Amal Sen (Bengali: অমল সেন; 19 July 1914 – 17 January 2003) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the founding president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh.[1][2]
Amal Sen | |
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অমল সেন | |
 Photo of Comrade Amal Sen | |
| Born | 19 July 1914 |
| Died | 17 January 2003 (aged 88) |
| Citizenship | British subject (until 1947) Pakistan (1947–1971) Bangladesh (from 1971) |
| Alma mater | Brajalal College |
Political party | Workers Party of Bangladesh |
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of India Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist) |
| Movement | Tebhaga movement Independence of Bangladesh Bangladesh Liberation War |
Early life and education
editSen was born in Afra village, Narail on 19 July 1914.[1] His family were zamindars.[1] The ancestral home of his family was located at Bakri village, Bagherpara Upazila, Jessore District.[1] Sen graduated in chemistry from Brajalal College in Khulna.[3]
Career
editIn 1933, after having graduated from college, he became a member of the Communist Party of India.[3][2] He took part in the struggle against British rule over India.[3] Sen was the leader of Tebhaga movement in Narail.[1][4][5]
Sen became a leader of the East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist).[6] Sen led a split from the EPCP(M–L) in 1971.[7] Sen was a resistance organizer during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[2] The EPCP(M–L) led by Sen and Nazrul Islam was one of the groups participating in the Coordination Committee of the Bangladesh Liberation Struggle set up in Calcutta.[6][8] The Sen-Nazrul Islam faction set up the Bangladesh Communist Solidarity Committee.[6][8] In 1972 he became the general secretary of the Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist), a new open party into which the Amal Sen-Nazrul Islam-led EPCP(M–L) had merged.[6][9] He became the general secretary of the United Communist League in 1986.[9] Between 1992 and 2000 he served as president of the re-united Workers Party of Bangladesh, after 2000 he remained a member of the Central Committee of the party.[9]
Death and legacy
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References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tebhaga movement leader Amal Sen's death anniv today". New Age. 17 January 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Struggle against Imperialism & Fundamentalism Cannot be Seen in Isolation". People's Democracy. 14 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Amal Sen Mela begins in Jashore". The News Today. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Comrade Amal Sen's 17 death anniv being observed". The Asian Age.
- ↑ "Fair on Amal Sen begins today". The Independent. Dhaka. 17 January 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 Talukder Maniruzzaman (1975). "Bangladesh: An Unfinished Revolution?". The Journal of Asian Studies. 34 (4): 891–911. JSTOR 2054506.
- ↑ Huq, Abul Fazl (1978). "Contemporary Polities and the Radical Left in Bangladesh". The Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies. III: 95.
the second group led by Amal Sen split from the EPCP (ML) ... [in] 1971
- 1 2 The Indian Political Science Review. Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. 1984. p. 169.
- 1 2 3 "Amal Sen passes away". The Daily Star. 18 January 2003.
- ↑ "15th death anniv of comrade Amal Sen observed in Narail". The Daily Observer.