David Jacob Cohen: Difference between revisions
>Waacstats m (stub sort) |
>SdkbBot m (Removed overlinked country wikilink and general fixes (task 2)) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| 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 | '''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> | ||
Cohen died on February | 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 | [[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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:38, 19 January 2022
David Jacob Cohen OBE (died 9 February 1959) was an Indian politician and a leading figure of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Calcutta.[1][2] He served as honorary secretary of the Beth-El Synagogue.[3] 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.[2][4] Being elected to the Legislative Council was the highest political office obtained by a Calcutta Jew.[5] He was defeated in the 1923 election, but was nominated by the Governor to remain in the Council in 1923 and 1926.[2]
Cohen was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1941.[6]
Cohen died on 9 February 1959 at the age of 75.[1]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adler, Cyrus and Henrietta Szold. The American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 62. American Jewish Committee, 1961. p. 381
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Egorova, Yulia. Jews and India: Perceptions and Image. London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 92-93
- ↑ Roland, Joan G. The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 117
- ↑ The Indian Year Book, Vol. 8–9. Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1921. p. 65
- ↑ Roland, Joan G. The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Transaction Publ, 1998. p. 338
- ↑ JTA. Retrieved 14 November 2014