Shahed Ali Patwary ( bn, শাহেদ আলী পাটোয়ারী; 1899– 26 September 1958) was a lawyer and prominent politician. He was elected as member of

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Early life

Patwary was born in 1899 in

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, British Raj. In 1921, he completed his bachelors in philosophy from

Dhaka College Dhaka College ( bn, ঢাকা কলেজ also known as DC) is the oldest secular educational institution of Bangladesh located in Dhaka. It offers higher secondary education ( HSC). It has Honours and Masters programs as well which are af ...

. He did his Masters in Philosophy from the University of Dhaka in 1923. He completed a law degree and joined the Comilla District Bar in 1925 and 1926 respectively.

Career

Patwary started his political career in 1929 when he joined the

Krishak Praja Party The Krishak Sramik Party ( bn, কৃষক শ্রমিক পার্টি, ''Farmer Labourer Party'') was a major anti-feudal political party in the British Indian province of Bengal and later in the Dominion of Pakistan's East Bengal an ...

then led by

Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who present ...

A.K. Fazlul Huq Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who present ...

. In 1937, he was elected to the

Bengal Legislative Assembly The Bengal Legislative Assembly () was the largest legislature in British India, serving as the lower chamber of the legislature of Bengal (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). It was established under the Government of India ...

. He joined the revived Krishak Sramik Party in 1953. In 1954, he was elected to the

. In 1955, Patwary was elected as Deputy Speaker of East Bengal Legislative Assembly. He joined the

Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for ''Awam Awam ( ur, ) is the Urdu language word for common people or general public. In the early 20th century, the word was extensively used in the Indian subcontinent to refer to the general po ...

in 1958.

Death

On 23 September 1958, Patwary announced that an Awami League motion, petition by Dewan Mahbub Ali, declaring the speaker

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to be of 'unsound mind' had been carried. This led to pandemonium in the East Pakistan Assembly which turned into a battlefield. The members fought and grappled with one another and one of them hurled a paper weight which caught the poor deputy speaker Shahid ali in his head. He was injured and died two days later.Rafiq Zakaria Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong? 2004 - Page 150 "The Assembly reconvened, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Speaker, Shahid Ali. But as soon as it ... And the Deputy Speaker who tried to control the situation was hit badly and he succumbed to his injuries and passed away four days later "

References

1899 births 1958 deaths Bengali lawyers Krishak Sramik Party politicians People from Chandpur District University of Dhaka alumni Dhaka College alumni 20th-century Pakistani lawyers Awami League politicians East Pakistan MLAs 1954–1958 {{Bangladesh-politician-stub