Serajul Alam Khan
Serajul Alam Khan | |
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সিরাজুল আলম খান | |
General Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League | |
In office 1965–1967 | |
Succeeded by | Abdur Razzaq |
Personal details | |
Born | Nizam Mohammad Serajul Alam Khan 6 January 1941 Begumganj, Noakhali, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Died | 9 June 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 82)
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Education | Bangladesh Liberation Force |
Branch/service | Infantry |
Rank | Commander |
Nizam Mohammad Serajul Alam Khan (6 January 1941 – 9 June 2023), commonly known as Serajul Alam Khan (
Serajul Alam Khan joined politics in the 1950s–60s as a student and quickly rose to the helm of
Early life
Khan was born on 6 January 1941 in Noakhali District in the then Bengal Presidency, British India.[3] His father, Khorshed Alam Khan, was a government officer who retired in 1959 as the Deputy Director of Public Instruction.[3][4] He graduated from Khulna Zilla School in 1956 and Dhaka College in 1958.[3] He studied mathematics at the University of Dhaka from 1958 to 1962.[3]
Career
Khan as a student of the University of Dhaka created the Nucleus whose aim was the Independence of East Pakistan along with Kazi Aref Ahmed and Abdur Razzaq.[4] The Nucleus helped launch the Six point movement, Eleven Points Programme, designed the flag of independent Bangladesh, picked the national anthem, and the national slogan Joy Bangla.[4] It gave the title of Bangabandhu to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[4]
Khan served as the general secretary of the student political organization East Pakistan Chhatra League from 1963 to 1965.[5][6]
Together with other members of the Nucleus, Khan created the
Soon after returning to free the country from dissension within the pro-liberation mainstream power base, Khan became conspicuous between left-of-centre leadership and simmering far-left young radicals.
After the 7 November 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état, Khan along with other leaders of Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal were arrested.[4] Khan was in jail from 26 July 1976 to 1 May 1981.[4] After being released from jail, he started the publication of Ganakantha newspaper.[4]
The government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia prevented Khan from holding meetings at the government owned Hotel Sheraton.[4]
Illness and death
In 2006, he was hospitalised in
Khan died from respiratory failure at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on 9 June 2023. He was 82.[12]
References
- ^ "The NUCLEUS issue : ABDUR RAZZAK in Tritiomatra". Youtube. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Mujib Bahini – Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Serajul Alam Khan – BIOGRAPHY". Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Serajul Alam Khan: Who was the mystery man in Bangladesh's politics?". www.dhakatribune.com. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ বিগত কমিটি সমূহ [Past Committees]. Bangladesh Chhatra League (in Bengali).
- ^ "Serajul Alam Khan improves, tests negative for COVID-19". New Age. 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Democracy In Bangladesh: Reality Vs. Utopia". EBangladesh. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Sofa, Ahmad (16 April 2015) [Excerpt of book first published 1993]. "JSD: Sofa's sentimental evaluation". Probe. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Hossain, Kazi Mobarak (13 March 2016). "Hasanul Haq Inu's JaSoD splits as he names Shirin general secretary". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ Hossain, M. Sanjeeb (3 November 2012). "Know your friends and foes". Bdnews24.com (Opinion). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Sirajul Alam Khan hospitalised". The Daily Star. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Serajul Alam Khan no more". www.dhakatribune.com. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
Further reading
- JSTOR 2642736.
- Maniruzzaman, Talukder (February 1976). "Bangladesh in 1975: The Fall of the Mujib Regime and Its Aftermath". JSTOR 2643140.
- Lifschultz, Lawrence (August 1977). "Abu Taher's Last Testament: Bangladesh: The Unfinished Revolution". JSTOR 4365850.
- The Nation. p. 653.
- J., N. M. (25 March 1978). "Murder in Dacca: Ziaur Rahman's Second Round". JSTOR 4366470.
- Fukui, Haruhiro, ed. (1985). Political Parties of Asia and the Pacific. Vol. 1: Afghanistan-Korea (ROK). Greenwood Press. pp. 50, 72. ISBN 0-313-25143-6.
- Ludden, David (27 August 2011). "The Politics of Independence in Bangladesh". JSTOR 23017911.