Muhammad Akramozzaman was an Indian

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politician. He was the former two-time member of the

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Meghalaya. Constituted as a directly elected body in 1972, it has 60 members, filled through direct elections held every five years. Like other Indian stat ...

for the Phulbari constituency in

West Garo Hills district West Garo Hills is an administrative district in Garo Hills of the state of Meghalaya in India. Tura town is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of 3714 km². In 2011 its population was 643,291. As ...

Life

Zaman was born into a

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family in

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jai ...

. He is a practicing

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and has performed Hajj. He was associated with the

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party. When Meghalaya was declared an autonomous state in 1970, Zaman served as the

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. He was the inaugural MLA for Phulbari constituency after winning the state's first elections and defeating independent candidate Majibhur Rahman. Zaman was a part of the 6-member Meghalaya State Planning Board (1972). He also participated in the 1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election and beat his closest rival, the independent candidate Sofiar Rahman Hazarika, by only 14 votes. He was unsuccessful in the

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and 1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly elections. According to journalist Anowar Islam, Zaman migrated to South Salmara in

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

as a result of violence in Phulbari. His son, Azizuz Zaman, is also a politician in Phulbari.

References

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