Jehangir Kabir was an Indian Bengali politician and trade union leader.
Jehangir Kabir was born on 26 April 1910 in Faridpur, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) to Khabeeruddin Ahmed. [1] Indian educationist Humayun Kabir was Jehangir's elder brother. [2]
He completed a Bachelor of Laws from Calcutta University. [1] He left the practice of law during the Quit India Movement in 1942, and became a trade union leader. [3] He and his family settled in Calcutta in 1947, the year of the Partition of India. [2]
A long-time member of the Indian National Congress party, [4] he represented the Haroa constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. [1]
In summer 1966, he broke away from Congress, taking many of his co-coreligionists with him, to join the new Bangla Congress party. [4] He became West Bengal's Minister for Planning and Development in Ajoy Mukherjee's United Front ministry. [3] In January 1968, he split from the Bangla Congress and formed the Bangla Jatiya Dal (National Party of Bengal). [3]
Kabir died in 1981 in Calcutta. [2]
His son Justice Altamas Kabir was the 39th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, [5] while a daughter Shukla Kabir Sinha is a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court. [6]