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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Abu Taher Khan<br />
| native_name = আবু তাহের খান<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]<br />
| constituency = [[Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Murshidabad]]<br />
| term_start = 24 May 2019<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = [[Badaruddoza Khan]]<br />
| successor = <br />
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (2018-Present)<br/>[[Indian National Congress]] (1992-2018)<br />
| office2 = [[Member of legislative assembly]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2001<br />
| term_end2 = 2019<br />
| constituency2 = [[Naoda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Naoda]]<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| birth_place = [[Naoda]], [[Murshidabad district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963|}}<br />
| succeeded2 = [[Sahina Mumtaz Begum]]<br />
| preceded2 = Jayanta Kumar Biswas<br />
}}<br />
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'''Abu Taher Khan''' ({{lang-bn|আবু তাহের খান}}) is an Indian Bengali politician, agriculturalist and social worker from [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]. He was former Legislator and is the current [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from the [[Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)]] representing the [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/abu-taher-khan/|title=Abu Taher Khan MLA of NOWDA West Bengal contact address & email|publisher=}}</ref> <br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Khan was born in 1963 to [[Bengali Muslim]] parents in [[Naoda]], [[Murshidabad district]]. His father was Barkatullah Khan and his mother was Sabijan Bewa. In 1980, he passed his 8th/Madhyamik under the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] from Hareknagar MMCVP in [[Beldanga]]. Khan married Tanuja Khanum, and has two sons. The family also have a home in [[New Delhi]], the country's capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/abu-taher-khan|title=Abu Taher Khan|website=[[Government of India]]}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Khan's political career began when he stood up as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate for the [[Naoda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] during the [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]s. Khan kept this seat for 18 years, as he was able to win the elections of [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]], [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]] and [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]].<br />
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In 2019, Khan gave up his seat at the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] to contest in the [[2019 Indian general election]] for the entire [[Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Murshidabad]] as an [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate. He successfully won the seat, defeating [[Abu Hena]] by 226417 votes, and officially became a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of the Indian Parliament]].<br />
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