Apurbalal Majumdar

Apurbalal Majumdar (1925–2001) was an Indian politician. Initially a member of the Scheduled Castes Federation, he was later associated with the All India Forward Bloc. In the 1950s he emerged as a leader of Namasudra refugees from East Bengal. He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly seven times. He served as Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1969-1970 and as its Speaker 1971–1977. He later became a leader of the Indian National Congress(I).

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