Aleem al-Razee was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician.

Early life

Razee was born in 1925 in Karatia in Nagarpur Upazila,

Tangail District Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল জেলা) formerly a small Mohokuma of Greater Mymensingh district is a district (''zila'') in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 s ...

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. He completed a M.A. and a law degree from

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, C ...

. He earned a PhD from the

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Career

From 1949 to 1953, Razee was the chairman of the Muslim Welfare Association, London. He worked as the editor of The Oriental Times based in London. In 1953, he returned from London and joined the Dhaka High Court as a lawyer. In 1965, he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Mymensingh-1 as an independent candidate. In 1957, Razee founded City Law College, Dhaka and in 1968 he founded Nagarpur Degree College. He founded Lauhati Alim al-Razi Girls' High School in his village. From 1957 to 1972 he served as the President of City Law College, Dhaka. After the Independence of Bangladesh, he joined the

National Awami Party (Bhashani) National Awami Party (Bhashani) is a left wing political party in Bangladesh. History National Awami Party (Bhashani) was established on 30 November 1967 when National Awami Party split into two different fractions. The pro-Moscow fraction was Nati ...

but left the party in 1974. From 1974 to 1975 he served as the president of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association. After that he taught law at the University of Dhaka. In 1976, he founded Bangladesh People's League. He edited the weekly Durbin, published from Tangail. He published a book called Musalmaner Jene Rakha Bhalo. He wrote a fictional book called ''On Trekking through to Arakan''.

Death

Razee died on 16 March 1985 in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

, Bangladesh. His book, The Constitutional Glimpses of Martial Law in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, was published posthumously by

University Press Limited The University Press Limited, commonly abbreviated as UPL, is an academic publishing house based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. UPL was established in 1975 as a successor to Oxford University Press' Dhaka branch where Mohiuddin Ahmed was chief executive. I ...

. Dr. Aleem-Al-Razee Memorial Council organizes events on the anniversary of his death.

References

Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969 1925 births 1985 deaths {{Bangladesh-politician-stub People from Tangail District Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Pakistani expatriates in the United Kingdom University of Calcutta alumni