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Azad Zaman ( bn, আজাদ জামান; 1973/1974 – 4 March 2021) was an Indian

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politician, doctor and social worker. He was the former member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly for the Rajabala constituency in West Garo Hills district.

Life

Azad Zaman was born in 1974, to a Bengali Muslim family in

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. He was the son of Alhaj Surat Zaman. He was a medical practitioner who later joined the government service. His wife is a teacher by profession, and they lived in Bowabari, PO New Bhaitbari, PS Phulbari in the

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. He competed in the

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as an independent politician for Rajabala but lost to Ashahel Shira. He later joined the

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party, and defeated Shira in the

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Death

He died on 4 March 2021, due to cardiac arrest, aged 47. He left behind a wife, two daughters and a son.

References

1970s births 2021 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Meghalaya Meghalaya MLAs 2018–2023 Year of birth missing 21st-century Bengalis 20th-century Bengalis People from West Garo Hills district {{Meghalaya-politician-stub