Ohidur Rahman Explained

Ohidur Rahman
Native Name:	ওহিদুর রহমান
Office:	Member of 3rd Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start:	1986
Term End:	1988
Predecessor:	Chowdhury Motahar Hossain (Rajshahi-9)
Constituency:	Naogaon-6
Successor:	Mullah Rezaul Islam
Birth Place:	Atrai, Naogaon, Rajshahi District, Bengal Presidency
Party:	Communist Party of Bangladesh Awami League

Ohidur Rahman (Bengali: ওহিদুর রহমান) is a Bangladeshi Communist political leader, freedom fighter and writer. He was the former Member of Parliament of Naogaon-6.^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Ohidur Rahman was born in 1943, into a Bengali Muslim family in Atrai, Naogaon, Rajshahi District, Bengal Presidency.^[3] He completed his education at the University of Rajshahi where he studied political science, and was associated with the Writers Students League.^{[4] [5]}

Career

Prior to Bangladesh's independence, Ohidur Rahman had been a part of Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani's National Awami Party and Purbo Banglar Communist Party. He was During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, he set up resistances in 9 areas across Rajshahi. After the Independence of Bangladesh, he became the leader of the Communist Party of Bangladesh's Atrai branch and later the greater Rajshahi branch. Not long after, he was arrested after being injured in an armed brawl as part of a Naxalite uprising. He was released from prison in 1977.^[6]

During the 1986 Bangladeshi general elections, Ohidur Rahman successfully won a seat in the newly-created Naogaon-6 constituency as an independent candidate.^[7] He stood up again as a Communist Party candidate during the 1991 Bangladeshi general elections but lost to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Alamgir Kabir. He stood up as an Awami League candidate in the 1996 Bangladeshi general elections, but lost again to BNP politician Kabir.

Ohidur Rahman has written several works relating to the Bangladesh Liberation War and politics of Bangladesh. Two of his notable books are Mukti Shongrame Atrai (Atrai in the Liberation struggle) and Gontobbohīn Pothe (In a path with no destination).^{[3] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Intercontinental Press . 1974 . Intercontinental Press . 460 . en.
2. Book: Maniruzzaman . Talukder . The Bangladesh revolution and its aftermath . 2003 . University Press . 978-984-05-1097-9 . 140 . en.
3. Web site: https://www.rokomari.com/book/53980/mukti-songrame-atrai. bn:মুক্তি সংগ্রামে আত্রাই - ওহিদুর রহমান. Rokomari.com. Ohidur Rahman. bn. https://web.archive.org/web/20200222035345/https://www.rokomari.com/book/53980/mukti-songrame-atrai. 22 February 2020.
4. Web site: bn:মুক্তিসংগ্রামে আত্রাই . bn . Atrai in the liberation struggle . https://www.samhati.com/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87/53 . 29 June 2014 . Samhati Publishers . 2 November 2021 . 2 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102180535/https://www.samhati.com/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87/53 . dead .
5. Book: bn:গন্তব্যহীন পথে. Shikha Publications. Ohidur Rahman. Bangladesh. bn.
6. Web site: https://www.samhati.com/writer/?writerid=25. Samhati. bn. bn:ওহিদুর রহমান. 2021-11-01. 2021-11-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101154150/https://www.samhati.com/writer/?writerid=25. dead.
7. Web site: List of 3rd Parliament Members . Bangladesh Parliament . 9 April 2020 . 18 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf . dead .
8. News: https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/89925.details. bn:‘মুক্তি সংগ্রামে আত্রাই’ বইয়ের মোড়ক উন্মোচনে বিচারপতি হাবিবুর রহমান. Banglanews24.com. Judge Habibur Rahman at the book launch of Mukti Shongrame Atrai. 19 February 2021. Firdaws, MJ. bn.