Syed Muhammed Siddique was a Bengali politician from

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. He was awarded Khan Bahadur and CIE by the

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Early life and education

Siddique was born into a Bengali family of

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in the village of Rol in the

of the

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. He graduated with an

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Career

Siddique contested in the 1937 Bengal elections and won a seat at the

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. He was re-elected following the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siddique, Syed Muhammed 20th-century Bengalis People from Bankura district People from British India Indian Sunni Muslims Bengali Muslims Bengal MLAs 1937–1945 Bengal MLAs 1946–1947