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 ]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 ...
from Pabna-12 in 1973.
Hossain was married to Jannatul Ferdous. She 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 ...
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
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