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{{Short description|Indian politician (1963–2024)}}
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| name           = Haji Sk. Nurul Islam
| name         = Haji Nurul Islam
|native_name        = হাজী শেখ নুরুল ইসলাম
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1963|11|11|df=y}}
| caption        = Haji Sk. Nurul Islam,MP in [[Basirhat]]
| birth_place  = Bahera, [[Duttapukur]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], India
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|11|df=y}}<ref name="Personal information">{{cite web |title= Personal information |url= http://www.hindustanpages.com/shri-sk-nurul-islam-mp-loksabha-basirhat-west-bengal}}</ref>
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2024|09|25|1963|11|11|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-25|title=Haji Nurul Islam Passes away|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/basirhat-mp-haji-nurul-islam-passed-away-dgtld/cid/1548310|access-date=2024-09-25|work=Anandabazar Patrika|issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
| birth_place    = Bahera, [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| death_place  = Bahera, [[Duttapukur]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| residence      = Bahera, [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| office        = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
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| |office        = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<ref name="Personal information"/>
| term_start    = 16 June 2024
|term_start    = 2016
| predecessor  = [[Nusrat Jahan Ruhi]]
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|constituency = [[Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haroa]]
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| term_end      = 25 September 2024
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| term_start1   = 25 May 2009
| constituency1 =[[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]]
| term_end1     = 24 May 2014
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| predecessor1 = [[Ajay Chakraborty]]
| term_start1   = 2009<ref name="Personal information"/>
| successor1   = [[Idris Ali (politician)|Idris Ali]]
| term_end1     = 2014
| office2       = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor1   = [[Ajay Chakraborty]]
| term_start2   = 25 May 2016
| successor1     = [[Idris Ali (politician)|Idris Ali]]
| term_end2     = 16 June 2024
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| constituency2 = [[Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haroa]]
| office2       = Member of [[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]]<ref name="Personal information"/>
| predecessor2  = Julfiquer Ali Molla
| constituency2  =[[North 24 Parganas]]
| successor2    = [[Sheikh Rabiul Islam]]
| term_start2   = 2008
| other_party  = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 1998)
| term_end2     = 2013
| party        = [[Trinamool Congress]]<br />(1998–2024)
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| spouse       = Rasida Begum<ref>{{cite web|title= Spouse information from netapedia.in|url= http://www.netapedia.in/neta.php?str=1421}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| children     = 4 (including [[Sheikh Rabiul Islam]])
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| alma_mater   = Matric (ALIM Khorki Sr. Madrasa)
|office3            = Member of [[Gram panchayat]] Samiti<ref name="Personal information"/>
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|constituency3= Bahera
| occupation    = Politician
|term_start3          = 2003
|term_end3          = 2008
| party          = [[Indian National Congress]] <small>(1970–1998)</small> <br /> [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] <br /><small>(1998–present)</small><ref name="Personal information"/>
| spouse         = Rasida Begum.<ref>{{cite web |title= Spouse information from netapedia.in|url= http://www.netapedia.in/neta.php?str=1421}}</ref>
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'''Haji Sk. Nurul Islam''' is an Indian politician and an [[Member of Parliament|MLA]] from  [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in [[West Bengal]].  He was born in 1964 in [[Bahera]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].He was a small-time zari businessman and resident of Chhoto Jagulia village in Barasat.<ref name="mitra">{{Cite web |url=http://lokahitam.com/getarticlefromdb.php?Article_Id=4348 |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140807/http://lokahitam.com/getarticlefromdb.php?Article_Id=4348 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==MP Local Area Development Scheme (2009-10)==
'''Haji Sk. Nurul Islam''' ([[Bengali Language|Bengali]]: হাজী সেখ নুরুল ইসলাম; 11 November 1963 – 25 September 2024) was an Indian politician and an [[Member of Parliament|MLA]] from [[Trinamool Congress]] in [[West Bengal]]. He was a small-time zari businessman and resident of Chhoto Jagulia village in Barasat.<ref name="mitra">{{Cite web |url=http://lokahitam.com/getarticlefromdb.php?Article_Id=4348 |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140807/http://lokahitam.com/getarticlefromdb.php?Article_Id=4348 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="m440">{{cite web | title=TMC Basirhat MP Sk Nurul Islam dies at 61 | website=The Times of India | date=25 September 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tmc-basirhat-mp-sk-nurul-islam-dies-at-61/articleshow/113665623.cms | access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref>
*Amount Released Rs. 2,00,00,000.00
*Total Recommended Works 51
*Expenditure Rs. 97,00,000.00
*Total Sanctioned Works 16
*Completed Works 16


Under the MPLAD scheme, each MP may identify projects and sanction up to Rs 2 crore per year for development works in their respective constituencies. From 2011,the amount has been increased to Rs 5.
==Background==
Islam was born in Bahera, [[West Bengal]], India. He joined the Trinamool Congress in January 1998 and served as a member of Bahera Gram Panchayat Samiti since 2003 to 2008. Nurul Islam was elected as the MLA from [[Haroa Assembly constituency|Haroa Assembly Constituency]] in 2016 and also became the M.P of [[Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency]] first time in [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=Trinamool MP, who defeated BJP's Rekha Patra in Bengal's Basirhat, dies at 60|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trinamool-congress-basirhat-mp-haji-nurul-islam-dies-battling-liver-cancer-2606248-2024-09-25 |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He died on 25 September 2024, at the age of 60.<ref>{{cite news |title=Haji Sk. Nurul Islam, TMC MP from Basirhat, passes away |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/haji-sk-nurul-islam-tmc-mp-from-basirhat-passes-away/articleshow/113662545.cms?from=mdr |access-date=25 September 2024 |publisher=The Economic Times |date=25 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Shiv Sahay |date=2024-09-25 |title=Basirhat Trinamool Congress MP Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam passes away at 60|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/tmcs-basirhat-mp-nurul-islam-passes-away-after-battle-with-cancer/article68681286.ece |access-date=2024-09-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


==Deganga riot==
==Deganga riot==
Islam was accused of being involved in the [[2010 Deganga riots]].<ref name="riots">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/282399/Anatomy-of-a-riot-foretold.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020185849/http://www.dailypioneer.com/282399/Anatomy-of-a-riot-foretold.html|archive-date=20 October 2010|title=Anatomy of a riot foretold|last=Mitra|first=Chandan|website=The Pioneer}}</ref> The BJP demanded the arrest of Haji Nurul Islam for instigating the mob into a communal frenzy. A [[First Information Report|F.I.R.]] had been filed against him.<ref name=toi20100911>{{cite news |title=BJP demands TMC MP's arrest for fomenting communal violence |date=11 September 2010 |agency=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-11/india/28213366_1_bjp-demands-muslim-votes-communal-politics |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103094834/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-11/india/28213366_1_bjp-demands-muslim-votes-communal-politics |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-03-20}}</ref><ref name="pioneer3">{{cite news |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/282380/BJP-demands-arrest-of-Haji-Nurul.html |title=BJP demands arrest of Haji Nurul |publisher=The Pioneer |date=10 September 2010 |accessdate=2010-09-11 |location=New Delhi| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100913214649/http://www.dailypioneer.com/282380/BJP-demands-arrest-of-Haji-Nurul.html| archivedate= 13 September 2010}}</ref>
Islam was accused of being involved in the [[2010 Deganga riots]].<ref name="riots">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/282399/Anatomy-of-a-riot-foretold.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020185849/http://www.dailypioneer.com/282399/Anatomy-of-a-riot-foretold.html|archive-date=20 October 2010|title=Anatomy of a riot foretold|last=Mitra|first=Chandan|website=The Pioneer}}</ref> The BJP demanded the arrest of Haji Nurul Islam for instigating the mob into a communal frenzy. An [[First information report|FIR]] had been filed against him.<ref name=toi20100911>{{cite news |title=BJP demands TMC MP's arrest for fomenting communal violence |date=11 September 2010 |agency=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-11/india/28213366_1_bjp-demands-muslim-votes-communal-politics |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103094834/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-11/india/28213366_1_bjp-demands-muslim-votes-communal-politics |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-03-20}}</ref><ref name="pioneer3">{{cite news |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/282380/BJP-demands-arrest-of-Haji-Nurul.html |title=BJP demands arrest of Haji Nurul |publisher=The Pioneer |date=10 September 2010 |accessdate=2010-09-11 |location=New Delhi| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100913214649/http://www.dailypioneer.com/282380/BJP-demands-arrest-of-Haji-Nurul.html| archivedate= 13 September 2010}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 19:40, 7 April 2026


Haji Nurul Islam
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 June 2024 – 25 September 2024
Preceded byNusrat Jahan Ruhi
ConstituencyBasirhat
In office
25 May 2009 – 24 May 2014
Preceded byAjay Chakraborty
Succeeded byIdris Ali
ConstituencyBasirhat
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
25 May 2016 – 16 June 2024
Preceded byJulfiquer Ali Molla
Succeeded bySheikh Rabiul Islam
ConstituencyHaroa
Personal details
Born(1963-11-11)11 November 1963
Bahera, Duttapukur, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
Died25 September 2024(2024-09-25) (aged 60)[1]
Bahera, Duttapukur, West Bengal, India
Political partyTrinamool Congress
(1998–2024)
Spouse(s)Rasida Begum[2]
Children4 (including Sheikh Rabiul Islam)
Alma materMatric (ALIM – Khorki Sr. Madrasa)
OccupationPolitician

Haji Sk. Nurul Islam (Bengali: হাজী সেখ নুরুল ইসলাম; 11 November 1963 – 25 September 2024) was an Indian politician and an MLA from Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. He was a small-time zari businessman and resident of Chhoto Jagulia village in Barasat.[3][4]

Background[edit | edit source]

Islam was born in Bahera, West Bengal, India. He joined the Trinamool Congress in January 1998 and served as a member of Bahera Gram Panchayat Samiti since 2003 to 2008. Nurul Islam was elected as the MLA from Haroa Assembly Constituency in 2016 and also became the M.P of Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency first time in 2024 Lok Sabha.[5] He died on 25 September 2024, at the age of 60.[6][7]

Deganga riot[edit | edit source]

Islam was accused of being involved in the 2010 Deganga riots.[8] The BJP demanded the arrest of Haji Nurul Islam for instigating the mob into a communal frenzy. An FIR had been filed against him.[9][10]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Haji Nurul Islam Passes away". Anandabazar Patrika. 25 September 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. "Spouse information from netapedia.in".[permanent dead link]
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "TMC Basirhat MP Sk Nurul Islam dies at 61". The Times of India. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  5. "Trinamool MP, who defeated BJP's Rekha Patra in Bengal's Basirhat, dies at 60". India Today. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  6. "Haji Sk. Nurul Islam, TMC MP from Basirhat, passes away". The Economic Times. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  7. Singh, Shiv Sahay (25 September 2024). "Basirhat Trinamool Congress MP Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam passes away at 60". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  8. Mitra, Chandan. "Anatomy of a riot foretold". The Pioneer. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010.
  9. "BJP demands TMC MP's arrest for fomenting communal violence". The Times of India. TNN. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. "BJP demands arrest of Haji Nurul". New Delhi: The Pioneer. 10 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Ajay Chakraborty
Member of Parliament for
Basirhat

2009 – 2014
Succeeded by
Idris Ali
Preceded by
Nusrat Jahan
Member of Parliament for
Basirhat

2024 – 2024
Succeeded by
Vacant