Sayed Mohammad Masih is an Indian politician belonging to the

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. He was the MLA of Bhatar Assembly constituency in the

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Early life and family

Masih was born in to a

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family of

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in Bhatar,

Bardhaman district Bardhaman (, ), or sometimes Burdwan and Barddhaman, is a former district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Bardhaman. On 7 April 2017, the district was bifurcated into two separate districts namely Purba Bardhaman and Pas ...

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. He was the son of Sayed Mohammad Taha.

Career

Mondal contested in the

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Vidhan Sabha, Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1982. The Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front, which had won the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, emerged victoriously. The Indian Natio ...

where he ran as a

candidate for Bhatar Assembly constituency. He was re-elected from the same constituency at the

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Vidhan Sabha, Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1987. The election was mainly a clash between the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front led by Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and the Indian National Congress, ...

, and

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly . The election took place in five phases between 17 April and 8 May. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006, ...

for a third term.

References

1944 births West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987 West Bengal MLAs 1987–1991 West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 Politicians from Purba Bardhaman district 21st-century Indian Muslims 21st-century Bengalis 20th-century Indian Muslims 20th-century Bengalis Bengali Muslims Indian Sunni Muslims Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician stubs Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal {{WestBengal-politician-stub