Syed Badrudduja

Syed Badrudduja (4 January 1900 – 18 November 1974) was an Indian-Bengali politician, parliamentarian, and activist.[1] He was a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly, member of Indian parliament Lok Sabha and the Mayor of Calcutta.[1] He was involved with the anti-colonials movements like Khilafat Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement.[1]

Syed Badrudduja
সৈয়দ বদরুদ্দোজা
Mayor of Kolkata
In office
1943 - 1944
Personal details
Born(1900-01-04)4 January 1900
Murshidabad district, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died18 November 1974(1974-11-18) (aged 74)
NationalityIndian
Political partyAll-India Muslim League
ChildrenSyeda Razia Faiz
Syed Mohammad Ali
Syed Ashraf Ali
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Badrudduja was born in Talibpur village, Murshidabad district to Syed Abdul Ghafur. He did early education from Talibpur Khareji Madrasa then Salar H.E. School and Kagram H.E. School Murshidabad and later studied at Calcutta Madrassa and graduated in law from Presidency College, Calcutta and the University of Calcutta.

Career

Badrudduja joined and served as Secretary of Progressive Muslim League. He worked in the Indian independence movement with Bengali leaders like Chitta Ranjan Das, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.[1] He was also associated with Krishak Praja Party.[2] Later, he became president of Independent Democratic Party.[2] He also served as Secretary of the Progressive Assembly Party, Bengal, and as President of the Progressive Coalition Party, Bengal.[2] He was the Mayor of Kolkata from 1943 to 1944. He decided to stay in India after the Partition.[1][3][4] He was a member of Bengal Legislative Assembly, 1940—46, Bengal Legislative Council, 1946–47, West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 1948—52 and 1957—62; Member, Third Lok Sabha, 1962—67 and 4th Lok Sabha- 1967-70[2]

Apart from this he was active in public life and served as President of Calcutta Muslim Students' Association, Anjuman-i-Traqqi Urdu, West Bengal, West Bengal Relief and Rehabilitation Samity, Calcutta Muslim Institute and Vice-President of All Bengal Muslim Youngmen Association.

Personal life and death

Badrudduja was married to Rakia Badrudduja.[5] They had children including Syeda Sakina Islam, Syed Mohammad Ali (d. 2010), Syeda Salma Rahman, Syeda Razia Faiz (1936–2013), Syed Hyder Ali, Syeda Aisa Qader, Syed Ashraf Ali (1939–2016), Syeda Fatima Islam, Syed Reza Ali and Syeda Zakia.[6] He died on 18 November 1974.[7]

References
  1. Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Badrudduja, Syed". In Islam, Sirajul; Syed, Mohammed (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. "Members : Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. Stevenson, Richard (1 January 2005). Bengal Tiger and British Lion: An Account of the Bengal Famine of 1943. iUniverse. p. 159. ISBN 9780595362097.
  4. Malik, Iftikhar H. (18 February 1991). Us-South Asian Relations 1940-47: American Attitudes Toward The Pakistan Movement. Springer. p. 176. ISBN 9781349212163.
  5. "Former Islamic Foundation DG, scholar Syed Ashraf Ali dies". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. Ahsan, Syed (12 October 2012). "Remembering Syed Mohammad Ali". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. Ahsan, Syed (18 November 2015). "Syed Badrudduja . . . the erudite politician". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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