Shamsul Huda Panchbagi

Shamsul Huda Panchbagi
Shamsul Huda Panchbagi
শামছুল হুদা পাঁচবাগী
	Hanafi
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1937-1947
Constituency	Mymensingh South
Personal details
Political party	Krishak Praja Party

Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (

Islamic scholar and politician from Bangladesh. He was a two-time member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly and later founded the Emarat Party which supported the advocated for United Bengal

.

Early life and education

Panchbagi was born in 1897, to a

Bengali Muslim family in Maijbari in Gafargaon of Mymensingh. His parents were Muhammad Riaz Uddin and Umme Kulsum.^[1]^[2] He received primary education at his own home. Later, he was admitted into Rampur State Madrasa. After receiving education from there he was admitted into Oriental College.^[1]

Career

After returning to his Bengal, Panchbagi started working for the farmers and took part in movements against the British and

Eid Prayer on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha at Hossainpur.^[1]

Panchbagi served as a lawmaker from 1937 to 1954.

Krishak Praja Party candidate.^[3] Later, he established Emarat Party in 1945. He was the president and Sanaullah was the general secretary of the party. He was re-elected as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1946.^[3] He opposed the proposal of the formation of Pakistan.^[1] He supported United Bengal.^[3] He established a press at Panchbag. He published more than 10,000 leaflets in Bengali, English, Arabic, Urdu and Persian.^[1] He opposed the proposal of formation of Pakistan

in leaflets.

Panchbagi became inactive in politics in the sixties.

Liberation War of Bangladesh.^[1]

Panchbagi was the mutawalli of Shahzadi Begum Waqf State. He was the editor and publisher of three newspapers titled Din Dunia, Hujjatul Islam and Torjumane Din.[1] He established many educational institutions.