David Jacob Cohen - Revision history

>SdkbBot: Removed overlinked country wikilink and general fixes (task 2)

2022-01-19T06:08:50Z

Removed overlinked country wikilink and general fixes (task 2)

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:38, 19 January 2022
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Short description\|Indian politician}}		{{Short description\|Indian politician}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2019}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2019}}
	'''David Jacob Cohen''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (died 9 February 1959) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician and a leading figure of the [[Baghdadi Jew]]ish community in [[Calcutta]].<ref name="a"/><ref name="e"/> He served as honorary secretary of the Beth-El Synagogue.<ref>Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA117 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 117</ref> Cohen, then serving as vice president of the Calcutta Jewish Association, was to the [[Bengal Legislative Council]] from the Calcutta South Central non-Mohammedan constituency in 1921.<ref name="e"/><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xSkdAQAAMAAJ The Indian Year Book]'', Vol. 8–9. Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1921. p. 65</ref> Being elected to the Legislative Council was the highest political office obtained by a [[Calcutta Jew]].<ref name="b">Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA338 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 338</ref> He was defeated in the 1923 election, but was nominated by the Governor to remain in the Council in 1923 and 1926.<ref name="e">Egorova, Yulia. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1m_okSx7ds4C&pg=PA92 Jews and India: Perceptions and Image]''. London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 92-93</ref>		'''David Jacob Cohen''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (died 9 February 1959) was an Indian politician and a leading figure of the [[Baghdadi Jew]]ish community in [[Calcutta]].<ref name="a"/><ref name="e"/> He served as honorary secretary of the Beth-El Synagogue.<ref>Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA117 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 117</ref> Cohen, then serving as vice president of the Calcutta Jewish Association, was to the [[Bengal Legislative Council]] from the Calcutta South Central non-Mohammedan constituency in 1921.<ref name="e"/><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xSkdAQAAMAAJ The Indian Year Book]'', Vol. 8–9. Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1921. p. 65</ref> Being elected to the Legislative Council was the highest political office obtained by a [[Calcutta Jew]].<ref name="b">Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA338 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 338</ref> He was defeated in the 1923 election, but was nominated by the Governor to remain in the Council in 1923 and 1926.<ref name="e">Egorova, Yulia. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1m_okSx7ds4C&pg=PA92 Jews and India: Perceptions and Image]''. London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 92-93</ref>

	Cohen was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1941.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1941/01/05/archive/z-palestine-jews-honored-by-king-george JTA]. Retrieved 14 November 2014</ref>		Cohen was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1941.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1941/01/05/archive/z-palestine-jews-honored-by-king-george JTA]. Retrieved 14 November 2014</ref>
Line 14:		Line 14:
	[[Category:Bengali politicians]]		[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
	[[Category:1880s births]]		[[Category:1880s births]]

	[[Category:1959 deaths]]		[[Category:1959 deaths]]
	[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]		[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]

>FeanorStar7: /* References */ add cat; better cat

2021-09-15T22:58:16Z

References: add cat; better cat

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:28, 16 September 2021
Line 1:		Line 1:
			{{Short description\|Indian politician}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2019}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2019}}
	'''David Jacob Cohen''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (died February 9, 1959) was an [[India]]n politician and a leading figure of the [[Baghdadi Jew]]ish community in [[Calcutta]].<ref name="a"/><ref name="e"/> He served as honorary secretary of the Beth-El Synagogue.<ref>Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA117 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 117</ref> Cohen, then serving as vice president of the Calcutta Jewish Association, was to the [[Bengal Legislative Council]] from the Calcutta South Central non-Mohammedan constituency in 1921.<ref name="e"/><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xSkdAQAAMAAJ The Indian Year Book]'', Vol. 8–9. Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1921. p. 65</ref> Being elected to the Legislative Council was the highest political office obtained by a [[Calcutta Jew]].<ref name="b">Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA338 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 338</ref> He was defeated in the 1923 election, but was nominated by the Governor to remain in the Council in 1923 and 1926.<ref name="e">Egorova, Yulia. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1m_okSx7ds4C&pg=PA92 Jews and India: Perceptions and Image]''. London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 92-93</ref>		'''David Jacob Cohen''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (died 9 February 1959) was an [[India]]n politician and a leading figure of the [[Baghdadi Jew]]ish community in [[Calcutta]].<ref name="a"/><ref name="e"/> He served as honorary secretary of the Beth-El Synagogue.<ref>Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA117 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 117</ref> Cohen, then serving as vice president of the Calcutta Jewish Association, was to the [[Bengal Legislative Council]] from the Calcutta South Central non-Mohammedan constituency in 1921.<ref name="e"/><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xSkdAQAAMAAJ The Indian Year Book]'', Vol. 8–9. Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1921. p. 65</ref> Being elected to the Legislative Council was the highest political office obtained by a [[Calcutta Jew]].<ref name="b">Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA338 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 338</ref> He was defeated in the 1923 election, but was nominated by the Governor to remain in the Council in 1923 and 1926.<ref name="e">Egorova, Yulia. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1m_okSx7ds4C&pg=PA92 Jews and India: Perceptions and Image]''. London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 92-93</ref>

	Cohen was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1941.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1941/01/05/archive/z-palestine-jews-honored-by-king-george JTA]. Retrieved 14 November 2014</ref>		Cohen was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1941.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1941/01/05/archive/z-palestine-jews-honored-by-king-george JTA]. Retrieved 14 November 2014</ref>

	Cohen died on February 9, 1959 at the age of 75.<ref name="a">[[Adler, Cyrus]] and [[Henrietta Szold]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jrYSAAAAIAAJ The American Jewish Year Book]'', Vol. 62. [[American Jewish Committee]], 1961. p. 381</ref>		Cohen died on 9 February 1959 at the age of 75.<ref name="a">[[Adler, Cyrus]] and [[Henrietta Szold]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jrYSAAAAIAAJ The American Jewish Year Book]'', Vol. 62. [[American Jewish Committee]], 1961. p. 381</ref>

	==References==		==References==
Line 12:		Line 13:
	{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, David Jacob}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, David Jacob}}
	[[Category:Bengali politicians]]		[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
			[[Category:1880s births]]

	[[Category:1959 deaths]]		[[Category:1959 deaths]]
	[[Category:Year of birth ~~missing~~]]		[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
	[[Category:Indian Jews]]		[[Category:Indian Jews]]
	[[Category:Indian people of Iraqi-Jewish descent]]		[[Category:Indian people of Iraqi-Jewish descent]]

>Waacstats: stub sort

2020-09-05T15:11:30Z

stub sort

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
'''David Jacob Cohen''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (died February 9, 1959) was an [[India]]n politician and a leading figure of the [[Baghdadi Jew]]ish community in [[Calcutta]].<ref name="a"/><ref name="e"/> He served as honorary secretary of the Beth-El Synagogue.<ref>Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA117 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 117</ref> Cohen, then serving as vice president of the Calcutta Jewish Association, was to the [[Bengal Legislative Council]] from the Calcutta South Central non-Mohammedan constituency in 1921.<ref name="e"/><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xSkdAQAAMAAJ The Indian Year Book]'', Vol. 8–9. Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1921. p. 65</ref> Being elected to the Legislative Council was the highest political office obtained by a [[Calcutta Jew]].<ref name="b">Roland, Joan G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA338 The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era]''. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 338</ref> He was defeated in the 1923 election, but was nominated by the Governor to remain in the Council in 1923 and 1926.<ref name="e">Egorova, Yulia. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1m_okSx7ds4C&pg=PA92 Jews and India: Perceptions and Image]''. London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 92-93</ref>

Cohen was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1941.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1941/01/05/archive/z-palestine-jews-honored-by-king-george JTA]. Retrieved 14 November 2014</ref>

Cohen died on February 9, 1959 at the age of 75.<ref name="a">[[Adler, Cyrus]] and [[Henrietta Szold]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jrYSAAAAIAAJ The American Jewish Year Book]'', Vol. 62. [[American Jewish Committee]], 1961. p. 381</ref>

==References==
{{Portal|Politics}}
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, David Jacob}}
[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
[[Category:1959 deaths]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:Indian Jews]]
[[Category:Indian people of Iraqi-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]

{{WestBengal-politician-stub}}