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Khalil Sayed

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Khalil Sayed
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1967–1969
Preceded byMangla Kisku
Succeeded byAhindra Sarker
ConstituencyGangarampur
In office
1962–1967
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJatindra Mohan Roy
ConstituencyKushmandi
Personal details
Born1960 (age 64–65)
Dinajpur district, Bengal Presidency
Political partyIndian National Congress
Communist Party of India

Khalil Sayed was an Indian politician who belongs to the Indian National Congress. He was the inaugural MLA for Kushmandi at the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Early life and family

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Sayed was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the Dinajpur district of the Bengal Presidency.

Career

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Sayed successfully contested in the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as a Communist Party of India candidate for Kushmandi Assembly constituency, defeating Congress politician Maharaja Bose.[1] He contested in the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from the Gangarampur Assembly constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate, where he defeating Marxist politician Ahindra Sarker and regained his seat at the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[2] Sayed contested in the 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Gangarampur again but lost to Sarker.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Kushmandi, 1962". Latestly. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Gangarampur, 1967". Latestly. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Gangarampur, 1969". Latestly. Retrieved 3 July 2023.