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	'''Kalimuddin Shams''' (13 February 1939 – 4 March 2013) was an Indian politician, belonging to the [[All India Forward Bloc]]. He served as Minister for Agriculture Marketing/Food and Supply 1991–2005 ~~in the [[West Bengal]] state government~~.<ref name="a">''Towards Socialism''. ''~~[http://www.towardssocialism.forwardbloc.org/Previous%20Edition/2013_Mar_TS.pdf Com. KALIMUDDIN SHAMS PASSED AWAY]~~ {{~~webarchive~~\|~~url~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041837/http://www.towardssocialism.forwardbloc.org/Previous%20Edition/2013_Mar_TS.pdf \|~~date~~=~~21 March 2014~~ }}''</ref>		'''Kalimuddin Shams''' (13 February 1939 – 4 March 2013) was an Indian politician, belonging to the [[All India Forward Bloc]]. He served in [[Government of West Bengal]] as Minister for Agriculture Marketing, Food and Supply (1991–2005).<ref name="a">''Towards Socialism''. ''{{usurped\|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041837/http://www.towardssocialism.forwardbloc.org/Previous%20Edition/2013_Mar_TS.pdf Com. KALIMUDDIN SHAMS PASSED AWAY]}}''</ref>

			==Early life and family==
			Shams was born on 13 February 1939 to a [[Bihari Muslim]] family in the village of Simra in [[Gaya, Bihar]]. He was the son of Haji Mojibur Rahman and the father of former MLA [[Moinuddin Shams]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Who's who in India\|page=425\|year=1986\|publisher=[[University of Michigan]]}}</ref>

	~~Shams was born in [[Gaya, Bihar\|Gaya]].~~ A lawyer by profession, he became involved in organising local struggles of residents of [[Kidderpore]] outside [[Calcutta]]. He was elected to the Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1965, standing as an [[independent (politician)\|independent candidate]]. In the following year he became a member of the All India Forward Bloc.<ref name="a"/>		==Career==
			A lawyer by profession, Shams became involved in organising local struggles of residents of [[Kidderpore]] outside [[Calcutta]]. He was elected to the Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1965, standing as an [[independent (politician)\|independent candidate]]. In the following year he became a member of the All India Forward Bloc.<ref name="a"/>

	Shams stood as a Forward Bloc candidate in the [[Kabitirtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Kabitirtha seat]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|1967 legislative assembly election]], but was not elected. In 1969 he again contested municipal elections and was re-elected. He served as Mayor in Council for Water Department. In the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|1972 election]] he again ran for legislative assembly from Kabitirtha, but was not elected.<ref name="a"/>		Shams stood as a Forward Bloc candidate in the [[Kabitirtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Kabitirtha seat]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|1967 legislative assembly election]], but was not elected. In 1969 he again contested municipal elections and was re-elected. He served as Mayor in Council for Water Department. In the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|1972 election]] he again ran for legislative assembly from Kabitirtha, but was not elected.<ref name="a"/>
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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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'''Kalimuddin Shams''' (13 February 1939 – 4 March 2013) was an Indian politician, belonging to the [[All India Forward Bloc]]. He served as Minister for Agriculture Marketing/Food and Supply 1991–2005 in the [[West Bengal]] state government.<ref name="a">''Towards Socialism''. ''[http://www.towardssocialism.forwardbloc.org/Previous%20Edition/2013_Mar_TS.pdf Com. KALIMUDDIN SHAMS PASSED AWAY] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041837/http://www.towardssocialism.forwardbloc.org/Previous%20Edition/2013_Mar_TS.pdf |date=21 March 2014 }}''</ref>

Shams was born in [[Gaya, Bihar|Gaya]]. A lawyer by profession, he became involved in organising local struggles of residents of [[Kidderpore]] outside [[Calcutta]]. He was elected to the Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1965, standing as an [[independent (politician)|independent candidate]]. In the following year he became a member of the All India Forward Bloc.<ref name="a"/>

Shams stood as a Forward Bloc candidate in the [[Kabitirtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kabitirtha seat]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967 legislative assembly election]], but was not elected. In 1969 he again contested municipal elections and was re-elected. He served as Mayor in Council for Water Department. In the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972 election]] he again ran for legislative assembly from Kabitirtha, but was not elected.<ref name="a"/>

Shams was elected to the West Bengal legislative assembly in the [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977 elections]], representing Kabitirtha. He was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the assembly. He would be re-elected in 1982, 1987, 1992, 1996 and 2001 (albeit in the two last elections he represented the [[Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nalhati constituency]].<ref name="a"/>

In 1980 the Urdu Academy of West Bengal was founded, with Shams as its chairman. He also served as president of the [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sports Club]] several years, being appointed in 1992.<ref name="a"/>

Shams was a member of the [[Central Committee]] of the All India Forward Bloc for 15 years.<ref name="a"/> He resigned from his ministerial post in 2005 due to ill health.<ref name="a"/>
An excellent orator, Shams was popular in India as a Muslim leader, who didn't hesitate to speak his mind and they were instances when he didn't even toe his party line when the issue concerned his community.

Kalimuddin Shams is linked to brutal killing of IPS Vinod Kumar Mehta, DCP (Port) on March 18, 1984.

==References==
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