Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad;11 November 1888 –22 February 1958) was an Indian independence activist,writer and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Following India's independence,he became the First Minister of Education in the Indian government. He is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad;the word Maulana is an honorific meaning 'Our Master' and he had adopted Azad (Free) as his pen name. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India.
The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies is an autonomous research institute based in Kolkata. It is funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India. It was founded on 4 January 1993. The foundation stone of the institute was laid where the new building now stands on 12 March 1993. It is devoted to the study of the life and works of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,the eminent nationalist leader and India's first education minister,after whom it is named,and to the furtherance of Area Studies,with special reference to South Asia,Central Asia and West Asia,especially dealing with social,cultural,economic,political and administrative developments in Asia from the nineteenth century to the present. M.Phil.- and Ph.D.-level students of the University of Calcutta,Jadavpur University and Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi are also associated with it.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami,previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh,is a major Islamist political party in Bangladesh.
Syed Abul Hossain was a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He was the managing director and chairman of SAHCO International Ltd. He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament for four terms during 1991–1995 and 1996–2014 representing the Madaripur-3 constituency. He served as the minister of information and communication technology (2011–2012),minister of communications (2009–2011) and state minister of local government,rural development and co-operatives (1996–1997).
The International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh) (ICT of Bangladesh) is a domestic war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh set up in 2009 to investigate and prosecute suspects for the genocide committed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators Razakars,Al-Badr and Al-Shams during the Bangladesh Liberation War. During the 2008 general election,the Awami League (AL) pledged to try war criminals. The government set up the tribunal after the Awami League won the general election in December 2008 with a more than two-thirds majority in parliament.
Abul Kalam Azad was a former Bangladeshi politician of the Jamaat-e-Islami,televangelist and convicted war criminal of the Bangladesh liberation war.
Azad Abul Kalam is a Bangladeshi actor,director,writer and activist. He is one of the founders of Prachyanat and Prachyanat School of Acting and Design. He won Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Playwright in 2012,for his television adaptation of Muhammed Zafar Iqbal’s novel,"Sabuj Velvet".
Syed Abul Kalam Azad is a professor and former treasurer of University of Dhaka. He was also the treasurer of the National University,Bangladesh.
Hasanul Haq Inu is a Bangladeshi politician and the former Minister of Information of Bangladesh. He leads a faction of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and was involved in a Marxist insurgency in the 1970s.
Abul Kalam Abdul Momen,known as AK Abdul Momen,is a Bangladeshi economist,diplomat,and politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from January 2019 to January 2024. He served as permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations from August 2009 until October 2015. He was elected a member of Jatiya Sangsad from the Sylhet-1 constituency at the 2018 general elections. Following his election,he was appointed the minister of foreign affairs by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Pornography in Bangladesh is forbidden. It is against the law to watch,produce,distribute,or possess pornography,since the Pornography Control Act has been passed in 2012.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) was a scholar and freedom fighter from pre-partition Bengal.
Rangpur-6 is a constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad.. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Jamalpur-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Md Abul Kalam Azad of the Awami League.
Rajshahi-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Abul Kalam Azad of the Awami League.
Natore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
S.M. Abul Kalam Azad is a Bangladesh Nationalist Front politician and a former Member of Parliament from Dhaka-17.
Md. Abul Kalam Azad is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gaibandha-4 constituency.
Sheikh Muhammad Abul Kalam Azad is a two star admiral of Bangladesh and former high commissioner of Bangladesh to Maldives. He is former Commander of Bangladesh Navy Fleet. Earlier he held a range of salient appointments,namely Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority,Chairman of Mongla port Authority,Director of Naval Intelligence &Naval Administrative Authority Dhaka.
