Mohiuddin Ahmed (politician, born 1925) explained

Mohiuddin Ahmed
Native Name:মহিউদ্দিন আহমেদ
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Date:15 January 1925
Birth Place:Gulishakhali, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency
Death Place:Bangladesh
Resting Place:Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard, Mirpur, Dhaka
Office:Member of 5th Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start:27 February 1991
Term End:15 February 1996
Predecessor:M. A. Jabbar
Successor:M. A. Jabbar
Constituency:Pirojpur-3
Office2:Member of 2nd Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start2:18 February 1979
Term End2:12 February 1982
Predecessor2:Mainul Hosein
Successor2:Position abolished
Constituency2:Bakerganj-17
Office3:Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start3:7 March 1973
Term End3:6 November 1976
Predecessor3:Position established
Constituency3:Bakerganj-18
Successor3:Position abolished
Office4:Member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term Start4:1954
Term End4:1954
Constituency4:Mathbaria
Party:BAKSAL
Awami League
National Awami Party
Ganatantri Dal
All-India Muslim League

Mohiuddin Ahmed (; 15 January 1925 – 12 April 1997), also known by his daak naam Panna Mia (Bengali: পান্না মিঞা), was a Bangladeshi politician. He was elected a member of parliament in 1973, 1979 and 1991.[1] [2] [3] [4] He was posthumously awarded with an Ekushey Padak in 2000.[5]

Early life and family

Mohiuddin Ahmed Panna Mia was born on 15 January 1925 to a Bengali Muslim family in Gulishakhali Mia Bari in Mathbaria, Firozpur, then part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Azharuddin Ahmed, was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1920 to 1926. He was married to Begum Rebecca (died 2018) and had two sons and one daughter.[6]

Career

Ahmed was involved in political activism from the age of 12, particularly the Pakistan Movement. He was the general secretary of the All-India Muslim Student League's Nadia-Bakerganj branches. Ahmed was also a member of its central committee. He later became the secretary general of the Muslim League's Barisal branch. He then became the Secretary of the Krishak Federation and led the Ganatantri Dal. After that merged with the National Awami Party, he joined its central committee. During the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he was elected MLA for Mathbaria constituency as part of the United Front. Ahmed joined the Awami League in 1972 and was appointed as a senior vice-president. He took part in the Bengali language movement, the Six point movement and the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Following independence, he served as chairman of the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League and later became a senior member of the Awami League Central Presidium. Ahmed was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad from Bakerganj-18 as an Awami League candidate in 1973.[7] Following the 1979 Bangladeshi general election, Ahmed was renominated as the Awami League MP for Bakerganj-17. During this term, he served as the deputy leader of the opposition party. His third term in the Jatiya Sangsad took place after being elected during the 1991 Bangladeshi general election from Pirojpur-3 constituency as a BAKSAL politician.

Death

Ahmed died on 12 April 1997 in Bangladesh.[8] He was buried at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Mirpur, Dhaka.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/former-mp-s/2014-03-23-11-52-04. bn:১ম জাতীয় সংসদ সদস্য তালিকা (বাংলা). Bangladesh Parliament. bn. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf. 2018-09-09. 2019-12-02.
  2. Web site: List of 2nd Parliament Members. Bangladesh Parliament. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf. 4 September 2018. 24 January 2020.
  3. Web site: List of 5th Parliament Members. Bangladesh Parliament. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180917232851/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf. 17 September 2018. 24 January 2020.
  4. News: https://election.prothomalo.com/candidates/2149. bn:মহিউদ্দিন আহমেদ (পিরোজপুর). Prothom Alo. bn. 2020-01-25.
  5. Web site: একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ ও প্রতিষ্ঠান. Ministry of Cultural Affairs. 9. 22 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190422210318/https://moca.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/moca.portal.gov.bd/page/7e22de29_5250_4bed_bd62_a032ea740a55/Ekushe%20Padak%20list.pdf. 22 April 2019.
  6. Web site: 'ভাষাসৈনিক মহিউদ্দিনের মতো নেতা প্রয়োজন ছিল' . Bangla Tribune. bn. 2020-01-24.
  7. Web site: "List of 1st Parliament Members" . Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). . 6 March 2021.
  8. Book: বরিশালের প্রয়াত গুণীজন. bn. 2006. University Book Publishers. Choudhury, Ruseli Rahman.