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Bengali politician

Prem Hari Barma (Bengali: প্রেমহরি বর্মন) was a Bengali politician, and former leader of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in Dinajpur, East Bengal.

Biography

Barma was born to a Hindu family in Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency. He was the first lawyer from a Scheduled Castes and Tribes background. In 1936, Barma was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly from Dinajpur. He became a minister at the Bengal Legislative Council in 1942. During the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he successfully won, representing the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in partnership with the Muslim League. The following year, he became a member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan. He advocated for a secular constitution of Pakistan.

References

  1. "Dinajpur District Portal". দিনাজপুর জেলা প্রশাসন. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  2. Möller, Ulrika; Schierenbeck, Isabell (2014). Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy: A comparative study. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-317-67310-1.
  3. Saeed, Sadia (2016). Politics of Desecularization: Law and the Minority Question in Pakistan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-14003-5. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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