Fazal Karim Miah is an Indian politician from the state of
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
. He was formerly a member of the
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...
.
Early life and background
Miah was born on 2 August 1951 to Piaruddin Miah and his wife, who belonged to a
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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Sunni Muslim
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family. He completed his education at the Dhalpai Junior High School in Cooch Behar.
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Political career
Miah worked at a government-funded school before entering politics at an old age.All India Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction f ...
in the Tufanganj constituency.
References
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West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021
Living people
Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal
Indian Sunni Muslims
Bengali Muslims
People from Cooch Behar district
21st-century Indian Muslims
1951 births