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| name = Kalimuddin Shams<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|2|13|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], [[Bihar]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|3|4|1939|2|13|df=y}}<br />
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| constituency = [[Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nalhati]]<br />
| predecessor = Sattick Kumar Roy<br />
| successor = Dipak Chattopadhyay <br />
| office = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 1996<br />
| term_end = 2006<br />
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| office2 = [[Minister (government)|Minister for Agriculture Marketing, Food and Supply]]<br/>[[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1991<br />
| term_end2 = 2004<br />
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| office3 = [[Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1977<br />
| term_end3 = 1987<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Haridas Mitra]]<br />
| successor3 = Anil Kumar Mukherjee<br />
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| constituency4 = [[Kabitirtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kabitirtha]]<br />
| office4 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1969-1971, 1977-1987, 1991<br />
| term_end4 = 1996<br />
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| office5 = MMIC of Water Department, [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]<br />
| constituency5 = <br />
| term_start5 = 1965<br />
| term_end5 = 1972<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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| party = [[All India Forward Bloc]]<br />
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| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| profession = Politician, [[social worker]]<br />
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'''Kalimuddin Shams''' (13 February 1939 – 4 March 2013) was an Indian politician, belonging to the [[All India Forward Bloc]]. He served in [[Government of West Bengal]] as Minister for Agriculture Marketing, Food and Supply (1991–2005).<ref name="a">''Towards Socialism''. ''{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140321041837/http://www.towardssocialism.forwardbloc.org/Previous%20Edition/2013_Mar_TS.pdf Com. KALIMUDDIN SHAMS PASSED AWAY]}}''</ref><br />
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==Early life and family==<br />
Shams was born on 13 February 1939 to a [[Bihari Muslim]] family in the village of Simra in [[Gaya, Bihar]]. He was the son of Haji Mojibur Rahman and the father of former MLA [[Moinuddin Shams]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in India|page=425|year=1986|publisher=[[University of Michigan]]}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
A lawyer by profession, Shams became involved in organising local struggles of residents of [[Kidderpore]] outside [[Calcutta]]. He was elected to the Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1965, standing as an [[independent (politician)|independent candidate]]. In the following year he became a member of the All India Forward Bloc.<ref name="a"/><br />
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Shams stood as a Forward Bloc candidate in the [[Kabitirtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kabitirtha seat]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967 legislative assembly election]], but was not elected. In 1969 he again contested municipal elections and was re-elected. He served as Mayor in Council for Water Department. In the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972 election]] he again ran for legislative assembly from Kabitirtha, but was not elected.<ref name="a"/><br />
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Shams was elected to the West Bengal legislative assembly in the [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977 elections]], representing Kabitirtha. He was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the assembly. He would be re-elected in 1982, 1987, 1992, 1996 and 2001 (albeit in the two last elections he represented the [[Nalhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nalhati constituency]].<ref name="a"/><br />
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In 1980 the Urdu Academy of West Bengal was founded, with Shams as its chairman. He also served as president of the [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sports Club]] several years, being appointed in 1992.<ref name="a"/><br />
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Shams was a member of the [[Central Committee]] of the All India Forward Bloc for 15 years.<ref name="a"/> He resigned from his ministerial post in 2005 due to ill health.<ref name="a"/><br />
An excellent orator, Shams was popular in India as a Muslim leader, who didn't hesitate to speak his mind and they were instances when he didn't even toe his party line when the issue concerned his community.<br />
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Kalimuddin Shams is linked to brutal killing of IPS Vinod Kumar Mehta, DCP (Port) on March 18, 1984.<br />
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