Janab Abdus Sattar
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Janab Abdus Sattar (Bengali: জনাব আব্দুস সত্তার; 3 March 1911 – 28 July 1965) was a member of the Indian National Congress and freedom fighter. He was member of the Constituent Assembly of India as well as a member of Parliament.
Janab Abdus Sattar was born at Tola, Burdwan, West Bengal, to Shamsher Ali and Habibun Nesa. He was the youngest son and lost his father at the age of 5.
He persuaded his early education in Tola and secondary education at George Institution, Baidyapur. He joined Indian Freedom Movement at a very young age at the call of Mahatma Gandhi and he was influenced by his school teachers to join the Indian Independence Movement. He was jailed several times for civil disobedience.
He persuaded his higher studies from Karatia College in Tangail (present-day Bangladesh) and joined City College Calcutta thereafter. Then he took to legal profession. Soon after he left his profession to join the Indian Independence Movement.