| Abdur Rezzak Khan | |
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| আবদুর রেজ্জাক খান | |
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| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1969–1971 | |
| Preceded by | H. N. Mazumdar |
| Succeeded by | Molla Tasmatulla |
| Constituency | Hasnabad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1900 Hakimpur, 24 parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 28 January 1984(1984-01-28) (aged 83) |
| Political party | Communist Party of India; Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Abdur Rezzak Khan (1900–1984) Bengali anti-British freedom fighter, communist revolutionary and politician. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1969.
Background
He was born in June 1900 at Hakimpur, 24 parganas of Bengal Presidency, British India.
Political movement
During the Chittagong armoury raid led by Masterda Surya Sen, he secretly supplied arms. Santosh Kumar Mitra, a revolutionary martyr, was one of his companions. In 1922, he came in contact with Muzaffar Ahmed and Abdul Halim. He was one of the founding member of the Workers and Peasants Party. He led a first time large-scale general strike of jute workers with Abdul Momin and others in 1929.
References
- Subodh Chandra Sengupta; Anjali Basu, eds. (2002). Sangsad Bangali Sangsad Charitabhidhan. Vol. 1. সাহিত্য সংসদ. p. 46.
- "Leftism in India, 1917–1947". SAGE Publications Inc. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- Bairathi, Shashi (1987). Communism and Nationalism in India: A Study in Inter-relationship, 1919–1947. Anamika Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85150-00-0.
- "1929 – First general strike of jute workers". Communist Party of India (Marxist). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2022.