Mudassir Hossain
{{Short description|Bengali politician}}
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| birth_place = Burdwan district, Bengal Presidency
| office1 = Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
| term_start1 = 1937
| term_end1 = 1946
| successor1 = Mohammad Abdur Rasheed
| constituency1 = Birbhum
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Khan Bahadur Mudassir Hossain was a Bengali politician.
Early life
Hossain was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Rampurhat, Birbhum district, Bengal Presidency.Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings (1949) Vol. 5, Pt.2, p. 19
Career
Hossain was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council in 1921. He was awarded Khan Bahadur and CIE by the British Raj. Hossain contested in the 1937 Bengal elections and won a seat at the Bengal Legislative Assembly.{{cite book|title=Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings (1939)|volume=54|chapter=Alphabetical list of members|author=Government of Bengal|location=Alipore}} He was opposed to Marxism and remained in India after the Partition of Bengal (1947),Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings (1949) Vol. 5, Pt.2, p. 19 although he reportedly expressed desire for all of Bengal to join the Dominion of Pakistan.{{cite news|title=জানেন কোন ২১ জন বিধায়ক পশ্চিমবঙ্গকে পাকিস্তানের অন্তর্ভুক্ত করতে চেয়েছিলেন?|work=Madhyom|date=8 May 2024|url=https://www.madhyom.com/do-you-know-which-21-mlas-wanted-to-include-west-bengal-in-pakistan-16976|language=bn}}
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Category:20th-century Bengalis
Category:People from Birbhum district
Category:People from British India
Category:Bengal MLAs 1937–1945
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