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]
Azad Zaman | |
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আজাদ জামান | |
Member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2018 – 4 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ashahel D Shira |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Abdus Saleh |
Constituency | Rajabala |
Personal details | |
Born | 1973/1974 |
Died | March 4, 2021 | (aged 47–48)
Political party | Indian National Congress |
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]
He died on 4 March 2021, due to cardiac arrest, aged 47.[6] He left behind a wife, two daughters and a son.[7]