| Habibullah, Syed Abul Mansur (1917-1996)
popularly known as Mansur Habib, was a communist activist in the 1940s.
Abul Mansur Habibullah was born in Burdwan and was elected General Secretary
of the Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha in 1944. The tebhaga
movement was led centrally by Mansur Habib and he wrote the
famous pamphlet: Langal Jar Jami Tar (one who owns the plough owns
the land).
After the partition of 1947, he came to East Bengal and became a provincial committee member of the East Pakistan Communist Party. In 1949 he was arrested and kept confined in Rangpur jail. Later he was transferred to Rajshahi Jail where he was seriously injured by police firing in the Khapda Ward (24 April 1950). In 1952 he was expelled from Pakistan.
Returning to India he joined the Communist Party of India
again. In 1962 Habibullah was elected member of the West Bengal Assembly
from Manteswar Thana of Burdwan district. Since then he held many public
offices including Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and Law and Religious
Affairs Minister of the West Bengal Government. [Syed Ali Imam] |
