Wazi Uddin Khan (20 February 1936 – 31 January 2020) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter and politician from
Pabna
Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about .
Etymology
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belonging to
Bangladesh Awami League
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. He was elected twice as a member of the
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...
.
Biography
Khan was born on 20 February 1936 at Vajpara in
Pabna
Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about .
Etymology
* According to the histo ...
.
He took part in the
Liberation War of Bangladesh
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 armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali n ...
in 1971.
Khan was elected as the general secretary of Pabna District Motor Workers' Union in 1972. He was elected as the president of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers' Federation in 1980 and served in that post till his death.
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Khan served as the president of ]Pabna District
Pabna District ( bn, পাবনা জেলা) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is an economically important district in Bangladesh. Its administrative capital is the eponymous Pabna town.
History
Archeologist Cunningham conjectured ...
unit of Bangladesh Awami League
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for 25 years.[ He was elected as a member of the ]Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...
from Pabna-3
Pabna-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mokbul Hossain (born 1950), Mokbul Hossain of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Bhangura Upazila, Bhangura, Cha ...
in 1986. He was also elected from that constituency in the Seventh Jatiya Sangsad Election.
Khan died on 31 January 2020 at his own residence at Atua Housepara in Pabna
Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about .
Etymology
* According to the histo ...
at the age of 83.
References
1936 births
2020 deaths
3rd Jatiya Sangsad members
7th Jatiya Sangsad members
People from Pabna District
Awami League politicians
People of the Bangladesh Liberation War
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