Mohammad Khaled

Mohammad Khaled
Mohammad Khaled
মোহাম্মদ খালেদ
Member of Parliament; for Chittagong-6
	In office; 1973–1977
Preceded by	Seats start
Succeeded by	Zaheer Uddin Khan
Editor of The Azadi
	In office; 1962–2003
Preceded by	Abdul Khaleq
Succeeded by	MA Malek
Personal details
Born	6 July 1922
Died	21 December 2003
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Relations	MA Malek (brother-in-law)

Mohammad Khaled (6 July 1922 – 21 December 2003) was a Bangladeshi politician, academic and journalist who was a member of parliament for the Chittagong-6 constituency. He was awarded the Swadhinata Puraskar by the government of Bangladesh in 2019 for his contribution to the war of liberation.

Birth and early life

Mohammad Khaled was born on 6 July 1922 in Patna, the capital of the then British Indian state of Bihar, to Abdul Hadi Chowdhury. His ancestral home is Daroga Bari in Sultanpur village of Raozan in Chittagong. He completed his higher secondary and bachelor's degree from Chittagong College in 1942 and obtained his MA degree in the history of Islam from Calcutta University.^[2]

Political and career

Mohammad Khaled was the editor of the The Azadi from 1962 to 2003. He joined the anti-British movement in 1944 while studying at Calcutta University. He joined the Awami Muslim League in 1949. He played an active role in the education movement of 1962, the six-point movement of 1966 and the mass movement of 1969.^[2]

In the election of the then Pakistan National Assembly in 1970, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly by defeating the speaker of the National Assembly, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, from Raozan-Hathazari parliamentary seat by a huge margin. During the War of Liberation in 1971, he was a member of the editorial board of Joy Bangla published as the mouthpiece of the Mujibnagar government. In 1972, he became a member of the 32-member Bangladesh Constitution Committee and contributed to the drafting of the constitution.^[2]

He was elected to parliament from Chittagong-6 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973.^[3] When Bakshal was formed in 1975, he was appointed governor of Chittagong North District.^[2]

Death

Mohammad Khaled died on 21 December 2003 in Chittagong.^[2]

References

^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e অধ্যাপক মোহাম্মদ খালেদের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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[1] "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[:0-2] অধ্যাপক মোহাম্মদ খালেদের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

[3] "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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