Sheikh Najmul Haque

Haque was born on 10 September 1951 to a Bengali family of Muslim Sheikhs in the village of Pelagerya in Midnapore district, Bengal Presidency. He is the son of Sheikh Shamsul Haque, and was the son-in-law of Mirza Jamaluddin Chishti. Haque studied at the Madpur Higher Secondary School and Midnapore College. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calcutta in 1973.^[1][2]

Haque was a farmer. He contested in the 1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate for Kharagpur Rural Assembly constituency. Haque contested in the 1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and was re-elected to Kharagpur Rural. He contested in the 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and was re-elected to Kharagpur Rural. Haque contested in the 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and was re-elected to Kharagpur Rural. He contested in the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and was re-elected to Kharagpur Rural. Haque was a member of the Committee on Petitions.^[1] Haque contested in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and was elected to the new Kharagpur Assembly constituency, winning against Trinamool politician Bilkis Khanam.^[3]