Abdus Salam Khan (1906 – 29 February 1972) was a
Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of
East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.
Early life
Khan was born in 1906 in
Faridpur,
Bengal Presidency,
British India. He completed his undergraduate in English in 1929 from
Calcutta Presidency College. He completed his graduate studies in political science and law from the
University of Dhaka, finishing in 1931.
Career
Khan started his professional career as a lawyer. He started his political career with the Muslim League and taking active part in the
Pakistan Movement. He resigned from the Muslim league over differences. In 1949, he joined the Awami Muslim League and was elected to the executive committee of the league. From 1953 to 1955 he was the vice-president of Awami Muslim League. In 1954, he was elected to the
East Bengal Provincial Assembly from the United Front.
Khan often found himself at loggerheads with his Awami Muslim League
Ataur Rahman Khan.
Khan was made the provincial minister of Public Works and Communication in 1955. During his tenure the foundation stone of
Central Shaheed Minar was placed. He was opposed to the renaming of Awami Muslim League to
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
. He formed his own party, which retained the name Awami Muslim League. He was the president of the new Awami Muslim League from 1955 to 1958. He resigned from the cabinet on 11 July 1956. In 1960 he was prohibited from participating in elections in Pakistan under the
Elective Bodies Disqualification Order in 1960.
In 1964, Khan was made a member of the Central Executive Committee member of Awami League after the party was revived in the 1960s. On 19 March 1966 he inaugurated the Awami League council meeting in Eden Hotel,
Dhaka. The meeting adapted the
Six Point Program of
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 1966 he was elected president of
Dhaka High Court Bar association. In 1967, he participated in the Pakistan Democratic movement. He was the chief defence lawyer of the
Agartala Conspiracy Case in 1968. He was involved in the
1969 uprising in East Pakistan
The 1969 mass uprising in East Pakistan ( bn, ঊনসত্তরের গণঅভ্যুত্থান, lit=69’s Mass uprising) was a democratic political movement in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The uprising consisted of a series of m ...
. In 1969, he joined the
Pakistan Democratic Party of
Nurul Amin
Nurul Amin ( bn, নুরুল আমিন; ur, ; 15 July 1893 – 2 October 1974) was a prominent Pakistani leader, and a jurist who served as the eighth prime minister of Pakistan and as the first and only vice president of Pakistan. He ...
. He became the president of the party's provincial unit.
Death
Khan died on 29 February 1972.
References
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1906 births
1972 deaths
Awami League politicians
Pakistani MNAs 1955–1958