Birat Chandra Mandal

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Birat Chandra Mandal was a member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of East Pakistan. He had argued for the constitution of Pakistan to be secular.[1]

Career

Mandal represented Bengal Depressed Classes Association at the All India Depressed Classes Association meeting at Shimla in 1930.[2][3] He supported the creation of separate electorates for low caste and high caste Hindus.[4]

Mandal argued that Mohmmad Ali Jinah had said Pakistan would be a secular state.[5][6] On 9 March 1949, he was made the law and labour minister of Pakistan.[7] He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.[8]

Death

Mandal died on 5 October 1964 in Kolkata, West Bengal.[9]

References

  1. ISBN 978-93-85985-93-5
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  2. ^ "Bengal Depressed Classes Association - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  3. ^ "Bengal Depressed Classes Association". Banglapedia. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ISBN 978-1-108-41776-1
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  5. ^ "TOBA TEK SINGH The City". The News International. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Rediscovering the real ideology of Pakistan". Daily Times (Op-ed). 26 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Speech of Birat Chandra Mandal Jogender (Pakistan's first minister of law and labour)". Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ^ Constituent Assembly of Pakistan Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1954. p. 571.
  9. ^ Calcutta Municipal Gazette. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. Press in India. 1964. p. 39. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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