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| Died |
9th February, 1959
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Politician
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David Jacob Cohen OBE (died February 9, 1959) was an Indian politician and a leading figure of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Calcutta. He served as honorary secretary of the Beth-El Synagogue. Cohen, then serving as vice president of the Calcutta Jewish Association, was to the Bengal Legislative Council from the Calcutta South Central non-Mohammedan constituency in 1921. Being elected to the Legislative Council was the highest political office obtained by a Calcutta Jew. He was defeated in the 1923 election, but was nominated by the Governor to remain in the Council in 1923 and 1926.
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