Zainal Abedin

Zainal Abedin^{[pronunciation?]} is a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician and was four-time MP.

Zainal Abedin
Zainal Abedin
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1980–1996
Constituency	Jangipur
Personal details
Born	29 October 1938 Kabilpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	2014(2014-00-00) (aged 75–76) Kabilpur, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Rubeda Begum
Children	5 sons
Residence(s)	Kabilpur, Murshidabad

Early life

Zainal Abedin, son of Wareshtullah Mandal, was born on 29 October 1938 at Kabilpur in Murshidabad district.^[1]

A graduate in humanities and education, he was educated at Jangipur College and Union Christian Training College at Baharampur.^[1]

He married Rubeda Begum in 1957 and they had five sons.^[1]

Political career

He unsuccessfully contested the Lalgola seat for the state assembly in 1977.^[2]

He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Jangipur in 1980,^[3] 1984,^[4] 1989^[5] and 1991.^[6]