Abdul Wahed Bokainagari

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Abdul Wahed Bokainagari
আব্দুল ওয়াহেদ বোকাইনগরী
Member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
14 August 1947 – 29 May 1954
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1937–1947
ConstituencyMymensingh East
Personal details
Bornc. 1876
Netrokona, Mymensingh district, Bengal Presidency
Died17 November 1968(1968-11-17) (aged 91–92)
East Pakistan
Political partyNizam-e-Islam Party
Krishak Praja Party
Indian National Congress

Abdul Wahed Bokainagari (Bengali: আব্দুল ওয়াহেদ বোকাইনগরী; 1976–1968) was a Bengali politician.

Early life

Abdul Wahed was born in c. 1876 to Bengali Muslim parents Muhammad Taqi Husayn and Begum Mehrunnesa in Joyshidh, Netrokona, which was then a part of the Mymensingh district of the Bengal Presidency. He was from Fort Bokainagar. Bokainagari completed his education at the local school and madrasa.[1]

Career

Bokainagari entered politics in 1905, initially affiliating with the Congress party and later with the All Bengal Tenant Association founded by A. K. Fazlul Huq. He participated in the Khilafat Movement.[1] Bokainagari was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Krishak Praja Party politician for Mymensingh East constituency at the 1937 elections.[2] Bokainagari was re-elected for a second term following the 1946 elections.[3] Speeches in Bengali language were forbidden in the assembly. When Bokainagari started to speak in Bengali in the session, the Speaker kept forbidding him to speak in Bengali. Ignoring that, he gave the entire speech in Bengali. He advocated for the right to deliver speeches in Bengali in the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[4]

After the Partition of Bengal in 1947, he transferred to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was re-elected at the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election as a Nizam-e-Islam Party politician.[5][6]

He was elected as the chairman of Gouripur Municipality in 1949,[7] and led the Bengali Language Movement in Gouripur.[8] Bokainagari played a leading role in the establishment of the Gouripur Girls High School and College. He was the founding president of the Gouripur College's first governing board.[5]

Personal life

Bokainagari married in 1917 and had four sons and five daughters.[1]

Death

Bokainagari died on 17 November 1968.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Pakistan: Biographical Research Institute. 1960. p. 45.
  2. ^ "Alphabetical list of members". Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings (1939). Vol. 54. Alipore: Government of Bengal. 1939. p. vii.
  3. ^ Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). "Bengal Legislative Assembly". The Indian Year Book. p. 92.
  4. ^ "মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আবদুল ওয়াহেদ বোকাইনগরী". Swadesh Sangbad. 8 January 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ a b "প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব". Gouripur Upazila (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. ^ Amin, Ruhul (10 August 2020). "সোনালী অতীত: আলেম সংসদ সদস্যদের তালিকা". Sylhet Report (in Bengali).
  7. ^ "আবদুল ওয়াহেদ বোকাইনগরী". Jugantor. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  8. ^ "স্বীকৃতি মেলেনি ময়মনসিংহের ১৯ ভাষা সৈনিকের". Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  9. ^ "৪৪ তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আবদুল ওয়াহেদ বোকাইনগরী". Valuka.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 January 2019.