Amjad Ali (Assamese politician)

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Amjad Ali
MP
File:Amjad Ali (Assamese politician).gif
Member of Parliament, 2nd Lok Sabha
In office
1957–1962
ConstituencyDhubri
Member of Parliament, 1st Lok Sabha
In office
1952–1957
ConstituencyDhubri
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
1937 – 1945[1]
ConstituencyGoalpara East[2]
Personal details
Born
Mohammad Amjad Ali

26 September 1903
Goalpara, Assam Province British India (now Assam, India)
Political partyPraja Socialist Party
Spouse(s)Nurjehan Begum
Children6
Parent(s)
  • Amiruddin Ahmed (father)
EducationBSc
LL.B.[3]
Alma materCotton College (now Cotton University)
Aligarh Muslim University

Mohammad Amjad Ali (born 26 September 1903, date of death unknown), commonly known as Amjad Ali, was an Indian politician and lawyer of the Supreme Court of India who served parliament member twice collectively from 1952 to 1962, and represented Dhubri constituency after he was elected in the first and second general elections. He was affiliated with the Praja Socialist Party.

Biography[edit]

He was born on 26 September 1903 in Goalpara, Assam Province of British India (now Assam, India) to Maulvi Amiruddin Ahmed. He did his early schooling from Dhubri Zilla School, and later attended Cotton College (now Cotton University) and Aligarh Muslim University. He served president of Goalpara District Students Conference for Abhayapuri in 1938, and later in 1939 president of Muslim Students Federation for Kamrup District until he was appointed president of All India Muslim Students Federation for Sylhet in 1944.[1]

Amjad also served vice-president of Assam Provincial Muslim League (formerly member of the Socialist Party) from 1939 to 1941, and later member of Dacca University Court from 1939 to 1945 for Faculty of Arts and Law, member of University of Calcutta from 1943 to 1948. He later served in the Partially Excluded Areas Conference in 1940 and subsequently served at the member of Editorial Board of the Daily English Man and Aligarh Daily Mail. Prior to serving parliament member, he served member of Assam Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1945.[4]

As a writer, he wrote about Louis XIV and was awarded Ibn Khaldun Gold Medal for his publication.

Personal life[edit]

He married to Nurjehan Begum in November 1923, with whom he had three daughters and three sons.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in.
  2. ↑ "Assam Legislative Assembly - MLA 1937-46". assamassembly.gov.in.
  3. ↑ @MPAbdulKhaleque (12 May 2020). "Amjad Ali represented Dhubri Parliamentary Constituency" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ ENTRANCEINDIA 2018.

Further reading[edit]

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