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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
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| name = Abu Asad Mohammed Obaidul Ghani<br />
| honorific-suffix = <br />
| image = <br />
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| constituency_AM = [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]]<br />
| assembly = West Bengal Legislative<br />
| term_start = 1957<br />
| term_end = 1971<br />
| predecessor = Devendra Chandra Dev<br />
| successor = [[Mohammed Nizamuddin]]<br />
| constituency_AM2 = [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]]<br />
| assembly2 = West Bengal Legislative<br />
| term_start2 = 1972<br />
| term_end2 = 1973<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Mohammed Nizamuddin]]<br />
| successor2 = Sachindra Kumar Dhar<br />
| birth_date = 3 January 1903<br />
| death_date = 24 September 1973 (aged 70)<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
| profession = Medical doctor<br />
}}<br />
'''Abu Asad Mohammed Obaidul Ghani''' (1903–1973), also referred to as '''A.M.O. Ghani''', was an Indian politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="Committee"/><ref name="Murshid1995">{{cite book|author=Tazeen M. Murshid|title=The Sacred and the Secular: Bengal Muslim Discourses, 1871–1977|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R39uAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-563701-4|page=163}}</ref><br />
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==Youth==<br />
Obaidul Ghani's grandfather, Maulvi Elahad, had moved from [[Darbhanga]], [[Bihar]] to [[Calcutta]] in the mid-19th century.<ref name="Murshid1995"/> After obtaining his [[M.B.B.S.]] degree he founded the [[Park Circus]] charitable dispensary in 1950, serving the poor and lower middle-class populations of the city.<ref name=a/><ref name=c/> Obaidul Ghani contested the [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] as an [[independent (politician)|independent]], standing in the [[Baniapukur Ballygung (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baniapukur Ballygung constituency]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. |publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 28 November 2016}}</ref> He obtained 524 votes (0.88%).<ref name=vidhansabha1952/><br />
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==Legislator==<br />
Obaidul Ghani represented the [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally constituency]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] 1957–1971, standing as a CPI candidate in the 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1969 elections.<ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|pages=393, 409, 546}}</ref> As a politician, he obtained significant popularity for his provision of medical services to the poor people of Calcutta.<ref name=a/> He stayed with CPI in [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|the 1964 split]].<ref name="Committee"/> In August 1969 the Modern Furnishers Mazdoor Union was registered, with Obaidul Ghani as its president.<ref name=b>{{cite book|title=West Bengal Labour Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8f0sAQAAMAAJ|date=July 1969|publisher=Department of Labour, Government of West Bengal.|page=530}}</ref> The union was affiliated to the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref name=b/><br />
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He lost the Entally seat to [[Mohammed Nizamuddin]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher = Election Commission | accessdate = 28 November 2016 | archive-date = 5 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305090722/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> He managed to defeat Mohammed Nizamuddin in the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and regained the Entally seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher = Election Commission | accessdate = 28 November 2016 | archive-date = 5 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305020346/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
Obaidul Ghani died following an attack of [[coronary thrombosis]] on 24 September 1973.<ref name="Murshid1995"/><ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Indian Medical Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GlQAQAAIAAJ|volume=61|year=1973|publisher=Indian Medical Association|page=418}}</ref><ref name=c>{{cite book|title=The Annual Register of Indian Political Parties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpFaAAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Orientalia (India)|page=317}}</ref> After Obaidul Ghani's death, a by-election was held for the Entally seat on 3 June 1974.<ref name="Assembly1975">{{cite book|author=West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly|title=List of Members|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1cKAAAAIAAJ|date=February 1975|publisher=Superintendent, Government Print.|page=5}}</ref> The by-poll was won by Sachindra Kumar Dhar.<ref name="Assembly1975"/><br />
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There is a road named "Dr. A.M.O. Ghani Road" in [[Ward No. 64, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|Ward 64]] of [[Kolkata]].<ref name="Nair1987"/> Obaidul Ghani used to live on this road, which was previously known as 'Pearl Road'.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bangladesh Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uk9MAQAAIAAJ|volume=27|date=July 2006|publisher=Department of Films & Publications, Government of Bangladesh|page=47}}</ref> The new name was issued on 1 April 1974.<ref name="Nair1987">{{cite book|author=P. Thankappan Nair|title=A history of Calcutta's streets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o40cAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Firma KLM|page=298}}</ref> There is also a "Dr. A.M.O. Gani Memorial Primary School" and a "Dr. A.M.O. Gani Memorial Girls School" in [[Ballygunge]].<ref name="SiddiquiIndia)1997">{{cite book|author1=M. K. A. Siddiqui|author2=Institute of Objective Studies (New Delhi, India)|title=Institutions and associations of the Muslims in Calcutta: a preliminary survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ks9GAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Institute of Objective Studies|isbn=978-81-85220-42-0|page=152}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
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