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	{{See also\|Bengal Sultanate}}{{See also\|Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad}}		{{See also\|Bengal Sultanate}}{{See also\|Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad}}
	[[File:Zafar Khan Ghazi Mosque And Dargah at Tribeni in West Bengal.jpg\|thumb\|The Gazi Dargah (গাজী দরগা) of Tribeni (ত্রিবেনী) in West Bengal. This is one of the oldest Islamic heritage structures of Bengal]]		[[File:Zafar Khan Ghazi Mosque And Dargah at Tribeni in West Bengal.jpg\|thumb\|The Gazi Dargah (গাজী দরগা) of Tribeni (ত্রিবেনী) in West Bengal. This is one of the oldest Islamic heritage structures of Bengal]]
	[[File:~~Bengal Sultanate~~.png\|thumb\|~~upright=1.3\|The [[Bengal Sultanate]], 16th century covering whole Western part of~~ Bengal]]		[[File:Hussain_Shahis_of_Bengal.png\|thumb\|Historical Bengal sultanate]]


	[[Islam]] first arrived in Bengal in the year 1204.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Eaton \|first1=Richard M. \|title=The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 \|date=1993 \|publisher=University of California Press \|isbn=978-0-520-20507-9 \|edition=1 \|url=https://archive.org/details/riseofislambenga00eato \|url-access=registration}}</ref> The establishment of the first Muslim state in Bengal, the [[Bengal Sultanate]], in 1352 by [[Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah]] is credited to giving rise to a Bengali socio-linguistic identity.<ref name="Ahmed, ABM Shamsuddin">{{cite Banglapedia\|article=Iliyas Shah\|author=Ahmed, ABM Shamsuddin}}</ref> The Sultanate's influence was expansive, with the Hindu-born sultan [[Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah]] funding the construction of Islamic institutions as far as [[Makkah]] Al Mukarramah and [[Madinah]] Al Munawwarah, which came to be known as [[Banjaliyah Madrasah\|al-Madaris al-Banjaliyyah]] (''Bengali madrasas''). [[Sufism\|Sufis]] also became prominent in this period, such as [[Usman Serajuddin]], also known as ''Akhi Siraj Bengali'', who was a native of [[Gauḍa (city)\|Gaur]] in western Bengal and became the Sultanate's court scholar during [[Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah\|Ilyas Shah]]'s reign.<ref>{{cite book \|author=[['Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi]] \|title=Akhbarul Akhyar}}</ref><ref name="bpedia">{{cite Banglapedia\|article=Shaikh Akhi Sirajuddin Usman (R)\|author=Abdul Karim}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|author=Hanif, N \|title=Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia \|publisher=Prabhat Kumar Sharma, for Sarup & Sons \|year=2000 \|page=35}}</ref> Alongside Persian and Arabic, the Sultanate also used the [[Bengali language]] to gain patronage and support, contrary to previous states which exclusively favored [[liturgical language]]s such as [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]].<ref name="banglalang">"What is more significant, a contemporary Chinese traveler reported that although Persian was understood by some in the court, the language in universal use there was Bengali. This points to the waning, although certainly not yet the disappearance, of the sort of [[Cosmopolitanism\|cosmopolitan]] mentality that the Muslim ruling class in Bengal had exhibited since its arrival over two centuries earlier. It also points to the survival and eventual dominance of [[Parochialism\|parochial]] Bengali culture at the highest level of official society." {{harvcol\|Eaton\|1993\|p=60}}</ref><ref name="jol">{{cite journal \|last=Rabbani \|first=AKM Golam \|date=7 November 2017 \|title=Politics and Literary Activities in the Bengali Language during the Independent Sultanate of Bengal \|url=https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJL/article/view/3344 \|url-status=live \|journal=Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=151–166 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011123110/https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJL/article/view/3344 \|archive-date=11 October 2017 \|access-date=7 November 2017 \|via=www.banglajol.info}}</ref> [[Islam]] became especially widespread when the region was under [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal]] rule from 1576 to 1765 and was commonly known as [[Bengal Subah]].{{citation needed\|date=November 2022}} The [[Mughal Emperor]]s considered Bengal their most prized province. The [[Mughal emperors\|Mughal emperor]] [[Emperor Akbar\|Akbar]] is credited with developing the modern [[Bengali calendar]].<ref>{{cite web\|author=Shoaib Daniyal \|url=http://scroll.in/article/720351/bengali-new-year-how-akbar-invented-the-modern-bengali-calendar \|title=Bengali New Year: how Akbar invented the modern Bengali calendar \|website=Scroll.in \|date=15 April 2015 \|access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref>		[[Islam]] first arrived in Bengal in the year 1204.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Eaton \|first1=Richard M. \|title=The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 \|date=1993 \|publisher=University of California Press \|isbn=978-0-520-20507-9 \|edition=1 \|url=https://archive.org/details/riseofislambenga00eato \|url-access=registration}}</ref> The establishment of the first Muslim state in Bengal, the [[Bengal Sultanate]], in 1352 by [[Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah]] is credited to giving rise to a Bengali socio-linguistic identity.<ref name="Ahmed, ABM Shamsuddin">{{cite Banglapedia\|article=Iliyas Shah\|author=Ahmed, ABM Shamsuddin}}</ref> The Sultanate's influence was expansive, with the Hindu-born sultan [[Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah]] funding the construction of Islamic institutions as far as [[Makkah]] Al Mukarramah and [[Madinah]] Al Munawwarah, which came to be known as [[Banjaliyah Madrasah\|al-Madaris al-Banjaliyyah]] (''Bengali madrasas''). [[Sufism\|Sufis]] also became prominent in this period, such as [[Usman Serajuddin]], also known as ''Akhi Siraj Bengali'', who was a native of [[Gauḍa (city)\|Gaur]] in western Bengal and became the Sultanate's court scholar during [[Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah\|Ilyas Shah]]'s reign.<ref>{{cite book \|author=[['Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi]] \|title=Akhbarul Akhyar}}</ref><ref name="bpedia">{{cite Banglapedia\|article=Shaikh Akhi Sirajuddin Usman (R)\|author=Abdul Karim}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|author=Hanif, N \|title=Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia \|publisher=Prabhat Kumar Sharma, for Sarup & Sons \|year=2000 \|page=35}}</ref> Alongside Persian and Arabic, the Sultanate also used the [[Bengali language]] to gain patronage and support, contrary to previous states which exclusively favored [[liturgical language]]s such as [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]].<ref name="banglalang">"What is more significant, a contemporary Chinese traveler reported that although Persian was understood by some in the court, the language in universal use there was Bengali. This points to the waning, although certainly not yet the disappearance, of the sort of [[Cosmopolitanism\|cosmopolitan]] mentality that the Muslim ruling class in Bengal had exhibited since its arrival over two centuries earlier. It also points to the survival and eventual dominance of [[Parochialism\|parochial]] Bengali culture at the highest level of official society." {{harvcol\|Eaton\|1993\|p=60}}</ref><ref name="jol">{{cite journal \|last=Rabbani \|first=AKM Golam \|date=7 November 2017 \|title=Politics and Literary Activities in the Bengali Language during the Independent Sultanate of Bengal \|url=https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJL/article/view/3344 \|url-status=live \|journal=Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=151–166 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011123110/https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJL/article/view/3344 \|archive-date=11 October 2017 \|access-date=7 November 2017 \|via=www.banglajol.info}}</ref> [[Islam]] became especially widespread when the region was under [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal]] rule from 1576 to 1765 and was commonly known as [[Bengal Subah]].{{citation needed\|date=November 2022}} The [[Mughal Emperor]]s considered Bengal their most prized province. The [[Mughal emperors\|Mughal emperor]] [[Emperor Akbar\|Akbar]] is credited with developing the modern [[Bengali calendar]].<ref>{{cite web\|author=Shoaib Daniyal \|url=http://scroll.in/article/720351/bengali-new-year-how-akbar-invented-the-modern-bengali-calendar \|title=Bengali New Year: how Akbar invented the modern Bengali calendar \|website=Scroll.in \|date=15 April 2015 \|access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref>
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	*[[Abul Hayat]], actor		*[[Abul Hayat]], actor
	*[[Atiul Islam]], Indian Filmmaker
	*[[Mir Afsar Ali]], radio jockey, actor		*[[Mir Afsar Ali]], radio jockey, actor
	*[[Abdul Alim]], folk singer, songwriter		*[[Abdul Alim]], folk singer, songwriter

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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Muslims in West Bengal
| pop = '''31,144,763''' (2021) <br /> (30% of the state population){{increase}}<ref name="indiaonlinepages-population">https://www.indiaonlinepages.com/population/west-bengal-population.html</ref><ref name="times-of-india-assembly-elections">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.com/india/west-bengal-assembly-elections-why-getting-muslims-votes-could-be-tough-for-mamata-banerjee/articleshow/80725522.cms |title=West Bengal assembly elections: Why getting Muslims votes could be tough for Mamata Banerjee |website=Times of India}}</ref><ref name="free-press-journal-muslim-vote-share">https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/why-the-30-muslim-vote-share-is-crucial-in-bengal-explains-robin-roy</ref><ref name="india-census">https://www.indiacensus.net/states/west-bengal</ref><ref>[http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/religion.aspx Census of India - Religious Composition]</ref>
| regions = Majority in [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] with 66.2%, [[Maldah district|Maldah]] with 51.3%, [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar dinajpur]] with 50%.

Significant minority in [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]] with 37%, [[South 24 Parganas]] with 35.6%, [[Howrah]] with 26.20%.
| langs = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Urdu]]
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| religions =
| related_groups =
| rawimage = File:Muslims-WB.jpg
}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
[[File:Zohora Begum Mosque 4.JPG|thumb|right|Zohora Begum Mosque in Kolkata]]

According to the (2021) estimation, the [[West Bengal]] state has over 31,144,763 [[Muslims]], who form 30% of the state's population.<ref name="indiaonlinepages-population" /><ref name="free-press-journal-muslim-vote-share" /><ref name="times-of-india-assembly-elections" /><ref name="india-census" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/XkVYBX2IaBk5Sqf8yr2XMM/Hindu-population-declined-Muslims-increased-2011-census.html |title=Census 2011 shows Islam is the fastest growing religion in India |date=26 August 2015 |newspaper=Mint }}</ref> The Muslim population in West Bengal as per as latest past Indian census of (2011) was around 24,654,825 forming 27% of the state population.<ref>https://core.ac.uk › pdfPDF
Muslims of West Bengal - CORE</ref> [[Muslims]] form the majority of the population in three districts: [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]], [[Malda district|Malda]] and [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]].<ref name=Saibal>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bengal-beats-India-in-Muslim-growth-rate/articleshow/48675987.cms |title=Bengal beats India in Muslim growth rate |author=Saibal Sen |date=26 August 2015 }}</ref>

==Demography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ ''Percentage and population of Muslims in West Bengal by decades''<ref>https://m.statisticstimes.com/demographics/india/west-bengal-population.php</ref><ref name="BPSR_2019">{{cite news |url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2342/1/U615290.pdf |title=The Population Trajectories of Bangladesh and West Bengal During the Twentieth Century: A Comparative Study |author=Nahid Kamal}}</ref>
|-
! Year
! Percentage (%)
! Muslim Population [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|18px]]
! Total population
|-
| '''1901'''
| 29.44
| 3,954,776
| 16,940,088
|-
| '''1911'''
| 26.31
| 2,955,098
| 17,998,769
|-
| '''1921'''
| 26.07
| 4,101,516
| 17,474,348
|-
| '''1931'''
| 26.65
| 4,521,313
| 18,897,036
|-
| '''1941'''
| 26.18
| 5,506,442
| 23,229,552
|-
| '''1951'''
| 19.85
| 5,102,330
| 26,299,980
|-
| '''1961'''
| 20
| 6,915,348
| 34,926,279
|-
| '''1971'''
| 20.46
| 9,083,963
| 44,312,011
|-
| '''1981'''
| 21.51
| 11,743,209
| 54,580,647
|-
| '''1991'''
| 23.61
| 16,050,000
| 68,077,965
|-
| '''2001'''
| 25.25
| 20,240,543
| 80,176,197
|-
| '''2011'''
| 27
| 24,654,825
| 91,347,736
|-
| '''2021'''
| 30
| 31,144,763
| 103,815,877
|}

== Population ==
{{Historical populations
|title = Historical Muslim Population
|type =
|footnote =
|align = right
|width =
|state =
|shading =
|pop_name =
|percentages =
|source = <ref name="BPSR_2019" />
|1901 | 3,954,776
|1911 | 2,955,098
|1921 | 4,101,516
|1931 | 4,521,313
|1941 | 5,506,442
|1951 | 5,102,330
|1961 | 6,915,348
|1971 | 9,083,963
|1981 | 11,743,209
|1991 | 16,050,000
|2001 | 20,240,543
|2011 | 24,654,825
|2021 | 31,144,763
}}
The [[Muslim]] population in West Bengal before 1947 partition was around 30%.<ref name="core.ac.uk">{{cite news |title=Muslims of West Bengal |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144521229.pdf |access-date=16 March 2021 |work=core.ac.uk}}</ref> After [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|partition of Bengal]] in 1947, some Muslims from [[West Bengal]] left for [[East Pakistan]], (Present-Day-[[Bangladesh]]). Estimates show that 1,534,718 [[Muslim]] refugees from West Bengal settling permanently in East Pakistan during 1947–1951.<ref name="Chatterji-2007">{{cite book |last=Chatterji |first=Joya |date=2007 |title=The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947–1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FjQ0iWSq2R0C |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-46830-5}}</ref>

=== Population by district (2011)===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Muslims in West Bengal by district (2011)<ref name="census_2011">[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS Population by religious community: West Bengal]. 2011 Census of India.</ref>
! # || District || Total population || Muslim population || %
|-
| 1 || [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] || 7,103,807 || 4,707,573 ||style="background: darkgreen" |66.88%
|-
| 2 || [[South 24 Parganas district|South 24 Parganas]] || 8,161,961 || 2,903,075 || style="background: lightgreen |35.57%
|-
| 3 || [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]] || 10,009,781 || 2,584,684 || 25.82%
|-
| 4 || [[Malda district|Malda]] || 3,988,845 || 2,045,151 || style="background: darkgreen" |51.27%
|-
| 5 || [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman]] || 7,717,563 || 1,599,764 || 20.73%
|-
| 6 || [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]] || 3,007,134 || 1,501,170 ||style="background: lightgreen |49.92%
|-
| 7 || [[Nadia district|Nadia]] || 5,167,600 || 1,382,682 || 26.76%
|-
| 8 || [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]] || 3,502,404 || 1,298,054 || style="background: lightgreen |37.06%
|-
| 9 || [[Howrah district|Howrah]] || 4,850,029 || 1,270,641 || 26.20%
|-
| 10 || [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]] || 4,496,694 || 926,414 || 20.60%
|-
| 11 || [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]] || 5,519,145 || 870,204 || 15.77%
|-
| 12 || [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]] || 5,095,875 || 743,436 || 14.59%
|-
| 13 || [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]] || 2,819,086 || 720,033 || 25.54%
|-
| 14 || [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]] || 5,913,457 || 620,554 ||10.49%
|-
| 15 || [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]] || 3,872,846 || 445,817 || 11.51%
|-
| 16 || [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|Dakshin Dinajpur]] || 1,676,276 || 412,788 || 24.63%
|-
| 17 || [[Bankura district|Bankura]] || 3,596,674 || 290,450 || 8.08%
|-
| 18 || [[Purulia district|Purulia]] || 2,930,115 || 227,249 || 7.76%
|-
| 19 || [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]] || 1,846,823 || 105,086 || 5.69%
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|## || '''West Bengal''' (Total) || '''91,276,115''' || '''24,654,825'''|| '''27.01%'''
|}

=== Trends ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trends in Muslim population of West Bengal after Partition<ref name="BPSR_2015">{{cite news |url=http://www.thestatesman.com/news/opinion/bengal-s-topsy-turvy-population-growth/93152.html |title=Bengal’s topsy-turvy population growth |author=B.P. Syam Roy |newspaper=The Statesman |date=28 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910125228/http://www.thestatesman.com/news/opinion/bengal-s-topsy-turvy-population-growth/93152.html |archivedate=10 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="BPSR_2019" />
! Census year !! % of total population !! Decadal growth !! Increase

|-
|1946 '''(Before partition)''' || 30.32%<ref name="core.ac.uk" /> || NA || NA
|-
| 1951 || 19.85% || 27.26% || style="background: red" |
'''-10.47%'''
|-
| 1961 || 20% || 36.48% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.15%'''
|-
| 1971 || 20.46% || 29.76% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+0.46%'''
|-
| 1981 || 21.51% || 29.55% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+1.05%'''
|-
| 1991 || 23.61% || 36.89% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+2.1%'''
|-
| 2001 || 25.25% || 25.91% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+1.64%'''
|-
| 2011 || 27.01% || 21.80% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+1.76%'''
|-
| 2021 || 30%<ref name="times-of-india-assembly-elections" />|| 26.30% || style="background: lightgreen" | '''+2.99%'''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trends in Muslim population of West Bengal before Partition<ref name="BPSR_2019" />
! Census year !! % of total population !! Decadal growth !! Increase
|-
| 1901 || 25.98% || NA || NA
|-
| 1911 || 26.31% || NA || NA
|-
| 1921 || 26.07% || NA || NA
|-
| 1931 || 26.65% || NA || NA
|-
| 1941 || 26.18% || NA || NA

|}

===Projections===
According to the 2011 census, there were around 24.6 million Muslims living in West Bengal. Nearly 19 million are Bengali Muslims, constituting around 77% of the total Muslim population in the state, and they are mainly concentrated in rural areas. The Urdu-speaking Muslims live mainly in Kolkata and other urban areas of West Bengal.<ref>https://m.timesofindia.com/india/west-bengal-elections-2021-mamata-banerjee-and-muslim-votes/articleshow/81700787.cms</ref> Their percentage in the population has remained largely stable, from 30.3% in 1946 (before partition) to again regaining 30.05% in 2021 as the same status just they have before partition of Bengal in 1947.<ref name="free-press-journal-muslim-vote-share" /><ref name="times-of-india-assembly-elections" /><ref name="Chatterji-2007" /> Furthermore, the Muslim decadal growth rate has decreased over the last three decades, owing to a fall in fertility rates.<ref>https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/condition-of-muslims-in-west-bengal-a-reality-check-ahead-of-west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021/article33887344.ece</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Subhanil Chowdhury & Saswata |title=Condition of Muslims in West Bengal: A reality check |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/condition-of-muslims-in-west-bengal-a-reality-check-ahead-of-west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021/article33887344.ece |access-date=16 March 2021 |work=Frontline |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable Muslims from West Bengal==
===Kolkata===
* [[Mohammed Ali Qamar]], [[boxer]], medalist in [[Commonwealth Games]]
* [[Rupam Islam]], musician
* [[Masudur Rahman Baidya]], [[swimmer]]
* [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]], former [[Vice President of India]]
* [[Mohammed Salim (footballer)]]
* [[Mohammed Salim (politician)]]
* [[Altamas Kabir]], former [[Chief Justice of India]]
* [[Firhad Hakim]], [[Mayors of Kolkata|Mayor]] of [[Kolkata]], MIC Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
* [[Sultan Ahmed (Indian politician)|Sultan Ahmed (politician)]], Indian politician and former Union Minister of State Tourism
* [[Nafisa Ali]], actress, politician and social activist
* [[Sahil Khan]], gymnast and model of India

===Malda===
* [[A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury]], former [[Railways Minister (India)]]
* [[Mausam Noor]] Formar [[Member of Indian Parliament|M.P]] of [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]
* [[Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury]] [[Member of Indian Parliament|M.P]] of [[Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Dakshin]] and Ex-State Health Minister
* [[Isha Khan Choudhury]] current [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|M.L.A]] of [[Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
* [[Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury]] Ex-[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|M.L.A]] of [[Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] and Ex-Minister of Science and Technology
* [[Sabina Yeasmin]] current [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|M.L.A]] of [[Mothabari]] and Ex-Minister of Labour Department
* [[Rubi Noor]] former three times [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|M.L.A]] of [[Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]

===Murshidabad===
* [[Mir Afsar Ali]], Radio Jockey, Actor
* [[Syed Mustafa Siraj]], Bengali writer
* [[Abul Bashar]], Bengali writer
* [[Niamot Sheikh]], Current M.L.A of Hariharpara, [[Hariharpara]].

===Hooghly===
*[[Abdul Mannan (West Bengal politician)]], Politician

===Burdwan===
*[[Siddiqullah Chowdhury]], Politician & President Of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]]# Tabassum ara deputy Mayor ## Mir hasim amc President

===South 24 Parganas===
*[[Abdur Razzak Molla]], Politician & Former Minister Of Land Reforms

==See also==
* [[Islam in Bangladesh]]
* [[Bengali Muslims]]
* [[Islam in India]]
* [[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism in East Bengal]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Islam in India by region}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}

[[Category:Islam in India by state or union territory|West Bengal]]
[[Category:Religion in West Bengal]]