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Abdullah al Mahmood
Bengali politician and lawyer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abdullah Al Mahmood (Bengali: আব্দুল্লাহ আল মাহমুদ; 1900–1975) was a Bengali politician and lawyer who served as the minister of industries and natural resources of Pakistan.[2]
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Early life and education
Abdullah al Mahmood was born in 1902,[3] in the village of Koyelgati in Sheyalkol Union,[citation needed] Sirajganj which was formerly in Pabna District, Bengal Presidency.[3]
He attended Sirajganj B. L. High School.[4] After passing entrance examinations, Mahmood enrolled at the Carmichael College in Rangpur in 1915. He completed his IA in 1918, and moved on to study at the Calcutta Islamia College from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1920.[citation needed] Al Mahmood completed an MA from the University of Calcutta in 1923, his Bachelor of Laws from the same university in 1925.[3]
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Al Mahmood started his career as a lawyer in 1924. He was a founding member of Sirajganj College. He was also a member of the Dhaka University Court (since 1940–1951) and member of its Executive Council since 1947. He was member of the first syndicate (highest executive body) of Rajshahi University too. He was the director of Central Cooperative Bank for years, and appointed the chairman of Central Cooperative Bank. He was member of Indian Central Jute Committee and of Imperial Council of Agricultural Research and its advisory board (1945–1947).[citation needed]
His entrance to politics began with serving as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1937[5] and Indian Legislative Council in 1946 for the All-India Muslim League. During this period, the British colonial authorities offered him the honorary title of Khan Bahadur but Al Mahmood rejected it as a participant of the non-cooperation movement. He was appointed parliamentary secretary of government of Bengal (Department of Civil Supply, Food Ministry from 1943 to 1945). During this tenure, Hussain Shahid Sharwardy was his minister and Khawaja Nazimuddin was the prime minister of undivided Bengal at the time. In 1942 he was elected assistant secretary of Bengal Provincial Muslim League Working Committee and member of All India Muslim League Council at that time Akram Khan was elected president and Hussain Shahid Sharwardy was secretary of Bengal provincial Muslim League. Mahmood was assistant secretary of Bengal Provincial Muslim League from 1942 to 1948. Mahmood was president of Pabna District Muslim League (1942–1948). He was member of Pabna District Board and chairman of Sirajgonj Municipality from 1937 to 1949.[citation needed]
Mahmood was also the only elected Bengal Province member at the meeting of the Muslim League Executive Committee in Lucknow. Mahmood represented the constituency of Sirajganj at the Lahore conference on 23 March 1940. In 1942, he was appointed convener of the All-India Muslim League Conference. Al Mahmood became the first Indian leader to be appointed chairman of the London-headquartered Imperial Jute Committee in 1945.[citation needed]
Following Pakistan's independence, he served as a member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan and in May 1948 he was appointed joint chief whip.[6] On 14 November 1948, Mahmood was appointed the first deputy high commissioner of Pakistan in India which he served as until 1952.[7] In 1962 and 1965 respectively, Mahmood became a member of the 3rd and 4th National Assembly of Pakistan. Mahmood was also appointed the minister of industries and natural resources of Central Pakistan in 1963 which he served up until 1965. He then retired from politics in 1969 due to old age.[citation needed]
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Family
Al Mahmood's eldest son Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku served successively as the Bangladeshi State Minister of Power and Agriculture. His daughter the late Tasmina Mahmood was a notable physician and the wife of Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh M.A. Matin. His youngest son Manzur Hasan Mahmood Khushi was a former chairman of the Sirajganj Municipality.[8][9] His eldest daughter was the late Ms. Tahmina Mahmud wife of the late Mahboobur Rahman Chowdhury who served as the Additional secretary in the ministry of education and planning and his youngest daughter is Ms. Tahsina Morshed wife of Mohammad Golam Morshed who was a lawyer, social worker and former governor of Lions Club International.
Death and legacy
Al Mahmood died in Sirajganj on 13 June 1975. In Sirajganj, there remains the Al Mahmood Avenue which was where he used to reside.[10]
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