.svg)
A.M.O. Ghani: Difference between revisions
Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8
>Red Director m (Adding short description: "Indian politician" (Shortdesc helper)) |
imported>InternetArchiveBot (Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8) |
||
| Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
Obaidul Ghani represented the [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally constituency]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] 1957–1971, standing as a CPI candidate in the 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1969 elections.<ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|pages=393, 409, 546}}</ref> As a politician, he obtained significant popularity for his provision of medical services to the poor people of Calcutta.<ref name=a/> He stayed with CPI in [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|the 1964 split]].<ref name="Committee"/> In August 1969 the Modern Furnishers Mazdoor Union was registered, with Obaidul Ghani as its president.<ref name=b>{{cite book|title=West Bengal Labour Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8f0sAQAAMAAJ|date=July 1969|publisher=Department of Labour, Government of West Bengal.|page=530}}</ref> The union was affiliated to the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref name=b/> | Obaidul Ghani represented the [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally constituency]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] 1957–1971, standing as a CPI candidate in the 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1969 elections.<ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|pages=393, 409, 546}}</ref> As a politician, he obtained significant popularity for his provision of medical services to the poor people of Calcutta.<ref name=a/> He stayed with CPI in [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|the 1964 split]].<ref name="Committee"/> In August 1969 the Modern Furnishers Mazdoor Union was registered, with Obaidul Ghani as its president.<ref name=b>{{cite book|title=West Bengal Labour Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8f0sAQAAMAAJ|date=July 1969|publisher=Department of Labour, Government of West Bengal.|page=530}}</ref> The union was affiliated to the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref name=b/> | ||
He lost the Entally seat to [[Mohammed Nizamuddin]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | He lost the Entally seat to [[Mohammed Nizamuddin]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher = Election Commission | accessdate = 28 November 2016 | archive-date = 5 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305090722/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> He managed to defeat Mohammed Nizamuddin in the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and regained the Entally seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher = Election Commission | accessdate = 28 November 2016 | archive-date = 5 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305020346/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> | ||
==Death and legacy== | ==Death and legacy== | ||