- A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman
Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman (
1926 -November 3 ,1975 ) was aBangladesh i politician, senior government minister and a leading member of theAwami League . A loyalist of Bangladesh's founding leaderSheikh Mujibur Rahman , Qamaruzzaman was murdered along withSyed Nazrul Islam ,Muhammad Mansur Ali andTajuddin Ahmed in the infamous "jail killings" inDhaka Central Jail onNovember 3 ,1975 .Early life
Qamaruzzaman was born in 1926 in the city of
Rajshahi in the province ofBengal (now in Bangladesh). He obtained degrees ineconomics from theUniversity of Calcutta in 1946, and a law degree from theRajshahi University in 1956. He began practising law after his induction in theRajshahi District bar association. As a student, Qamaruzzaman became active in theMuslim League and worked for thePakistan movement .Political career
Qamaruzzaman joined the
Awami League ofHuseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy andSheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1956. He was elected to theNational Assembly of Pakistan in 1962, 1965 and again in 1970. He rose to national party leadership posts in the late 1960s, becoming a close ally of Mujib. During theBangladesh Liberation War , Qamaruzzaman served as the minister of relief and rehabilitation in the provisional government of Bangladesh formed atMujibnagar . After the creation of Bangladesh, he won election to the national parliament from Rajshahi in 1973. A minister in Mujib's cabinet, he resigned onJanuary 18 ,1974 to serve as president of the Awami League. In 1975, Qamaruzzaman was appointed minister of industries and a member of the executive committee ofBAKSAL . He continued to support Mujib despite his assumption of dictatorial powers and a ban on all political parties except BAKSAL.Death
After the
assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman onAugust 15 ,1975 Qamaruzzaman went underground with other Mujib loyalists. He was arrested by the regime of the new presidentKhondaker Mostaq Ahmad and imprisoned in the Dhaka Central Jail with Tajuddin Ahmed, Syed Nazrul Islam and Mansur Ali. These four senior Awami League politicians were killed under mysterious and controversial circumstances onNovember 3 , even as a military coup led by Mujib loyalist generalKhaled Mosharraf overthrew Khondaker Mostaq's regime.See also
References
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