Loading...Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani was one of the prominent grassroots politicians and leaders of the mass movement in British India in the 20th century. He played a significant role in the politics of Pakistan, created in 1947, and later Bangladesh, which was established in 1971. He is widely known in Bangladesh as “Majlum Janeta” (Leader of the Oppressed). Bhashani was one of the key leaders who formed the United Front in the 1954 elections. He played a prominent role in the establishment of independent Bangladesh. Throughout most of his political life, Bhashani was associated with Maoist communist and left-wing politics, and many of his followers also called him “Red Maulana.” He was a visionary leader who had already realized in the 1950s that Bangladesh, as part of Pakistan, was an unviable state. In 1957, at the Kagramari Conference, he made a historic declaration for the separation of East Pakistan from West Pakistan by saying ‘Walakumus Salam’ to the western rulers of Pakistan.
Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani was born on December 12, 1880, in the village of Dhangara in Sirajganj. His father, Haji Sharafat Ali, and mother Begum Sharafat Ali had four children: one daughter and three sons. Abdul Hamid Khan was the youngest, and his nickname was Chega Mia. When he was very young, his father passed away. A short time later, a plague killed his mother and two brothers, leaving young Abdul Hamid as the only survivor.
Orphaned, Hamid initially took shelter with his uncle Ibrahim. During this time, an Iraqi scholar and preacher, Nasiruddin Bogdadi, came to Sirajganj. Hamid spent some time under his shelter. Then, shortly before World War I, in 1893, he went to the home of Zamindar Shamsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury in Panchbibi Upazila, Joypurhat. There, he worked as a madrasa teacher and took responsibility for educating the zamindar’s children. In 1897, he went to Assam with Pir Syed Nasiruddin. In 1903, he joined the movement. In 1907, he went to Deoband for Islamic education and spent two years there before returning to Assam.
In 1917, when Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das visited Mymensingh and delivered a speech, Bhashani was inspired. In 1919, he joined the Congress and participated in the non-cooperation movement, serving ten months in prison. In 1923, when Deshbandhu Chittaranjan formed the Swaraj Party, Bhashani played a significant role in organizing the party. In 1925, he married Alima Khatun, the daughter of Zamindar Shamsuddin Mohammad Chowdhury of Panchbibi, Joypurhat. In 1926, he went with his wife to Assam and started the first peasant movement in Assam. In 1929, he organized the first peasant conference at the Bhatsan Char on the Brahmaputra River in Dhubri district, Assam. From this point, he became known as “Bhashani Maulana,” and the word “Bhashani” was added to his name.
On November 17, 1976, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani passed away at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He was buried at Santosh, located in the northwest of Tangail district, near Pir Shahjaman Pond. Thousands of people from all over the country participated in his funeral prayers.
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Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani is buried at Santosh, located in the northwest of Tangail district, near Pir Shahjaman Pond.
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