Phani Bhushan Majumder was an Awami League politician and a former minister of the government of Bangladesh.

Early life

Phani Bhushan Majumder was born in 1901 at village Sendia in

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. His father's name was Satish Chandra Majumdar. He studied in Madaripur high School, then went on to Bankura College and

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in Kolkata. He studied law in Ripon College, Kolkata.

Career

In 1919 he joined the Biplobi party. In 1925 he joined the Madaripur Peace Force. From 1930 to 1938 he was imprisoned for his political activities. He was a devoted follower of

Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperia ...

. He along with Bose tried to remove Holwell Monument from Kolkata and was arrested for it in 1940. He was released from jail in 1946. In 1948 he founded Madaripur Subdivision Weavers' Cooperative Society. For his role in the Bengali language movement he was arrested multiple times including 1948 and from 1949 to 1953. He spent time in jail with

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 ...

in Gopalganj. Since 1949 he was part of Awami Muslim League. In 1954 he was elected to the provincial assembly from Madaripur-Gopalganj constituency. He was a candidate of the

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. In 1958 martial law was promulgated and he was arrested and released in 1962. He was arrested in 1965 under the Pakistan Security Act. During the East Pakistan mass-movement of 1969 he was released from jail. He was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly from the Awami League in 1970. During Bangladesh Liberation war he was the chairman of the regional council for south-western region-2. During the war he campaigned in India to gain public favor for Bangladesh and spoke in the parliament of India. In 1972, he was made the Minister of Food in the cabinet of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was elected to the parliament of Bangladesh in 1973 as a candidate of Awami League. He continued as the Food Minister. He would also be the Minister of Land Administration and Land Reforms. After the

assassination of Sheikh Mujib The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and most of his family were killed during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of young Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Dhanmondi 32 residence as part of a coup d'� ...

he was forced to become minister in the cabinet of Khondakar Mostaq Ahmad and was made the minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives. In 1977 he was arrested under martial law. In 1979 he returned to parliament as a candidate of Awami League.

Death

He died on 31 October 1981.

References

1901 births 1981 deaths Awami League politicians Bangladeshi Hindus People from Madaripur District Politicians from Dhaka Division Food ministers of Bangladesh Minister of Land Administration and Land Reforms Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives ministers Surendranath Law College alumni Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub