Asmat Ali Khan Explained

Moulavi Asmat Ali Khan
Native Name:আছমত আলী খান
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:1954 East Bengali legislative election
Leader:A. K. Fazlul Huq
Term Start:3 April 1954
Term End:1958
Office2:1970 Pakistani general election, East Pakistan
Term Start2:1970
Term End2:1971
Office3:Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh
Primeminister3:Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Term Start3:7 March 1973
Term End3:1978
Birth Place:British India (now Madaripur
Bangladesh)
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting Place:Madaripur, Bangladesh
Party:Awami League
Spouse:Tajan Nesa Begum
Profession:Politician, educationist, social worker and lawyer
Awards:Swadhinata Padak
Children:Shajahan Khan
Parents:Abdul Jobbar Ali Khan (Father)

Moulavi Asmat Ali Khan was a Bangladeshi Advocate, Politician, Educationist and Social Worker. Asmat Ali Khan was also the first elected MP Member of the Parliament in 1973. He was a close alias of Bangladesh's Father of Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 2016 a bridge was opened under his name. In 1953 he even started a school in his community.[1] [2]

Early life

Moulavi Asmat Ali Khan was born in 1907 in British India (now Bangladesh). He graduated from Law at a very early age and started social work. His son Shahjahan Khan is a government minister.

Career

Khan was elected as an M.L.A in the year 1954 during the East Bengal Elections. Later in 1970, he was the elected M.P.A. In 1973, Khan became the first elected Member of Parliament from Faridpur-14 (Vote Area Number 214), (Madaripur).[3] He was also the founding member and president of Madaripur Awami League. In 2016 he received Swadhinata Padak.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Asmat Ali's death anniv today. Daily Sun. en. 2018-12-31.
  2. Web site: Ex-MP Asmat Ali's 23th death anniversary on Friday . en-US. 2018-12-31.
  3. Web site: Member's of 1st Parliament of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Affairs. en-US. 2018-12-31. 1 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130901140037/http://bdaffairs.com/members-of-1st-parliament-of-bangladesh/. dead.
  4. News: BNP not a pro-liberation party: Shipping Minister. The Independent. Dhaka. 2018-12-31.