Mudassir Hossain

Not to be confused with J. R. Mudassir Husain.

Khan Bahadur Mudassir Hossain was a Bengali politician.

Khan Bahadur Mudassir Hossain C.I.E
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1937–1946
Succeeded by	Mohammad Abdur Rasheed
Constituency	Birbhum
Personal details
Born	Burdwan district, Bengal Presidency
Awards	Khan Bahadur, C.I.E

Early life

Hossain was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Rampurhat, Birbhum district, Bengal Presidency.^[1]

Career

Hossain was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council in 1921. He was awarded Khan Bahadur and CIE by the British Raj. Hossain contested in the 1937 Bengal elections and won a seat at the Bengal Legislative Assembly.^[2] He was opposed to Marxism and remained in India after the Partition of Bengal (1947),^[3] although he reportedly expressed desire for all of Bengal to join the Dominion of Pakistan.^[4]