Abbas Ali Khan

Abbas Ali Khan
আব্বাস আলী খান
Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
In office
1979–1994
Preceded byestablished
Succeeded byGhulam Azam
Education Minister of East Pakistan
In office
17 September 1971 – 14 December 1971
GovernorAbdul Motaleb Malik
AdministratorA. A. K. Niazi
Preceded byunknown
Succeeded bydissolved
Member of the Pakistan Parliament
for NE-8 Dinajpur-cum-Bogra
In office
1962–1965
PresidentAyub Khan
Succeeded byMuhammad Yusuf Ali
Personal details
Born1914
Bogra District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died3 October 1999(1999-10-03) (aged 84–85)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyJamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
Other political
affiliations		Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (1955–1971)
EducationB.A.
Alma materHooghly Madrasah
Carmichael College
Occupationcivil servant, educator, politician

Abbas Ali Khan was a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan and education minister of East Pakistan.

Biography

Abbas Ali Khan was born in 1914 in Joypurhat Thana, Bogra District, Bengal Presidency, British India. In 1925, he passed high matriculation examination from Hooghly Madrasah.[1][2] Ten years after examination, he acquired B.A degree from Carmichael College.[1] Then he became a civil servant and worked for Indian government from 1936 to 1947. He also became secretary of A.K. Fazlul Huq, first prime minister of Bengal.[2] In 1955, eight years after the independence of Pakistan, he became a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and later he became ameer of its branch of Rajshahi Division.[1] In 1962, Khan became member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan representing Dinajpur-Bogra.[3][4] In 1971, he was made deputy ameer of the East Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami, provincial branch of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.[1] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was appointed as education minister in the Malik ministry, the last cabinet of East Pakistan.[5][6] After the independence of Bangladesh, on 24 December 1971, he was arrested by the government for collaborating with Pakistan during the war.[7] On 30 November 1973, the government announced a general amnesty for detained cabinet members, and he was released.[8] In 1979, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh was established and he became senior nayeeb-e-ameer of the party.[2] He also became acting ameer at the time.[9] In 1991, Ghulam Azam was elected as ameer and Khan's responsibility as acting ameer ended. But then government arrested him in 1992 and Khan became acting ameer again for 16 months.[10][11][2] Khan died in Dhaka on 3 October 1999 of liver cirrhosis.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "সংক্ষিপ্ত পরিচিতি". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 18 September 1971. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c d e "জামায়াত নেতা আব্বাস আলী খানের ইন্তেকাল". Janakantha (in Bengali). 4 October 1999. pp. 2, 8.
  3. ^ "LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 3RD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1962-1964" (PDF). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ Assembly, East Pakistan (Pakistan) (1963). Alphabetical List of Members. p. 38.
  5. ^ Hasan Hafizur Rahman, ed. (2009) [1982]. "বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র" (in Bengali). Vol. VII. Hakkani Publishers. p. 540.
  6. ^ "মন্ত্রীদের দফতরের চূড়ান্ত তালিকা". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 12 October 1971. p. 6.
  7. ^ Ishtiaq, Ahmad (24 December 2021). "২৪ ডিসেম্বর ১৯৭১: সাবেক গভর্নর ডা. এ এম মালিকসহ মন্ত্রিসভার সদস্যরা আটক". The Daily Star (in Bengali).
  8. ^ একাত্তরের ঘাতক ও দালালরা কে কোথায় (in Bengali). Muktijuddha Chetona Bikash Kendra. 1992 [1987]. p. 21, 186.
  9. ^ "The origin of Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party". Barta 24. 1 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  10. ^ Manik, Julfikar Ali (12 May 2009). "Focus back on, 8yrs after". The Daily Star.
  11. ^ "ফিরে দেখা গোলাম আযমের 'প্রতীকী বিচার', গণ-আদালত বসেছিল যেদিন". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 26 March 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
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