Ataur Rahman Khan

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Ataur Rahman Khan
আতাউর রহমান খান
Chief Minister of East Pakistan
In office
1 September 1956 – March 1958
GovernorAmiruddin Ahmad
Preceded byAbu Hussain Sarkar
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1905-03-06)6 March 1905
Awami League (1949–1984)
ChildrenZiaur Rahman Khan
Alma materJagannath University
University of Dhaka

Ataur Rahman Khan (

Chief Minister of East Pakistan from 1 September 1956 – March 1958, and as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 30 March 1984 to 9 July 1986.[2]

Early life

Ataur Rahman Khan was born on 1 July 1905

Jagannath College in 1927.[2] He obtained bachelor's degree in economics and law from the University of Dhaka in 1930 and 1936 respectively.[2]

Ataur Rahman in 1954 (centre-right at the front)

Career

Khan joined the Dhaka District Bar in 1937. He then joined the judicial branch of the Civil Service as a

Krishak Praja Samiti and served as the secretary of the Dhaka District unit.[2] In 1944, he joined the All India Muslim League.[2] He served as the Vice President of the Manikganj unit of the Muslim League.[2] Khan joined the creation of the Awami Muslim League in 1949 and served as its vice-president until 1964.[2] He was a leader of the Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad who played the lead role in the Bengali Language movement in 1952 for making Bengali Language a state language of Pakistan.[2]

In 1954, Khan was the joint convenor of the United Front which won the Provincial election.[2] He himself was elected to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly and made the Ministry of Civil Supplies in the United Front government under A. K. Fazlul Huq.[2] In 1955, He was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.[2] From 1955 to 1956, he was the leader of the opposition in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.[2]

After Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy became

Ayub Khan took over power in Pakistan when martial law was declared in Pakistan.[6] He had been removed and restored to the post of Chief Minister three times in one year.[7] He and Suhrawardy's central and provincial government was criticised by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, leader of the leftist fraction of Awami League, while supported by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of the nationalist fraction of Awami League.[8] He worked Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy under the National Democratic Front to restore democracy to Pakistan.[2] Khan had succeed Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy as President of Awami League in 1963 further deteriorating relationship with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[9] In 1969, he was elected president of Dhaka High Court Bar Association.[2] In 1969, he created a new political party called Jatiya League over differences with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[2][10]

In 1970, Khan contested the elections for the national assembly but lost.[2] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Khan was detained for six months by Pakistan Army and released in September.[2] After the Independence of Bangladesh, he was elected to the parliament of Bangladesh in 1973.[2] In 1975, he joined the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman lead Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League government.[2] He revived his Jatiya League after the government was removed from power in a series of coups.[2]

Khan was elected to parliament in 1979.[2] He campaigned against the rule General Hussain Mohammad Ershad before joining him. He was made the Prime Minister in 1984 which office he held until 1 January 1985.[2]

Bibliography

  • Ojarotir Dui Bochhor (1963)[2]
  • Shoiracharer Dosh Bochhor (1969)[2]
  • Prodhan-Montritter Noi Maash (1987)[2]
  • Oboruddhor Noi Maash (1990).[2]

Death

Khan died in Dhaka on 7 December 1991 at the age of 86[2] and is buried inside Parliament grounds.[11] His son, Ziaur Rahman Khan (died 2021),[12] was a member of parliament from Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[11] His son and grandson were denied access to the grave without a security pass by the police guarding the parliament.[11] The Bangladesh Nationalist Party organizes remembrance events on his death anniversary.[13]

References

  1. ^ Profile of Ataur Rahman Khan
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Khan, Ataur Rahman". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ Staff Correspondent (2016-12-07). "Ex-PM Ataur Rahman's anniversary of death today". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  4. ^ Chowdhury, Hamidul Huq (1989). Memoirs. Associated Printers Ltd. p. 190.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-81-85119-44-1
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  6. ^
    ISBN 978-3-030-97158-8
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  7. ISBN 978-1-349-65771-1
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  8. ISBN 978-1-4520-4377-7
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  9. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4
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  10. ISBN 978-0-8108-8024-5
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  11. ^ a b c Desk, City (2018-12-10). "Ziaur 'not allowed' to visit his father Ataur Rahman's grave". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  12. ^ Staff Correspondent (2021-04-27). "Barrister Ziaur Rahman Khan laid to rest". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  13. ^ Staff Correspondent (2016-12-08). "Ataur Rahman fought for democratic rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1984–1986 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
New Office
 Chairperson of SAARC
1985 		Succeeded by


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