M. A. Wazed Miah

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M. A. Wazed Miah
এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া
Miah in 1997
Born(1942-02-16)16 February 1942
Pirganj, Bengal, British India (now Rangpur, Bangladesh)
Died9 May 2009(2009-05-09) (aged 67)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placePirganj, Rangpur, Bangladesh
EducationPhD (Physics)
Alma mater
OccupationNuclear scientist
Spouse
Sheikh–Wazed family

M. A. Wazed Miah (Bengali: এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া; 6 February 1942 – 9 May 2009) was a Bangladeshi physicist and the writer of a number of texts in physics and some political history books, a former chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Early life

Md. Abdul Wazed Miah was born on 16 February 1942 in the village of Fatehpur (Miah Bari) at Pirganj, Rangpur District to Abdul Quader Miah and Moyzunnessa (Maijun Nesa Bibi).[1] He was the youngest among three sisters and four brothers. His uncle was Wazed Miah. He was then called 'Sudha Miah'.[2]

He passed the matriculation examination at Rangpur Zilla School in 1956, and earned his Intermediate Certificate at Rajshahi College in 1958.[3] He followed in the footsteps of his eldest sister's son, physicist Abdul Qayyum Sarker, and took admittance into the Department of Physics, University of Dhaka. In 1961 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics and in 1962 he finished his Master of Science.[1] He completed the Diploma of Imperial College London Course in 1963–64.[1] In 1967 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics from Durham University, England. His thesis was on the bootstrap hypothesis in theoretical particle physics, and he worked under Professor E. J. Squires.

Student politics

From 1961 to 1962 he was the vice-president of the Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall unit of the East Pakistan Muslim Chhatra League (now known as the Bangladesh Chhatra League) at the University of Dhaka. He was arrested for taking part in the 1962 East Pakistan Education movement against Ayub's education commission. After university he did not remain involved in politics.[3]

Career

On 1 April 1963, Miah found employment with the

Karachi Nuclear Power Plant but had his security clearance revoked, that led to termination of his contract and his migration to Bangladesh.: 106 [4]

His wife,

15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état. After his return to Bangladesh, he joined the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, and retired as its chairman in 1999.[3]

Personal life

Miah married

Saima Wazed Putul.[6]

Death

Miah died on 9 May 2009. He had for long suffered from

bypass operation a few years earlier and an angioplasty in Singapore only a few months before his death. He was buried at a family graveyard in his native village at Pirganj, Rangpur.[7]

Legacy

One of the main science buildings of

Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University.[9]

Publications

  • Fundamentals of Electro-Magnetics (1982)
  • Fundamentals of Thermodynamics (University Press, Dhaka, 1988)
  • Elementary Nuclear and Rector Physics (1995)
  • Basics of Superconductivity (1996)
  • Some Thoughts of Science & Technology (1997)
  • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibke Ghire Kichhu Ghatana O Bangladesh [Some Events Centring Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib and Bangladesh] (1993)
  • Bangladesher Rajniti O Sarkarer Chalchitra [Politics in Bangladesh and the Background Scenes of Governments] (1995)
  • Bangladesher Bibhinna Santasyar Sambhabya Szrmadhan [Probable Solutions of the Various Problems of Bangladesh] (1996)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Life sketch of Wazed Miah". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Wazed Mia's 80th birth anniv today". New Age. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Murshed, Sanzida. "Miah, MA Wazed". Banglapedia.
  4. ISBN 978-0-8047-8480-1
    . Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Scientist Wazed Miah remembered". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Rangpur AL wants Joy to contest from Pirganj-6". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Wazed Miah Is Dead". independent-bangladesh.com. Bangladesh News. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  8. ^ "CSE Carnival' begins at SUST". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Hasina rejects BNP's formula". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
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