Motahar Uddin Ahmed (; 24 August 1935 – 10 January 1974), popularly known as Motahar Uddin Master () was a Bangladeshi teacher and

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politician. He was the former Member of Parliament of Bakerganj-3.

Early life and family

Motahar Uddin Ahmed was born on 24 August 1935 to a

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family in the Hawlader Bari of Gazaria (West Char Umed), Lalmohan in

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, then a part of the

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of the

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. His father, Moulvi Sultan Ahmad, was a

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teacher and his mother, Asiya Khatun, was a housewife. He was the eldest child of his parents and had six younger sisters. He married Mahmuda Begum and they had two sons and one daughter.

Education

Motahar Uddin studied at the Chandpur Middle School in Tazumuddin and then at the Bhola Government High School up until 1950. He then enrolled at the

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where he passed first class in his HSC in 1951. Uddin graduated with a

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and

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from the

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Career

Uddin was the headteacher of Gazaria School. He was elected to the

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following the

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and took part in the

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. During the war, he was the founding president of the

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Sangram Committee and the founding vice-president of the Lalmohan Sangram Committee. Following independence, he was elected to the first

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from Bakerganj-3 as an

candidate at the

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. He founded Surjamoni New Model Secondary School.

Death

Motahar Uddin was assassinated by a family member on 10 January 1974 in Lalmohan.

References

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