Kazi Golam Mahbub (23 December 1927 – 19 March 2006) was a Bangladeshi activist and politician. He participated in the Language Movement that took place in the erstwhile

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Myanmar, wi ...

Early life and education

Mahbub was born in Kasba village in

Backergunge District Backergunge, Backergunje, Bakarganj, or Bakerganj was a former district of British India. It was the southernmost district of the Dacca Division. The district was located in the swampy lowlands of the vast delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra ...

(now

Barisal district Barisal District, officially spelled Barishal District from April 2018, is a district in south-central Bangladesh, formerly called Bakerganj district, established in 1797. Its headquarters are in the city of Barisal, which is also the headqua ...

). His father, Kazi Abdul Majed, was an activist of 1921 movement which was carried out in Barisal for achieving a more equitable arrangement for farmers. Mahbub matriculated from Barisal Torki High School in 1942 and then went to Calcutta Islamia College. He migrated to

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

in 1947. In 1948, he got admitted to the law department of the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

as an LLM student.

Career

In the same year, he founded the East Pakistan Muslim Chhatra League. In January 1952, he was elected as convener of the All Party State Language Action Committee. Mahbub was a member of the central committee of the provincial unit of Awami League between 1949 and 1968 and the general secretary of the greater Barisal District unit of Awami League in 1953. He joined

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

in 1978 and served as the vice chairman of the party. Mahbub was elected the president of Supreme Court Bar Association in 1993–94.

Legacy

On 10 December 2006, the Mayor of Dhaka renamed the old Road No 10 of Dhanmondi Residential Area in Dhaka after Mahbub.

Awards

* Principal Abul Kashem Rashtra-bhasha Gold Medal (1993) * Jatiyatabadi Sanskritik Jot Padak (1998) * Matri-bhasha Padak of Tamuddun Majlish (2000) *

Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...

(2002) * Bhasha Sainik Padak of Bangladesh Awami League (2002)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahbub, Kazi Golam 1927 births 2006 deaths Recipients of the Ekushey Padak People from Barisal District Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Awami League politicians Maulana Azad College alumni University of Calcutta alumni University of Dhaka alumni