M. A. Wazed Miah ( bn, এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া; 6 February 19429 May 2009) was a Bangladeshi physicist and the writer of a number of texts in physics and some political history books, a former Chairman of the
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and husband of Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...
.
Early life
Wazed Miah was born on 16 February 1942 in the village of Fatehpur (Miah Bari) at
Pirganj,
Rangpur District
Rangpur ( bn, রংপুর) is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division.
Geography
Under the Rangpur Division (one of eight divisions) composed of eight districts of northern Bangladesh, the District of Rangpur ...
to Abdul Quader Miah and Moyzunnessa (Maijun Nesa Bibi).
He was the youngest among three sisters and four brothers. His uncle was Wazed Miah. He was then called 'Sudha Miah'. To get the best education, from Class Five he was sent to board at
Rangpur Zila School, from where he ultimately passed Matriculation in First Division with Distinction.
He went to Rajshahi College. After passing the HSC exam, in 1958, he followed in the footsteps of his eldest sister's son, physicist
Abdul Qayyum Sarker, and took admittance into the Department of
Physics
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,
Dhaka University
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 ...
. In 1961 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics and in 1962 he finished his Master of Science.
He completed the Diploma of
Imperial College London
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Course in 1963–64.
In 1967 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics from
Durham University
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, England. His thesis was on the
bootstrap hypothesis in theoretical particle physics, and he worked under Professor E. J. Squires.
Political career
From 1961 to 1962 he was the Vice-President of the
Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall
Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall is one of the oldest residential halls of Dhaka University.
History
Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall was established in 1940 and named after A. K. Fazlul Huq, former prime minister of undivided Bengal. Fazlul Huq played a major part ...
unit East Pakistan Muslim Chhatra League (currently known as
Bangladesh Chhatra League
The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' p ...
) at
University of Dhaka
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. He was arrested for movement against education commission and was imprisoned in 1962. He never played any active official role in the Awami League after his marriage to Sheikh Hasina.
Professional career
On 1 April 1963, Miah found employment with the
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) (Urdu: ) is a federally funded independent governmental agency, concerned with research and development of nuclear power, promotion of nuclear science, energy conservation and the peaceful usage of nucl ...
(PAEC), initially attached to the Atomic Energy Research Center (AERC) in Karachi.
In 1969, Miah got an associateship at the
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is an international research institute for physical and mathematical sciences that operates under a tripartite agreement between the Italian Government, United Nations Education ...
in Italy. In the same year, he returned home to Pakistan and continued with the AERC.
In Karachi, Miah was the chief scientist at the
Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
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Officially known as Karachi Nuclear Power Complex, the power generation site is composed of three ...
but had his
security clearance
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revoked, that led to termination of his contract and his migration to Bangladesh.
He was engaged in research work at the New Delhi-based laboratory of the
Atomic Energy Commission of India
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The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was set up on 3 August 1948 ...
during 1975–1982, during the period of exile of the remainder of the Mujib family after the bloody
15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état. After his return to Bangladesh, he joined the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, and retired as its chairman in 1999.
Personal life
Miah married
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...
, eldest daughter of
Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...
on 17 November 1967. They have a son
Sajeeb Wazed Joy
Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed ( bn, সজীব আহমেদ ওয়াজেদ; born 27 July 1971), also known as Sajeeb Wazed Joy (), is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is a member of the Awami League and serves as Advisor to the Gover ...
and a daughter
Saima Wazed Putul
Saima Wazed Hossain (; born 9 December 1972), also known as Putul (), is a Bangladeshi autism activist. She is the daughter of Bangladesh's Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. She is a member of the World Health Organization's 25-member Expert
Early li ...
.
Death
Miah died on 9 May 2009. He had for long suffered from
high blood pressure
Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms. Long-term high bl ...
,
heart disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. CVD includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs include stroke, hea ...
,
kidney failure
Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney failure is classified as eit ...
,
diabetes
Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ap ...
, and
asthma
Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and easily triggered bronchospasms. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, cou ...
. He had a
bypass operation
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a few years earlier and an
angioplasty
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in Singapore only a few months before his death. He was buried at a family graveyard in his native village at
Pirganj, Rangpur.
Legacy
One of the main science buildings of
University of Rajshahi
The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a Public university, public Mixed-sex education, co-educational research university in Bangladesh si ...
, previously named as 4th Science Building, has recently been renamed after him as Dr. M Wazed Miah Academic Building. The
Information and Communications Technology
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building of
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology is named after him. An academic building is also constructed in his memory in
.
Publications
*Fundamentals Of
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is a branch of physics that deals with heat, work, and temperature, and their relation to energy, entropy, and the physical properties of matter and radiation. The behavior of these quantities is governed by the four laws of the ...
by MA Wazed Miah (University Press, Dhaka, 1988)
*Fundamentals of
Electromagnetics
In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge. It is the second-strongest of the four fundamental interactions, after the strong force, and it is the dominant force in the interactions of ...
by MA Wazed Miah (Tata-McGraw-Hill, 1982)
*Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibke Ghire Kichhu Ghatana O Bangladesh (A Bangla Memoirs)
*Bangladesher Rajniti O Sarkarer Chalchitra (A Bangla Memoirs)
References
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1942 births
2009 deaths
Bangladeshi male writers
Bangladeshi physicists
Bangladeshi scientists
Bengali physicists
Bengali writers
Bengali-language writers
Fellows of Pakistan Academy of Sciences
University of Dhaka alumni
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family
Sheikh Hasina
Durham University Graduate Society alumni