constituency date death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor religion party office birth_date term residence article_title name
malda 1927 11 1 y 14 april 2006 kolkata , west bengal , india dinesh chandra joarder malda , west bengal , india abu hasem khan choudhury islam inc mp 1 november 1927 1980-2006 malda a. b. a. ghani khan choudhury
 a. b. a. ghani khan choudhury
a. b. a. ghani khan choudhury

a. b. a. ghani khan choudhury -lrb- 1 november 1927 -- 14 april 2006 into a bengali muslim family -rrb- in malda which is in the indian state of west bengal with original birth 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 .
he was also the former railway minister of india for a short term , being the first bengali to be the minister of railways in india .
he did a massive work in establishing the malda town railway station as one of the most important stations of the region .
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 kolkata metro railway and circular railways in the city of kolkata .
his surviving siblings , both politicians , are abu hasem khan choudhury and rubi noor .
he is widely considered as the single most influential man in the political scenario of the district of malda .
his selfless service towards the development of the district is widely acknowledged .
despite some allegations made by his opponents , he continues to be one of the most talked about and revered personalities in the history of malda .
