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    The 1947 Sylhet referendum was held in the Sylhet District of the Assam Province of British India to decide whether the district would remain in Undivided...
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    show evidence that the amils were constantly changed. In 1947, when a referendum was held, Sylhet decided to join the Pakistani province of East Bengal....
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    The North-West Frontier Province referendum (Pashto: د شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ایالت ټولپوښتنه) was held in July 1947 to decide whether the North-West Frontier...
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    entire Sylhet region was a single district within the Surma Valley and Hill Districts Division as part of the Assam Province. In 1947, a referendum was held...
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    Muslims of Assam in a successful campaign during the 1947 Sylhet Referendum, through which Sylhet chose to become part of the Pakistan national project...
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  • for or against referendum. Some of the referendums held in India are: 1947 Sylhet referendum was held in Sylhet district on 6 July 1947 to decide whether...
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    current Sylhet District was known as the North Sylhet subdivision. In 1947, Sylhet became a part of East Pakistan as a result of a referendum (except...
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  • rights movement in Sylhet. She also played an important role in the lead-up to the 1947 Sylhet referendum and the establishment of Sylhet Government Women's...
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    Vanubal, Kamalganj. In 1947, despite the Hindu majority in the region voting for joining India in the 1947 Sylhet referendum, the region was included...
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    Assam between 1874 and 1947 when following a referendum and the partition of British India, it became part of East Pakistan. The Sylhet City Corporation was...
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    roles in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Partition of India and Sylhet referendum in 1947, and the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The family was founded...
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  • Ajmal Ali Choudhury (category People from Sylhet)
    Muhammad Ali Jinnah and contributions during the 1947 Sylhet referendum led to him being known as the Sylhet's Quaid by his supporters. However, he became...
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  • successfully eradicating malaria in 1951. July 6 1947 Sylhet referendum: A referendum is held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India. The...
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    join Pakistan in the event of Partition. On 6 July 1947, the Sylhet referendum decided to sever Sylhet from Assam and merge it into East Bengal. The partition...
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    became close with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during the campaign for the 1947 Sylhet referendum. He participated in the Bengali language movement of 1952. He held...
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  • Tassduq Ahmad (category Politicians from Sylhet Division)
    Assam Muslim Students Federation and campaigned in the 1947 Sylhet Referendum which resulted in Sylhet District being separated from Assam and joined to East...
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    Bengal and West Bengal. The fate of District Sylhet, in the province of Assam, was to be decided in a referendum. Punjab: The province as constituted under...
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  • Dewan Taimur Raja Chowdhury (category Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah alumni)
    the Assam Legislative Assembly. He was involved in the 1947 Sylhet referendum that saw Sylhet rejoin with East Bengal. Chowdhury joined the East Pakistan...
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  • support the Pakistan Movement. He organized the July 1947 Sylhet referendum that decided whether Sylhet would join the future state of Pakistan or India. He...
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  • Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz (category People from Sylhet)
    the lead-up to the 1947 Sylhet referendum, he became the general secretary of the Referendum Board that was in charge of the referendum for Muslim League...
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  • Chowdhury A. T. M. Masud (category People from Sylhet District)
    1947 Sylhet referendum. He was the office secretary of the Muslim League referendum board in Sylhet. Masud started his law practice in 1951 in Sylhet...
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  • Referendum despite massive religious tension in the area. The Sylhet Referendum concluded on 6 July 1947 with most of the region joining East Pakistan. He stayed...
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    significantly contributed to the literature. Sylhet was reunited with Bengal following a referendum in 1947. According to Simard, Dopierala and Thaut, Sylheti...
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    colonial Sylhet district—despite a referendum result it was split from Sylhet, which was included with Pakistan during partition of India in 1947, and attached...
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    Abdul Matin Chaudhury (category Pakistani MNAs 1947–1954)
    of India. In June 1947, the Mountbatten Plan included provisions for the fate of the Sylhet district to be decided by a referendum. Chaudhury was the...
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    formed government once again. On 6 July 1947, the Sylhet referendum voted for the partition of Muslim-majority Sylhet district from Assam; and merger with...
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    held where Sylhet region (including Karimganj) voted to go with Pakistan, winning by a very small margin. The referendum was held in July 1947, and the...
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    Mahmud Ali (statesman) (category Politicians from Sylhet Division)
    part of the Freedom Movement and played an important role during the Sylhet referendum which led to its merger with East Bengal. As member of Pakistan's...
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  • Athar Ali Bengali (category Politicians from Sylhet Division)
    participation in politics began with the 1947 Sylhet referendum campaigns which led to the incorporation of Sylhet into the Dominion of Pakistan. He was...
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  • Dewan Farid Gazi (category Politicians from Sylhet Division)
    Assam. He helped organise the Sylhet referendum in 1947. He carried out campaigns in 1950 to stop religious violence in Sylhet. Gazi joined the Rasamoy Memorial...
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