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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician and trade union leader}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Jehangir Kabir&#039;&#039;&#039; was an Indian [[Bengali people|Bengali]] politician and Trade Union Leader.<br /> <br /> The brother of the Indian educationist, [[Humayun Kabir]], Jehangir Kabir was born in village Komarpur, near [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila|Faridpur]] in what is now [[Bangladesh]].<br /> His father, Kabiruddin Ahmed was a deputy magistrate in the [[British Raj]]. His grandfather was awarded the title of [[Khan Bahadur]] by the British. After completing his education from [[Calcutta University]], Jehangir Kabir joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and started off as a trade union leader. He rose rapidly through the ranks and was made a minister in the post independence governments of [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]], and Jyoti Basu. He represented [[Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haroa]] in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.bengalinformation.org/2011/04/09/assembly-poll-results-of-haroa-constituency/&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> His son Justice [[Altamas Kabir]] was the 39th Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]], while a daughter Shukla Kabir Sinha is a retired judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kabir, Jehangir}}<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:Year of death missing]]<br /> [[Category:Bengali politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Muslims]]<br /> [[Category:Trade unionists from West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Bangladeshi trade unionists]]<br /> [[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1957–1962]]<br /> [[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1962–1967]]<br /> [[Category:Bangla Congress politicians]]</div>

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