Syed Haidar Ali (; died 3 January 2013) was a
Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the Bay of Bengal, eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi nationality law, Bangladeshi citizenship was fo ...
politician, businessman and freedom fighter. He was the former Member of Parliament of
Pabna-2.
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Early life and family
Syed Haidar Ali was born in as the youngest son of Syed Akbar Ali, in Sirajganj
Sirajganj is a city in north-western Bangladesh on the right bank of the Jamuna River, located in Rajshahi Division. It is the administrative headquarters of Sirajganj District, and with a population of 500000, it is the 14th largest city in Ba ...
, then part of the Pabna District
Pabna District () is a district in west central Bangladesh. It is a geographically and economically important district. Its administrative capital is the eponymous Pabna town. The main five rivers of this district are: Padma, Jamuna, Baral, Atra ...
. Ali belonged to a Bengali Muslim
Bengali Muslims (; ) 'Mussalman'' also used in this work./ref> are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising over 70% of the global Bengali population, they are the second-largest ...
family. He had two sons and one daughter. His son-in-law, Syed Shahed Reza Syed Shahed Reza is the general secretary of the Bangladesh Olympic Association and former ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait and Yemen. He is a former president of Dhaka Club.
Early life
Reza was born on 1 January 1952. He has a bachelor's in po ...
, was the Bangladeshi Ambassador to Kuwait.[
]
Career
Ali was active in the six point movement and Bengali language movement
The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government ...
, and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War
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 ...
of 1971. He was elected to parliament from Pabna-2 as an 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 ...
candidate following the 1973 Bangladeshi general election
General elections were held in newly independent Bangladesh on 7 March 1973. A total of 1,078 candidates and 14 political parties contested the elections.
Though the Awami League was already the clear favourite before the elections, the governme ...
s.
Death
Ali died at his own home in Gulshan on 3 January 2013.
References
Awami League politicians
1st Jatiya Sangsad members
1933 births
People from Sirajganj District
Politicians from Rajshahi Division
2013 deaths
Members of the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
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