Muhammad Ashraf Ali ( bn, মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী) was an
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 ...
politician and the former Member of Parliament of
Sylhet-6
Sylhet-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Nurul Islam Nahid of the Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common ...
. He was a former president of Sylhet District Awami League and part of the last District Awami League Advisory Council.
Early life
Ali was born into a
Bengali Muslim family in Balaganj Thana,
Sylhet District
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট), located in north-east Bangladesh, is the divisional capital and one of the four districts in the Sylhet Division.
History
Sylhet district was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal Pro ...
,
British Raj
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or Direct rule in India,
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(now
Osmani Nagar Upazila
Osmani Nagar ( bn, ওসমানীনগর) is an upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Etymology
“Osmani Nagar” is a compound of two words, ''Osmani'' and ''nagar'' (city), which literally means “the city of ...
, Sylhet District,
Bangladesh
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).
Career
In 1968, Ali became the elected president of the Sylhet District branch of the
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' po ...
. During the
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...
of 1971, he was a local freedom organiser. Ali was also a president of the Greater Sylhet Ganadabi Parishad.
Ali was elected to parliament from Sylhet-6 (now known as
Sylhet-2
Sylhet-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Mokabbir Khan of the Gano Forum.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Bishwanath and Osmani Nagar upazilas.
History
The cons ...
) as an
BAKSAL candidate in 1975 in a by-election. The constituency covered
Bishwanath Thana and
Balaganj Thana.
Death
He died in a private hospital in
Sylhet
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...
on 22 January 2015. His body was honoured by the government in Sylhet Central Shahid Minar and then taken to Osmani Nagar and
Shah Jalal Dargah where two
janaza
Funerals and funeral prayers in Islam ( ar, جنازة, Janazah) follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia (Islamic religious law) calls for burial o ...
s were performed, and he was buried in the latter's adjacent graveyard.
References
Awami League politicians
2015 deaths
1st Jatiya Sangsad members
People from Osmani Nagar Upazila
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