Kamruddin Ahmed (1912-1982) was a Bangladeshi diplomat, lawyer and politician.

Early life

Ahmed was born on 8 September 1912 in Sholaghar, Sreenagar Upazila, Munshiganj District,

Bengal Presidency The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and ...

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. He graduated from

Barisal Zilla School Barishal Zilla School (), popularly known as BZS, is a public educational institution for boys, located in Barisal, Bangladesh. It was the first high school established in Barisal Division. It was founded as Barisal English School on 23 December 1 ...

in 1929 and from B. M. College in 1931. He completed his B.A. in 1934 and M.A. in 1935 from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

in English.

Career

Ahmed after finishing his studies joined Armanitola Government High School in Dhaka as a teacher. He was a supporter of All India Muslim League which he left after the Partition of India in 1947. In East Pakistan he joined the Sarba-daliya

Rastrabhasa Sangram Parishad The Rashtrabhasha Sangram Parishad (''National Language Action Committee'') was an organisation founded by Bengali politicians and intellectuals to agitate for the recognition of the Bengali language by the Government of Pakistan. It was established ...

(All Party State Language Movement) which campaigned for Bengali language to be made a state language of Pakistan. In 1954 he joined the Awami Muslim League and was elected to the Central Committee of the Awami Muslim league in 1955. He then left politics to join the Pakistan diplomatic service. He was appointed Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan to India based in Kolkata in 1957 and left his post in 1958. From 1958 to 1961 he was the Pakistani Ambassador to Myanmar and Combodia. In 1962 he became a lawyer. In 1971 at the start of Bangladesh Liberation war he was arrested by Pakistan Army and kept in prison till the end of the war. After the independence of Bangladesh he served as the General Secretary of Trade Union Federation. From 1976 to 1978 he was the President of the

Asiatic Society of Bangladesh The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiatic Society ...

. He wrote a number of historical books on Bengal and Bangladesh. His son, Nizamuddin Azad, was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war and was a member of the

Mukti Bahini The Mukti Bahini ( bn, মুক্তিবাহিনী, translates as 'freedom fighters', or liberation army), also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary ...

Death

Ahmed died in Dhaka on 6 February 1982.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Kamruddin Bangladeshi diplomats 1912 births 1982 deaths Pakistani politicians