Syed Shamsul Bari

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| name = Syed Shamsul Bari

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| term_start = 1962

| term_end = 1967

| predecessor = Anjali Khan

| constituency = Medinipur

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1965}}

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Syed Shamsul Bari is an Indian lawyer and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was the second MLA of Medinipur Assembly constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Early life and family

Bari was born into a Bengali family of Muslim Syeds in Midnapore district, Bengal Presidency.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

Bari contested in the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as an Indian National Congress candidate for Medinipur Assembly constituency, defeating Marxist politician Kamakshya Charan Ghose.{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1962/midnapore/|title=Midnapore, 1962|website=Latestly|access-date=9 May 2024}} He lost to Ghose at the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1967/midnapore/|title=Midnapore, 1967|website=Latestly|access-date=9 May 2024}}