Sheikh Mohammad Illias is an Indian politician belonging to the

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. He was the MLA of

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in the

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Early life and family

Illias was born on 10 March 1958 to a

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family of

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in the village of Samsabad in

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 ...

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. He is the son of Sheikh Abdul Jabbar. Illias studied at the Nandigram Braja Mohan Tewary High School and Sitananda College. He holds a

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degree.

Career

Illias contested in the

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2001 to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Seat Allotment Results Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a ...

where he ran as an

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candidate for

, defeating Trinamool politician

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. Illias was a member of the Standing Committee on Housing and Public Works. He was re-elected in the

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, ...

, defeating Maiti once again.

References

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