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'''Jehangir Kabir''' was an Indian [[Bengali people|Bengali]] politician and Trade Union Leader.
'''Jehangir Kabir''' was an Indian [[Bengali people|Bengali]] politician and trade union leader.


Jehangir Kabir was born on 26 April 1910 in [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], East Bengal (now [[Bangladesh]]) to [[Khabeeruddin Ahmed]].<ref name="who">{{cite book |title=Who's Who |year=1957 |location=Calcutta |publisher=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat |page=48 |oclc=8043684}}</ref> Indian educationist [[Humayun Kabir (Bengal politician)|Humayun Kabir]] was Jehangir's elder brother.<ref name="Kabir2013">{{cite book |last1=Kabir |first1=Ananya Jahanara |author-link=Ananya Jahanara Kabir |title=Partition's Post-Amnesias: 1947, 1971 and Modern South Asia |url=https://archive.org/details/partitionspostam0000kabi/page/177/mode/1up |url-access=registration |year=2013 |publisher=Women Unlimited |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-88965-77-9 |pages=176–177}}</ref>
The brother of the Indian educationist, [[Humayun Kabir]], Jehangir Kabir was born in village Komarpur, near [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila|Faridpur]] in what is now [[Bangladesh]].
His father, Kabiruddin Ahmed was a Deputy Magistrate in the [[British Raj]]. His grandfather was awarded the title of [[Khan Bahadur]] by the British. After completing his education from [[Calcutta University]], Jehangir Kabir joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and started off as a trade union leader. He rose rapidly through the ranks and was made a minister in the post independence governments of [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]] and [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]. He represented [[Haroa]] in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.<ref>http://www.bengalinformation.org/2011/04/09/assembly-poll-results-of-haroa-constituency/</ref>


He completed a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from [[Calcutta University]].<ref name="who" /> He left the practice of law during the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942, and became a trade union leader.<ref name="Kashyap1969">{{cite book |last=Kashyap |first=Subhash C. |author-link=Subhash C. Kashyap |title=The Politics of Defection: A Study of State Politics in India |url=https://archive.org/details/politicsofdefect0000unse/page/355/mode/1up |url-access=registration |year=1969 |location=Delhi |publisher=National |pages=355, 373–374}}</ref> He and his family settled in Calcutta in 1947, the year of the [[Partition of India]].<ref name="Kabir2013" />
His son Justice Altamas Kabir is the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]], while a daughter Shukla Kabir Sinha is a judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]].

A long-time member of the [[Indian National Congress]] party,<ref name="Chatterji2007">{{cite book |last1=Chatterji |first1=Joya |author1-link=Joya Chatterji |title=The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-1967 |url=https://archive.org/details/spoilsofpartitio0000chat/page/311/mode/1up |url-access=registration |year=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-87536-3 |page=311}}</ref> he represented the [[Haroa Assembly constituency|Haroa constituency]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="who" />

In summer 1966, he broke away from Congress, taking many of his co-coreligionists with him, to join the new [[Bangla Congress]] party.<ref name="Chatterji2007" /> He became West Bengal's Minister for Planning and Development in [[Ajoy Mukherjee]]'s [[United Front (West Bengal)|United Front]] ministry.<ref name="Kashyap1969" /> In January 1968, he split from the Bangla Congress and formed the [[Bangla Jatiya Dal]] (National Party of Bengal).<ref name="Kashyap1969" />

Kabir died in 1981 in Calcutta.<ref name="Kabir2013" />

His son Justice [[Altamas Kabir]] was the 39th Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Datta |first=Damayanti |title=Conscience keeper in age of scams |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/yearender-2011/hopes-from-2012/story/20120109-judiciary-in-2012-justice-altamas-kabir-750177-2011-12-30 |magazine=India Today |date=9 January 2012}}</ref> while a daughter Shukla Kabir Sinha is a retired judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |title=Roundup: People who made news last fornight |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/people/story/roundup-people-who-made-news-last-fornight-36678-2012-10-19 |magazine=Business Today |date=28 October 2012}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 07:28, 29 February 2024

Jehangir Kabir was an Indian Bengali politician and trade union leader.

Jehangir Kabir was born on 26 April 1910 in Faridpur, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) to Khabeeruddin Ahmed.[1] Indian educationist Humayun Kabir was Jehangir's elder brother.[2]

He completed a Bachelor of Laws from Calcutta University.[1] He left the practice of law during the Quit India Movement in 1942, and became a trade union leader.[3] He and his family settled in Calcutta in 1947, the year of the Partition of India.[2]

A long-time member of the Indian National Congress party,[4] he represented the Haroa constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1]

In summer 1966, he broke away from Congress, taking many of his co-coreligionists with him, to join the new Bangla Congress party.[4] He became West Bengal's Minister for Planning and Development in Ajoy Mukherjee's United Front ministry.[3] In January 1968, he split from the Bangla Congress and formed the Bangla Jatiya Dal (National Party of Bengal).[3]

Kabir died in 1981 in Calcutta.[2]

His son Justice Altamas Kabir was the 39th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India,[5] while a daughter Shukla Kabir Sinha is a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Who's Who. Calcutta: West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat. 1957. p. 48. OCLC 8043684.
  2. ^ a b c Kabir, Ananya Jahanara (2013). Partition's Post-Amnesias: 1947, 1971 and Modern South Asia. New Delhi: Women Unlimited. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-81-88965-77-9.
  3. ^ a b c Kashyap, Subhash C. (1969). The Politics of Defection: A Study of State Politics in India. Delhi: National. pp. 355, 373–374.
  4. ^ a b Chatterji, Joya (2007). The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-1967. Cambridge University Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-521-87536-3.
  5. ^ Datta, Damayanti (9 January 2012). "Conscience keeper in age of scams". India Today.
  6. ^ "Roundup: People who made news last fornight". Business Today. 28 October 2012.
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