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Hatem Ali Jamadar ( bn, হাতেম আলী জমাদ্দার; 1872–1982) was a

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politician and philanthropist. He served as a member of the

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and the

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Early life

Jamadar was born in 1872, to a

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family from the village of Mithakhali in Mathbaria,

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located in the

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of the

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Career

Jamadar attended the Gaurichanna Tenant Coneference in 1930, presided by Hashem Ali Khan, which protested in favour of tenant rights against zamindars. He was also a member of the District Khilafat Committee which supported the pro-Ottoman

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. The

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conferred the title of

on him in 1932. In 1937, Jamadar contested in the Bengal legislative elections as a

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 ...

candidate, and successfully defeated his rival Moulvi Azharuddin Ahmad of the

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. His constituency, Firozpur South, covered Mathbaria, Bhandaria, Kathalia,

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and Patharghata. Despite the party struggling to gain support at the 1946 elections as a result of the growing popularity of the

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, Jamadar preserved his Firozpur South seat against Aftabuddin Wakil of the Muslim League. He also won a seat following the 1962 Basic Democracy elections. Jamadar was the founder of Mathbaria Central Co-operative Bank. In 1968, he founded the Hatem Ali Girls Middle School to provide for the education of women in Mathbaria. He is also the founder of the K. M. Latif Institution.

Death

Jamadar died on 8 March 1982.

References

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