Habibur Rahman ( – 23 September 2010) Politician of

Chuadanga District Chuadanga ( bn, চুয়াডাঙ্গা, tʃuaɖaŋga), is a district of the western Khulna Division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian state of West Bengal to the west, Meherpur District to the northwest, Jessore District to ...

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, Islamic speaker and former member of Parliament for Chuadanga-2 constituency in

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Birth and early life

Habibur Rahman was born in 1935 in Chapra,

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. In 1950, he started living as a family in the village of Hogaldanga in Damurhuda,

Chuadanga Chuadanga ( bn, চুয়াডাঙ্গা) is a prosperous city in the western part of Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Chuadanga Sadar Upazila and Chuadanga District. Chuadanga was the first capital of Bangladesh. It was the sub-dis ...

. He first studied at Comilla Kamrangirchar Madrasa, Later Kamil passed from

Dhaka Alia Madrasa Govt. Madrasah-e-Alia ( ar, المدرسة العالية الحكومية, bn, সরকারী মাদ্রাসা-ই-আলিয়া) is a government madrasa located in Bakshibazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Since its founding the madrasa ...

Career

Habibur Rahman was a member of the Shura in the Central Majlis of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He joined Chhatra Sangha in 1960 and Jamaat in 1969. In the fifth parliamentary elections of 1991, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from Chuadanga-2 constituency as a candidate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He was defeated by Chuadanga-2 constituency as a Jamaat candidate in the seventh parliamentary elections on June 12, 1996 and the ninth parliamentary elections in 2008.

War crimes and controversy

Habibur Rahman was the president of the peace committee of Jivannagar in Chuadanga during the war of liberation. It was alleged that under his leadership, Abdur Razzak, a freedom fighter from Kayagram, was taken to the Hasadah camp, killed and later his body was disappeared. He was arrested on January 1, 1972 under the Brokers Act and was convicted along with 752 other war criminals convicted under the Brokers Act. When the Ziaur Rahman government repealed the Brokers Act, he was released along with others.

Death

Habibur Rahman died on 23 September 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Habibur 1930s births 2010 deaths People from Chuadanga District Politicians from Khulna Division Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians 5th Jatiya Sangsad members Government Madrasah-e-Alia alumni