Akramozzaman
{{Short description|Meghalaya politician}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Alhaj
| name = Muhammad Akramozzaman
| native_name =
| office = Member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 1972
| term_end = 1983
| constituency = Phulbari
| predecessor = Post established
| successor = Parimal Rava
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| party = Indian National Congress
| relatives =
}}
Muhammad Akramozzaman was an Indian Bengali politician. He was the former two-time member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly for the Phulbari constituency in West Garo Hills district.
Life
Zaman was born into a Bengali Muslim family in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. He is a practicing Sunni Muslim and has performed Hajj.
He was associated with the Indian National Congress party. When Meghalaya was declared an autonomous state in 1970, Zaman served as the Leader of the Opposition.{{cite web|url=https://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/meghalaya/meghalaya_statistical.htm|website=Legislative Bodies in India|title=Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|access-date=5 July 2022}} He was the inaugural MLA for Phulbari constituency after winning the state's first elections and defeating independent candidate Majibhur Rahman. Zaman was a part of the 6-member Meghalaya State Planning Board (1972).{{cite web|title=State Planning Board|url=https://megspb.gov.in/old_members.pdf|website=Megspb|access-date=5 July 2022}} He also participated in the 1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election and beat his closest rival, the independent candidate Sofiar Rahman Hazarika, by only 14 votes. He was unsuccessful in the 1983 and 1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly elections.
According to journalist Anowar Islam, Zaman migrated to South Salmara in Assam as a result of violence in Phulbari.{{cite book|title=Borders II (North East)|author=Islam, MD Anowar|publisher=Pencil|isbn=9789354580178}} His son, Azizuz Zaman, is also a politician in Phulbari.{{cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/phulbari-meghalaya-assembly-constituency|website=Result University|title=Phulbari Assembly Constituency|access-date=5 July 2022}}
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Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Meghalaya
Category:Meghalaya MLAs 1972–1978
Category:Meghalaya MLAs 1978–1983
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:20th-century Bengalis
Category:People from West Garo Hills district