Tafazzal Hossain
তফজ্জল হোসেন
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
April 1951 – May 1957
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byGolam Yazdani
ConstituencyKharba
Personal details
Born Bengal Presidency
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseMariam Bibi
ChildrenMahabubul Haque
Residence(s)Naikunda, Murshidabad district, West Bengal

Tafazzal Hossain (Bengali: তফজ্জল হোসেন) was an Indian Bengali Congress politician.[1] He was an inaugural member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, representing the Kharba constituency.

Early life and family

Tafazzal Hossain was born into a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Naikunda in Malda district, Bengal Presidency.[2]

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.[3]

Career

Hossain won the Kharba constituency seat in the inaugural 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, standing as an Indian National Congress candidate.[4]

References

  1. ^ West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (3 July 1956). Assembly Proceedings: official report. West Bengal Government Press. p. x.
  2. ^ Subodh Chandra Sarkar (1952). Indian Parliament and state legislatures: being the supplement to Hindustan year book, 1952. M.C. Sarkar. p. 68.
  3. ^ West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1974). Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat. p. 36.
  4. ^ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 427. ISBN 9788176260282.