Kazi Musharraf Hussain

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Khan Bahadur Nawab Kazi Musharraf Hussain

Minister of Education
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1937–1947
Constituency	Jalpaiguri - Darjeeling

Personal details
Born	1871 Cheora, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	November 15, 1966(1966-11-15) (aged 94–95) West Bengal, India
Political party	All-India Muslim League
Education	Hooghly Mohsin College
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (BL)

Kazi Musharraf Hussain (1871 – 15 November 1966) was an Indian politician. He was a minister in the Bengal Legislative Assembly and was later a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Early life

Kazi Musharraf Hussain was born in 1871 to a Bengali Muslim aristocratic family of Qadis in Cheora, Chauddagram, then part of the Tipperah district of the Bengal Presidency. His family was a Zamindar family in the region. His father was Kazi Mukarram Ali, who was lawyer at Comilla Judge Court. He graduated from Hooghly Mohsin College in 1899. He completed his law degree from the University of Calcutta. After graduation he married Faizunnesa Begum. His wife was the daughter of a tea planter through who he inherited tea estates in Jalpaiguri.^[1]

Career

Musharraf started his legal career in the Jalpaiguri district bar. In 1918 he was elected to the Bengal Legislative council, he campaigned on issues that affected Muslims of Bengal. He also served in the Bengal Legislative council from 1923 to 1936. In 1926 he was given the title Khan Bahadur and Nawab by the British Raj. In 1927 he was the minister of Education of the Bengal. He helped in the passage of Compulsory Free Primary Education Bill . He served as the vice president of the Bengal United Muslim Party.^[1]

Musharraf was re-elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1936 as an independent candidate.^[2] He joined the Muslim League after the elections. From 1937 to 1941 he was the minister of Law and Judicial ministry. From 1943 to 1945 he was in charge of another ministry. He was initially an advocate of the Pakistan Movement but he remained in India after the Partition. He went on to serve in the West Bengal state assembly.^[1]

Death

Musharraf died on 15 November 1966.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Abdus Salam, Muhammad (2012). "Hossain, Nawab Musharraf". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). The Indian Year Book.