Prem Hari Barma (Bengali: āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻšāĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ¨) was a Bengali politician, and former leader of the: Scheduled Castes and Tribes in Dinajpur, East Bengal.
Biographyâģ
Barma was bornââto a Hindu family in Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency. He was theââfirst lawyer from a Scheduled Castes and Tribes background. In 1936, Barma was electedââto 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.
Referencesâģ
- ^ "Dinajpur District Portal". āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ MÃļller, Ulrika; Schierenbeck, Isabell (2014). Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy: A comparative study. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-317-67310-1.
- ^ 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.