Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, shortened as Maulana Bhashani was a popular Islamic scholar and political leader in British India. He remained a rural-based politician renowned for selflessness and solidarity with the oppressed His long political tenure spanned the British colonial India, Pakistan and Bangladesh periods. Early life In 1880 Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani was born in Dhangara village in Sirajganj, Bengal Presidency. He was the son of Sharafat Ali Khan. Between 1907 and 1909 he received religious education at the Deoband Madrasah. The association of Mahmudul Hasan (known as Shaikhul Hind) and other progressive Islamic thinkers inspired Bhasani against British imperialism. In 1909 he started teaching in a primary school at Kagmaree, Tangail. Career in independent Bangladesh Bhashani wanted to play the role of a responsible opposition. The progressive forces quickly gathered around him and strengthened his NAP with Kazi Zafar Ahmed as its General Secretary. But soon
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