Shamsul Hoque
{{Short description|Meghalaya politician}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Shamsul Hoque
| native_name =
| office = Member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 1972
| term_end = 1978
| constituency = Mahendraganj
| predecessor = Post established
| successor = Manik Ch. Das
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Majherchar, Meghalaya
| party = Independent
| relatives =
}}
Shamsul Hoque ({{langx|bn|শামসুল হক}}) was an Indian Bengali politician. He was the inaugural holder of the Mahendraganj constituency at the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
Life
Hoque was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Majherchar in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Despite being an independent candidate, he defeated Khelaram Barman of the Indian National Congress at the state's first ever elections, thus winning a seat at the Mahendraganj constituency of South West Garo Hills district. Among Hoque's contribution was the demand for the electrification of Mahendraganj.{{cite journal|title=Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Debates|page=70|publisher=Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|year=1977}} On 14 July 1974, the Border Security Force committed atrocities in Majherchar and surrounding villages. Hoque attempted to protect his constituents but was kidnapped by the Border Security Force and locked up in their nearby checkpoint. Local police managed to free Hoque the next day.{{cite journal|page=210|volume=42|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.15569/page/n113/mode/2up|title=Lok Sabha Debates|year=1974|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi |editor=Lok Sabha Secretariat}}
He also participated in the 1978 and 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly elections but only reached second place in both elections.{{cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/mahendraganj-meghalaya-assembly-constituency|website=Result University|title=Mahendraganj Assembly Constituency|access-date=5 July 2022}}
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Category:Meghalaya politicians
Category:Meghalaya MLAs 1972–1978
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:20th-century Bengalis
Category:People from South West Garo Hills district
Category:20th-century Indian Muslims
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