Serajul Alam Khan (also known as "Dada" and "Dadabhai"; born January 6, 1941) is a
Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...
political analyst
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,
philosopher
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and
writer
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. He is one of the founders of
Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad
The Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad (English: Free Bengal Revolutionary Council) was an armed underground student political group secretly organized in 1961 by Serajul Alam Khan, a key founder of Bangladesh, that worked to wage an armed secessionis ...
(English: Independent Bengal Revolutionary Council), a secret organisation of
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 ...
, which played a significant role in 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 ...
. He along with
Tofael Ahmed
Tofail Ahmed (born 22 October 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a 7-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bhola-1, Bhola-2 and Bakerganj-1 constituencies since 1973. Previously he served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of ...
,
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni and
Abdur Razzaq
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
formed and commanded
Mujib Bahini
The Mujib Bahini, also known as Bangladesh Liberation Force (BLF), was an armed force formed during the Bangladesh Liberation War to fight against Pakistan in 1971.
The force was mainly composed of activists drawn from the Awami League and its st ...
(aka
BLF).
Biography
Alam Khan served as the general secretary of the student political organization
East Pakistan Chhatra League from 1963 to 1965.
Soon after returning to free the country from dissension within pro-liberation mainstream power base, Serajul became conspicuous between left-of-center leadership and simmering far left young radicals. Khan was involved in a political struggle with
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (4 December 1939 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the nephew of the founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and founded the Mujib Bahini (Bangladesh Liberation Force-BLF) one of the ma ...
. Alam Khan developed an ideological difference from
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (4 December 1939 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the nephew of the founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and founded the Mujib Bahini (Bangladesh Liberation Force-BLF) one of the ma ...
, due to the former's advocacy of
scientific socialism
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, thus forming the
Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal ( bn, জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল, 'National Socialist Party of Bangladesh', JSD or 'জাসদ', JASAD) is a political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded by Serajul A ...
. In 1975,
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (4 December 1939 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the nephew of the founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and founded the Mujib Bahini (Bangladesh Liberation Force-BLF) one of the ma ...
urged him to join
BaKSAL
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ কৃষক শ্রমিক আওয়ামী লীগ "Bangladesh Worker-Peasant's People's League"; বাকশাল) was a political front comprising B ...
, but he refused.
Current activities
Alam Khan now serves as a professor of political science in the
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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, a post he has held since 1996. In 2006, he was hospitalized in
London
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and underwent a
bypass operation
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.
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Living people
Bangladeshi academics
University of Dhaka alumni
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal politicians
1941 births
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh faculty