James Leo Ferguson
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- Politician
- Tea industrialist
- Freedom fighter
James Leo Ferguson | |
|---|---|
জেমস লিও ফার্গুসন | |
| Born | |
| Other names | Nanka |
| Alma mater | Army Burn Hall College Comilla Cadet College |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Chairman of Lakshmiprasad Union | |
| In office 1976–1993 | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Branch/service | Mukti Bahini |
| Battles/wars | Bangladesh Liberation War |
| Website | lakshiprashadpurboup |
James Leo Ferguson (Bengali: জেমস লিও ফার্গুসন), commonly known by the nickname Nanka, is a Bangladeshi politician, tea industrialist, and freedom fighter.[1] He is the owner of Lobhachhara Tea Estate.[2] Ferguson was elected as a people's representative after the liberation of Bangladesh. From 1976 to 1993, for a stretch of 17 years, he was the chairman of Lakshmiprasad Union, Kanaighat, Sylhet.[3]
Ferguson was born in Kanaighat, Sylhet. He is an Anglo-Indian. His forefathers were from Scotland. His great-grandfather Donald Ferguson had fought in World War I. His grandfather James Arthur Ferguson joined the British army too and took part in World War II. After the Second World War, Arthur Ferguson retired from the army and took up a job at the India Isabella Tea Estate. Leo Ferguson's mother June Ferguson became the manager of the Lobhachhara tea garden. She was the first female tea garden manager in the Indian subcontinent at that time. Later they bought the tea garden.[4]
Education
Ferguson studied at Comilla Cadet College and graduated in 1971. At the end of April that year, he ran away from Comilla and came to Sylhet.
