Abul Hashem Mondal is an Indian lawyer and politician belonging to the

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. He was the inaugural MLA of Memari Assembly constituency in the

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Early life and family

Mondal was born in a

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family of

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Mondals in

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. He is the son of Abul Kasem Mondal. Mondal is the possessor of

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and

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degrees.

Career

Mondal contested in the

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 Ap ...

where he ran as an

candidate for Memari Assembly constituency, defeating Marxist politician Debashis Ghosh.

References

West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 Politicians from Purba Bardhaman district 21st-century Indian Muslims 21st-century Bengalis Bengali Muslims Indian Sunni Muslims Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal 1940s births Living people {{WestBengal-politician-stub