Shamsul Huq
| Shamsul Haq (শামসুল হক) | |
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| Born |
1 Februaury, 1918 Delduar, Tangail, British India (now Bangladesh) |
| Died | 1965 |
| Ethnicity | Bengali |
| Citizenship | British India, Later Pakistani |
| Known for | Politician |
Political party | Muslim League laterAwami League |
| Religion | Islam |
Shamsul Huq was a Bengali politician who led a parliamentary committee in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan to advocate for the recognition of the Bengali language during the Language movement of the 1950s.[1] He was also the first and third General Secretary of the Awami League,[2] which played a key role in Bengali nationalist movement in the 1950s and 1960s.[3] Shamsul is the very first leader from a middle-class family who won the general election defeating the then famous and high profile Muslim league leader Khurrum Khan Panni(a local Zaminder) of Tangail that made a political storm through Pakistan.
Personal life
Shamsul Haq was married to Afia Khatun (later Dr. Afia Dil). She reportedly separated from him when he went to prison.[4] She currently lives and works in the United States. She has authored Bengali Language Movement and the Creation of Bangladesh (2011) with her husband Anwar S. Dil.[5]
Shamsul Haq reportedly died sometime in 1965 in the district of Tangail.
References
- ↑ http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/L_0063.HTM
- ↑ "Bangladesh Awami League, a pioneer in practicing democracy within party". Bangladesh Awami League. July 23, 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ Rashiduzzaman, M. (1970). "The Awami League in the Political Development of Pakistan". Asian Survey 10 (7): 574–587.
- ↑ http://www.untoldfacts.com/bangladesh/bhashani-to-jalil-continuum-of-vengeance/
- ↑ http://books.google.com.bd/books?id=i_2TZwEACAAJ&dq=Anwar+S.+Dil:+Bengali+Language+Movement+to+Bangladesh+Bengali+Language+Movement+to+Bangladesh+by+Anwar+S.+Dil,+Afia+Dil&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uOjkUdWUO4LLrQfA8YDIDw&redir_esc=y
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