Syed Jalaluddin Hashmey

Hashmey was a member of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee. He took part in the non-cooperation movement and was arrested several times. He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council in 1929, representing the Swarajya Dal and the Muslims of Khulna. He served as the deputy speaker. In the 1937 Bengal elections, he was elected to the Satkhira constituency as a Krishak Praja Party candidate. In February 1942, Hashmey was re-elected as a Progressive Coalition Party candidate and made deputy speaker of the assembly in support of the Indian National Congress. On 29 April 1942, he was made the acting Speaker of the Assembly.^[2]

During the terms 1936-37 and 1939–40, Hashmey was an elected councillor of the Calcutta Corporation. He lost his Satkhira constituency in the 1946 Bengal elections as a Congress candidate.^{[citation needed]}

Hashmey died on 9 January 1947 at his own home in Karraya road, Calcutta.^[1]