| Mohammad Bayazeed Khan Panni | |
| Native Name: | মোহাম্মদ বায়াজীদ খান পন্নী |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Karatia, Tangail, British Raj |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Resting Place: | Gorai Majar, Karatia, Tangail |
| Other Names: | Salim |
| Years Active: | 1995-2012 |
| Notable Works: | The Lost Islam |
| Successor: | Hossain Mohammad Salim |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | 4 |
| Signature Size: | 350px |
Bayazeed Khan Panni (Bengali: বায়াজীদ খান পন্নী; 1925–2012) was a Bangladeshi politician, homeopathic medicine practitioner, writer, and social reformer. He was a member of East Pakistan provincial assembly.
Panni was born on 11 March 1925 in the British Raj to the Karatia Zamindar family based in Tangail. He is the son of Mohammad Mehedi Ali Khan Panni and the grandson of Mohammed Haider Ali Khan Panni. His maternal grandfather, the Zamindar of Dhanbari Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, was one of the founders of Dhaka University. He was imprisoned for an anti-British campaign.[1] [2] [3] [4]
His uncle, Nawabzada Mohammad Ali Chowdhury (Bogra), was the Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953–1955) and his cousin, Mohammad Khurram Khan Panni (KK Panni), was a member of the Legislative Assembly. He later served as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines.[5]
Panni started his education at Rokayaya High Madrasah where he studied for two years. Having passed the matriculation examination from the Hafez Mahmud Ali Institution in 1942 (presently known as SSC), he was admitted in the Azizul Huq College at Bogra. After studying there for a year, he transferred to Islamia College (now Moulana Abul Kalam Azad College) in Kolkata, where he completed his secondary education.[6]
During his studies at Islamia College in Kolkata, he joined the Anti-British Movement. He gained the fellowship of Mahatma Gandhi, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Aurobindo Ghosh, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maududi. During this time, he joined Allama Inayatullah Khan al-Mashriqi the Khaksar Movement. In the student position, he was nominated as East Bengal commander and 'Salar-e-Khas Hind' in this movement.[7]
After the partition of the country, he returned to his village and started various business ventures. In the 1950s, he was attracted to homeopathy therapy and started practicing it in his village after obtaining a degree from Tangail Homeo Medical College in 1957.In 1963, he stood for Parliament by-election from Tangail-Bashail constituency vacated by his cousin Khurram Khan Panni who was appointed as ambassador of Pakistan. He got elected as an independent candidate for the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. During his tenure, he became a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
In 1995, he started a Movement for calling people to the real Islam, which he named Hezbut Tawheed (Party of Tawheed).[8]
Panni died on 16 January 2012.
Bagh-ban-Banduk was a work inspired by his experiences hunting in various forests around the country.[9] The book was included in the syllabus of Class XII as rapid reading by the Education Board on the recommendation of Shaheed Munir Chowdhury who was the editor of the East wing of the Pakistan Writer's Guild. He also wrote articles in different newspapers on religion, politics and medicine.