977 Year of birth missing {{WestBengal-politician-stub