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AKM Samsuzzoha | |
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আবুল খায়ের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জোহা | |
| Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
| In office 7 March 1973 – 15 August 1975 | |
| Succeeded by | ASM Solomon |
| Constituency | Dhaka-30 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1924 Narayanganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 20 February 1987 (aged 62–63) |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Children | Nasim Osman Salim Osman Shamim Osman |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Abul Khayer Mohammad Samsuzzoha (Bengali: আবুল খায়ের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জোহা; 1924 – 20 February 1987)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was a Member of Parliament from Narayanganj constituency. He received the Independence Day Award in 2011 posthumously from the Government of Bangladesh.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Samsuzzoha was born in 1924 to politician Mohammad Osman Ali and Jamila Osman in Narayanganj, East Pakistan.[1] He belongs to a Bengali Muslim family of Pradhans from Jamalkandi in present-day Comilla. His father was a founding member of the Awami League.[3]
He graduated from the University of Dhaka.[1]
Career
[edit]Samsuzzoha was a founding member of Awami Muslim League. He was involved in the Bengali Language Movement of 1952 that demanded Bengali be made a state language of Pakistan.[2] He was elected a member of parliament at the Pakistani general election in 1970 and Bangladeshi general election in 1973.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Samsuzzoha was married to Nagina Zoha.[4] Three of his sons went on to win parliamentary elections – Salim Osman and Nasim Osman were elected from the Jatiya Party, and Shamim Osman is member of Parliament from Bangladesh Awami League.[5]
Samsuzzoha died on 20 February 1987.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Cabinet Division - Bangladesh - Information and Services - Awards Detail". old.cabinet.gov.bd (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ a b "28th Death Anniversary of AKM Shamsuzzoha observed in Narayanganj". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Hasina stands by Osman family". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Shamim Osmans mother dies". theindependentbd.com. The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Under-fire Narayanganj MP Salim Osman, in leaked phone call, abuses journalist". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Death anniv of Shamsuzzoha observed". Independent. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.