Background
Doctor Golam Yazdani, son of Moulvi Raisuddin Ahmed, was born at Barogachi in Malda district in January 1917.
Doctor Golam Yazdani, son of Moulvi Raisuddin Ahmed, was born at Barogachi in Malda district in January 1917.
He was in jail for around three years and went underground for twenty months. He qualified as a doctor, passing Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Diploma in Tropical Medicine & H, and Doctorate.G.O. from Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and Chittaranjan Seva Sadan, all at Kolkata. At that time Kharba assembly segment was part of Raiganj.
Doctor Golam Yazdani successfully contested the Raiganj parliamentary seat as a Congress candidate in 1980, 1984 and 1989.
He was a cabinet minister for civil defence and passport in West Bengal from 1969 to 1970. He was in emergency medical service during World World War II, from 1943 to 1947.
He was imprisoned for political reasons from 1971 to 1974, and went underground during the emergency for 20 months. He contributed substantially for the establishment of Chanchal College in 1969.
Doctor Golam Yazdani"s popularity was because of his being a doctor and his social work.
Doctor Golam Yazdani died at his Chanchal residence on 14 May 2009. He was 93. He was survived by two sons. Alberuni later contested in 2011 Assembly elections as an independent candidate.
His elder son Alberuni was active in politics in the Congress party.
