Azad Zaman Explained

Honorific Prefix:Dr.
Azad Zaman
Native Name:আজাদ জামান
Office:Member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Term Start:2018
Term End:4 March 2021
Constituency:Rajabala
Predecessor:Ashahel D Shira
Successor:Muhammad Abdus Saleh
Birth Date:1973/1974
Party:Indian National Congress

Dr. Azad Zaman (Bengali: আজাদ জামান; 1973/1974 – 4 March 2021) was an Indian Bengali politician, doctor and social worker. He was the former member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly for the Rajabala constituency in West Garo Hills district.[1]

Life

Azad Zaman was born in 1974, to a Bengali Muslim family in Meghalaya. He was the son of Alhaj Surat Zaman. He was a medical practitioner who later joined the government service. His wife is a teacher by profession,[2] and they lived in Bowabari, PO New Bhaitbari, PS Phulbari in the West Garo Hills.[3]

He competed in the 2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election as an independent politician for Rajabala but lost to Ashahel Shira. He later joined the Indian National Congress party,[4] and defeated Shira in the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election.[5]

Death

He died on 4 March 2021, due to cardiac arrest, aged 47.[6] He left behind a wife, two daughters and a son.[7]

References

  1. Web site: Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 - Meghalaya - Election Commission of India . 30 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Dr Azad Zaman. My Neta. 15 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Dr Azad Zaman. Our Neta. 12 March 2022.
  4. Web site: AZAD ZAMAN. 9 December 2020. Meghalaya Government Portal. en.
  5. Web site: Azad Zaman(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- RAJABALA(WEST GARO HILLS) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. 9 December 2020. myneta.info.
  6. https://www.nenow.in/north-east-news/meghalaya/meghalaya-congress-mla-from-rajabala-azad-zaman-passes-away.html Meghalaya: Congress MLA from Rajabala Azad Zaman passes away
  7. News: Thousands bid farewell to Rajabala MLA Azad Zaman. 5 March 2021. Shillong Times.