Abbas Ali Khan was an educator and politician who served as the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami and Education minister of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He was elected as a Member of Parliament of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan. He briefly served as the personal secretary of Fazlul Haque, the Prime Minister of Bengal.
Abbas Ali Khan | |
|---|---|
আব্বাস আলী খান | |
| Acting Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | |
| In office 1979–1992 | |
| Preceded by | established |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Azam |
| Education Minister of East Pakistan | |
| In office 17 September 1971 – 14 December 1971 | |
| Governor | Abdul Motaleb Malik |
Administrator | A. A. K. Niazi |
| Preceded by | S. M. Amzad Hossain |
| Succeeded by | dissolved |
| Member of the Pakistan Parliament for NE-8 Dinajpur-Bogra | |
| In office 1962–1965 | |
| President | Ayub Khan |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Yusuf Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1914 Bogra District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 3 October 1999 (aged 84–85) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Party | Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh |
Other political affiliations | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (1955–1971) |
| Education | B.A. |
| Hooghly Madrasah Carmichael College | |
| Occupation | civil servant, educator, politician |
Biography
editAbbas Ali Khan was born in 1914 in Joypurhat Thana, Bogra District, Bengal Presidency, British India. In 1925, he passed high matriculation examination from Hooghly Madrasah.[1][2] Ten years after examination, he acquired B.A degree from Carmichael College.[1] Then he became a civil servant and worked for Indian government from 1936 to 1947. He also became secretary of A.K. Fazlul Huq, first prime minister of Bengal.[2] In 1955, eight years after the independence of Pakistan, he became a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and later he became ameer of its branch of Rajshahi Division.[1] In 1962, Khan became member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan representing Dinajpur-Bogra.[3][4] In 1971, he was made deputy ameer of the East Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami, provincial branch of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.[1] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was appointed as education minister in the Malik ministry, the last cabinet of East Pakistan.[5][6] After the independence of Bangladesh, on 24 December 1971, he was arrested by the government for collaborating with Pakistan during the war.[7] On 30 November 1973, the government announced a general amnesty for detained cabinet members, and he was released.[8] In 1979, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh was established and he became senior nayeeb-e-ameer of the party.[2] He also became acting ameer at the time.[9] In 1991, Ghulam Azam was elected as ameer and Khan's responsibility as acting ameer ended. But then government arrested him in 1992 and Khan became acting ameer again for 16 months.[10][11][2] Khan died in Dhaka on 3 October 1999 of liver cirrhosis.[2]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "সংক্ষিপ্ত পরিচিতি". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 18 September 1971. p. 6.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "জামায়াত নেতা আব্বাস আলী খানের ইন্তেকাল". Janakantha (in Bengali). 4 October 1999. pp. 2, 8.
- ↑ "LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 3RD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1962-1964" (PDF). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ↑ Assembly, East Pakistan (Pakistan) (1963). Alphabetical List of Members. p. 38.
- ↑ Hasan Hafizur Rahman, ed. (2009) [1982]. "বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র" (in Bengali). Vol. VII. Hakkani Publishers. p. 540.
- ↑ "মন্ত্রীদের দফতরের চূড়ান্ত তালিকা". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 12 October 1971. p. 6.
- ↑ Ishtiaq, Ahmad (24 December 2021). "২৪ ডিসেম্বর ১৯৭১: সাবেক গভর্নর ডা. এ এম মালিকসহ মন্ত্রিসভার সদস্যরা আটক". The Daily Star (in Bengali).
- ↑ একাত্তরের ঘাতক ও দালালরা কে কোথায় (in Bengali). Muktijuddha Chetona Bikash Kendra. 1992 [1987]. pp. 21, 186.
- ↑ "The origin of Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party". Barta 24. 1 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ↑ Manik, Julfikar Ali (12 May 2009). "Focus back on, 8yrs after". The Daily Star.
- ↑ "ফিরে দেখা গোলাম আযমের 'প্রতীকী বিচার', গণ-আদালত বসেছিল যেদিন". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 26 March 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
External links
edit- "মরহুম জনাব আব্বাস আলী খান" [Deceased Mr. Abbas Ali Khan] (in Bengali). Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
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