Khan A Sabur or Abdus Sabur Khan (10 October 190825 January 1982) was a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer from

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

. He served as a minister in the government of Ayub Khan. During the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

, Khan stood in favor of Pakistan and later listed as a

Razakar Razakar (رضا کار) is etymologically an Arabic word which literally means volunteer. The word is also common in Urdu language as a loanword. On the other hand, in Bangladesh, razakar is a pejorative word meaning a traitor or Judas. In Pakista ...

from

according to the released list of Bangladesh government. He was also a key perpetrator in the

1964 East Pakistan riots The 1964 East Pakistan Riots refer to the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Bengali Hindus from East Pakistan in the wake of an alleged theft of what was believed to be the Prophet's hair from the Hazratbal shrine in Jammu and Kashmir in Ind ...

Early life

Khan was born on 10 October 1908 in Khulna, British Raj. Nazmul Hossain Khan a lawyer was his father. He studied in

Khulna Zilla School Khulna Zilla School ( bn, খুলনা জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Khulna district of Bangladesh. It was established in 1885. It provides education from class three (Grade-3) to class ten (Grade-10). The scho ...

and Calcutta City College.

Career

Khan joined the

Krishak Praja Party The Krishak Sramik Party ( bn, কৃষক শ্রমিক পার্টি, ''Farmer Labourer Party'') was a major anti-feudal political party in the British Indian province of Bengal and later in the Dominion of Pakistan's East Bengal and ...

in 1937. He later joined the Bengal Provincial Muslim League went on to become its joint secretary in 1938. As a candidate from the Muslim League he was elected to Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was elected to Pakistan National Assembly in 1962. He was the minister of Communication in the Ayub Khan's cabinet. He was later a member of the

Muslim League (Qayyum) The Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum), also referred as Qayyum Muslim League (QML) or Muslim League (Qayyum) was a Pakistani political party. After an attempt to neutralize the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Awami League by uniting the PML-Conven ...

and contested in the

1970 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 7 December 1970 to elect members of the National Assembly. They were the first general elections since the independence of Pakistan and ultimately the only ones held prior to the independence of Bang ...

. During the

he sided with the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

against Bangladeshi independence. He was arrested in 1972 after Bangladesh was liberated. However he was later released because of a general amnesty under the

Collaborators Act 1972 The Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunals) Order, 1972 is a law enacted in 1972 by the Government of Bangladesh to establish a tribunal to prosecute local collaborators who helped or supported the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Libera ...

. In 1976, he established the

Bangladesh Muslim League The Bangladesh Muslim League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগ) is a political party in Bangladesh that traces its origins to the All-India Muslim League, established in 1906. The party was banned along with other Islam ...

and was elected to parliament in 1979 from three constituencies in

Death

Khan died on 25 January 1982. He remained a bachelor his whole life and donated all his property to a public welfare trust.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Abdus Sabur 1908 births 1982 deaths People from Khulna Krishak Sramik Party politicians Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965