Amjad Hossain ( – 22 March 2015) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician from

Pabna Pabna () 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 historian Radharaman Saha ...

belonging to

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

. He was a member of the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

Biography

Hossain was an organizer of the

Liberation War of Bangladesh The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...

. After liberation he was elected as a member of the

from Pabna-12 in 1973. Hossain was married to Jannatul Ferdous. She was a member of the

too. They had two daughters and one son. Hossain died on 22 March 2015 at the age of 80.

References

People from Pabna District 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers 1st Jatiya Sangsad members 1930s births 2015 deaths Awami League politicians People of the Bangladesh Liberation War 20th-century Pakistani lawyers {{Rajshahi-AL-politician-stub