Syed Haidar Ali (Bengali: সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী; died 3 January 2013) was a Bangladeshi politician, businessman and freedom fighter. He was the former Member of Parliament of Pabna-2.[1]
Syed Haider Ali | |
|---|---|
| সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী | |
| Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad | |
| In office 1973–1976 | |
| Preceded by | M. A. Matin |
| Succeeded by | M. A. Matin |
| Constituency | Pabna-2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1933 Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal Presidency |
| Died | 3 January 2013 (aged 79–80) Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Awami League |
Early life and family
editSyed Haidar Ali was born in c. 1933 as the youngest son of Syed Akbar Ali, in Sirajganj, then part of the Pabna District. Ali belonged to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds. He had two sons and one daughter. His son-in-law, Syed Shahed Reza, was the Bangladeshi Ambassador to Kuwait.[2]
Career
editAli was active in the six point movement and Bengali language movement, and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. He was elected to parliament from Pabna-2 as an Awami League candidate following the 1973 Bangladeshi general elections.[3]
He established the Syed Akbar Ali High School in the village of Chandidasganti.[1]
Death
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Dulal, Rabiul Karim; Khan, Abdur Rashid, eds. (1993). সিরাজগঞ্জের কৃতিসন্তান (in Bengali). Pratik Prakashani. p. 96.
- ^ a b "সাবেক সাংসদ সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী আর নেই". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 3 January 2013.
- ^ ""List of 1st Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 April 2020.