Syed Shamsul Bari

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.

Career

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]. He lost to Ghose at the 1967 [West Bengal Legislative Assembly election].