Serajuddin Ahmad was a Bengali politician.

Early life and education

Ahmad was born into a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims (; ) 'Mussalman'' also used in this work./ref> are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising over 70% of the global Bengali population, they are the second-largest ...

family in the village of Krishnapur in the

Midnapore district Midnapore (Pron: mad̪aːniːpur), or sometimes Medinipur, is a former district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Midnapore. On 1 January 2002, the district was bifurcated into two separate districts namely Purba Medinipur ...

of the

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Career

Ahmad contested in the

1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative assembly elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly were held in January 1946 as part of the 1946 Indian provincial elections. Seats The allocation of 250 seats in the assembly was based on the communal award. It is illustrated in ...

and won a seat at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Serajuddin 20th-century Bengalis People from Paschim Medinipur district People from British India Indian Sunni Muslims Bengali Muslims Bengal MLAs 1946–1947