Maziruddin Ahmed
Maziruddin Ahmed is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was the MLA of Cooch Behar Assembly constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Early life and education
Ahmed was born in December 1898 to a Bengali family of Muslim Nashya Shaikhs in the village of Balarampur, then part of the princely state of Cooch Behar. He was the son of Kalimuddin Ahmed. Ahmed studied at the Jenkins School and then at the Acharya [Brojendra Nath Seal College|Victoria College], both located within Cooch Behar. He then proceeded to study at the University Law College in Calcutta, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree.Personal life
Ahmed married Azizatunnesa, daughter of legal practitioner Abdul Aziz Pradhan.Career
Ahmed served various roles within the Cooch Behar State. He was the vice chairman of the Cooch Behar municipality, and later became its commissioner. He also served as a member of the Cooch Behar District Minority Board, North Bengal Flood Control Advisory Committee and Regional Transport Authority. Aside from that, Ahmed was a member of the governing body of Victoria College, president of the Gunjabari Women's Society.Ahmed was a member of the Cooch Behar Legislative Council. He successfully contested in the 1952 [West Bengal Legislative Assembly election] where he ran as a Indian National Congress candidate for the Cooch Behar Assembly constituency. Ahmed supported a resolution for the separation of Cooch Behar from West Bengal, citing cultural differences and support from nearly one million inhabitants in the district. He also supported the mass cultivation of tobacco in Cooch Behar to improve the local standard of living. Ahmed was re-elected from the same constituency at the 1957 West [Bengal Legislative Assembly election]. The constituency was split into North and South for the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. Ahmed ran for the Cooch Behar North constituency, and lost to Forward Bloc candidate Sunil Dasgupta.