A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury

A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
MP
Preceded by	Dinesh Joardar
Succeeded by	Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury
Constituency	Malda
Personal details
Born	1 November 1927(1927-11-01) Malda, West Bengal
Died	14 April 2006(2006-04-14) Kolkata
Political party	INC
Residence	Malda
Religion	Islam
As of September 17, 2006 Source: [1]

A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury (November 1, 1927 – April 14, 2006), full name Abu Barkat Ataur Ghani Khan Choudhury, known as Barkatda to his supporters, was a prominent politician of Indian state of West Bengal and a senior leader of Indian National Congress party.

A Muslim by faith, he was first elected as an MLA to the West Bengal state legislative assembly in 1957, serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of West Bengal from 1972 to 1977. He was first elected to the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980, from Malda constituency. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency. He served as president of the West Bengal Congress and as a general secretary to the All India Congress Committee. He was the Minister of Railways in Indira Gandhi's and Rajiv Gandhi's government 1982 to 1989. He took active part in introducing the Metro Railways and Circular Railways in Kolkata.

His surviving siblings, both politicians, are Abu Hashem Khan Chowdhury and Rubi Noor.

External links

• Deccan Herald, April 15, 2006
• Obituary Ghani Khan's death leaves a void in politics, The Hindu, April 15, 2006
• 2004 Election profile The monarch of Malda, Hindustan Times, April 8, 2004
• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website