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{{Short description|Indian politician (1963–2024)}}
{{other people|Nurul Islam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Haji Nurul Islam
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|11|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bahera, [[Duttapukur]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|09|25|1963|11|11|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-25|title=Haji Nurul Islam Passes away|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/basirhat-mp-haji-nurul-islam-passed-away-dgtld/cid/1548310|access-date=2024-09-25|work=Anandabazar Patrika|issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
| death_place = Bahera, [[Duttapukur]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]]
| salary1 =
| term_start = 16 June 2024
| predecessor = [[Nusrat Jahan Ruhi]]
| majority =
| majority1 =
| term_end = 25 September 2024
| constituency1 = [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]]
| term_start1 = 25 May 2009
| term_end1 = 24 May 2014
| predecessor1 = [[Ajay Chakraborty]]
| successor1 = [[Idris Ali (politician)|Idris Ali]]
| office2 = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 25 May 2016
| term_end2 = 16 June 2024
| constituency2 = [[Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haroa]]
| predecessor2 = Julfiquer Ali Molla
| successor2 = [[Sheikh Rabiul Islam]]
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 1998)
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]<br />(1998–2024)
| spouse = Rasida Begum<ref>{{cite web|title= Spouse information from netapedia.in|url= http://www.netapedia.in/neta.php?str=1421}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| college =
| children = 4 (including [[Sheikh Rabiul Islam]])
| alma_mater = Matric (ALIM – Khorki Sr. Madrasa)
| faculty =
| occupation = Politician
}}

'''Haji Sk. Nurul Islam''' ([[Bengali Language|Bengali]]: হাজী সেখ নুরুল ইসলাম; 11 November 1963 – 25 September 2024) was an Indian politician and an [[Member of Parliament|MLA]] from [[Trinamool Congress]] in [[West Bengal]]. He was a small-time zari businessman and resident of Chhoto Jagulia village in Barasat.<ref name="mitra">{{Cite web |url=http://lokahitam.com/getarticlefromdb.php?Article_Id=4348 |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140807/http://lokahitam.com/getarticlefromdb.php?Article_Id=4348 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="m440">{{cite web | title=TMC Basirhat MP Sk Nurul Islam dies at 61 | website=The Times of India | date=25 September 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tmc-basirhat-mp-sk-nurul-islam-dies-at-61/articleshow/113665623.cms | access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref>

==Background==
Islam was born in Bahera, [[West Bengal]], India. He joined the Trinamool Congress in January 1998 and served as a member of Bahera Gram Panchayat Samiti since 2003 to 2008. Nurul Islam was elected as the MLA from [[Haroa Assembly constituency|Haroa Assembly Constituency]] in 2016 and also became the M.P of [[Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency]] first time in [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=Trinamool MP, who defeated BJP's Rekha Patra in Bengal's Basirhat, dies at 60|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trinamool-congress-basirhat-mp-haji-nurul-islam-dies-battling-liver-cancer-2606248-2024-09-25 |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He died on 25 September 2024, at the age of 60.<ref>{{cite news |title=Haji Sk. Nurul Islam, TMC MP from Basirhat, passes away |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/haji-sk-nurul-islam-tmc-mp-from-basirhat-passes-away/articleshow/113662545.cms?from=mdr |access-date=25 September 2024 |publisher=The Economic Times |date=25 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Shiv Sahay |date=2024-09-25 |title=Basirhat Trinamool Congress MP Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam passes away at 60|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/tmcs-basirhat-mp-nurul-islam-passes-away-after-battle-with-cancer/article68681286.ece |access-date=2024-09-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Deganga riot==
Islam was accused of being involved in the [[2010 Deganga riots]].<ref name="riots">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/282399/Anatomy-of-a-riot-foretold.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020185849/http://www.dailypioneer.com/282399/Anatomy-of-a-riot-foretold.html|archive-date=20 October 2010|title=Anatomy of a riot foretold|last=Mitra|first=Chandan|website=The Pioneer}}</ref> The BJP demanded the arrest of Haji Nurul Islam for instigating the mob into a communal frenzy. An [[First information report|FIR]] had been filed against him.<ref name=toi20100911>{{cite news |title=BJP demands TMC MP's arrest for fomenting communal violence |date=11 September 2010 |agency=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-11/india/28213366_1_bjp-demands-muslim-votes-communal-politics |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103094834/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-11/india/28213366_1_bjp-demands-muslim-votes-communal-politics |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-03-20}}</ref><ref name="pioneer3">{{cite news |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/282380/BJP-demands-arrest-of-Haji-Nurul.html |title=BJP demands arrest of Haji Nurul |publisher=The Pioneer |date=10 September 2010 |accessdate=2010-09-11 |location=New Delhi| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100913214649/http://www.dailypioneer.com/282380/BJP-demands-arrest-of-Haji-Nurul.html| archivedate= 13 September 2010}}</ref>

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[[Category:20th-century Indian Muslims]]
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[[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]]
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026]]
[[Category:India MPs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election]]
[[Category:People from Basirhat subdivision]]
[[Category:Politicians from North 24 Parganas district]]

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