Wazi Uddin Khan Explained

Wazi Uddin Khan
Constituency Mp1:Pabna-3
Term Start1:1986
Term End1:1988
Predecessor1:Jamshed Ali
Successor1:A. K. M. Shamsuddin
Term Start2:1996
Term End2:2001
Predecessor2:Saiful Azam
Successor2:K. M. Anowarul Islam
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Birth Date:20 February 1936
Birth Place:Vajpara, Pabna, British India
Death Place:Atua Housepara, Pabna, Bangladesh

Wazi Uddin Khan (Bengali: ওয়াজি উদ্দিন খান; 20 February 1936 – 31 January 2020) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter and politician from Pabna belonging to Bangladesh Awami League. He was elected twice as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad.

Biography

Khan was born on 20 February 1936 at Vajpara in Pabna.[1] [2] He took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.[3]

Khan was elected as the general secretary of Pabna District Motor Workers' Union in 1972.[4] He was elected as the president of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers' Federation in 1980 and served in that post till his death.[1]

Khan served as the president of Pabna District unit of Bangladesh Awami League for 25 years.[2] He was elected as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from Pabna-3 in 1986.[5] He was also elected from that constituency in the Seventh Jatiya Sangsad Election.[6]

Khan died on 31 January 2020 at his own residence at Atua Housepara in Pabna at the age of 83.[1] [7]

Notes and References

  1. News: https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2020/02/01/292489.php. bn:পাবনার সাবেক এমপি ওয়াজি উদ্দিন খান আর নেই. 1 February 2020. 1 February 2020. Bhorer Kagoj. bn. 1 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201035955/https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2020/02/01/292489.php. dead.
  2. News: সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য ওয়াজি উদ্দিন খান আর নেই. 1 February 2020. 1 February 2020. Bonik Barta. bn.
  3. News: https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country/2020/01/31/497485 . bn:সাবেক এমপি ওয়াজি উদ্দিন খান আর নেই. 31 January 2020. 1 February 2020. Bangladesh Pratidin. bn.
  4. News: https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/wholecountry/127045/সাবেক-এমপি-ওয়াজি-উদ্দিন-খান-মারা-গেছেন. bn:সাবেক এমপি ওয়াজি উদ্দিন খান মারা গেছেন. 31 January 2020. 1 February 2020. The Daily Ittefaq. bn.
  5. Web site: List of 3rd Parliament Members . Jatiya Sangsad . 13 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf . 18 September 2018.
  6. Web site: List of 7th Parliament Members . Jatiya Sangsad . bn . 6 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064449/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf . 24 September 2015.
  7. News: https://www.manobkantha.com.bd/রাজনীতি/385088/সাবেক-সাংসদ-ওয়াজি-উদ্দিন-মারা-গেছেন . bn:সাবেক সাংসদ ওয়াজি উদ্দিন মারা গেছেন. 31 January 2020. 1 February 2020. The Manobkantha. bn.