| Ashab-ul-Haq | |
|---|---|
| Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
In office 1973–1976 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Awami League |
Ashab-ul-Haq (Bengali language: আসহাব-উল-হক ) was an Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Kushtia-7.
Early life[]
Haq was born on 4 December 1921 in Chuadanga District, Bengal Presidency, British India.[1]
Career[]
In 1970, Huq was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.[1] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Haq served as the leader of the free Bengali administration in Kushtia District.[2] He was the chief advisor to the Bangladesh Liberation Forces in South-West region of Bangladesh.[3] He carried a revolver made by Webley & Scott.[2]
Ashab-ul-Haq was elected to parliament from Kushtia-7 as an Awami League candidate in 1973.[4]
Haq was arrested on 17 August 1975 after the 15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état in which President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed.[1] In 1977, he was sentenced to five years in prison by a martial law court.[1] He was released from prison in 1979 after which he left politics and resumed his medical career.[1] He was one of the witnesses of the Jail Killing that took place in Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.[1]
Death[]
Ashab-ul-Haq died on 7 October 2010.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 হক, মেসবাহ উল. "একজন সাহসী ও সত্ রাজনীতিকের প্রতিকৃতি". The Daily Ittefaq. https://archive.ittefaq.com.bd/index.php?ref=MjBfMTJfMDRfMTNfMV80XzFfOTA1NjM=.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "PAKISTAN: The Battle of Kushtia" (in en-US). 1971-04-19. ISSN 0040-781X. https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,905021-2,00.html.
- ↑ "Freedom in the making: Bangladesh by Anne de Henning – in pictures" (in en-GB). the Guardian. 2021-12-10. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2021/dec/10/freedom-in-the-making-bangladesh-by-anne-de-henning-in-pictures.
- ↑ ""List of 1st Parliament Members"". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali).. http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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