Anwarul Azim | |
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আনওয়ারুল আজিম | |
Member of Parliament for Comilla-10 | |
In office 2001–2006 | |
Preceded by | Md. Tajul Islam |
Succeeded by | Mustafa Kamal |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Bangladesh Pakistan (before 1971) |
Branch/service | Bangladesh Army Pakistan Army |
Years of service | 1969–1989 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers |
Commands |
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Battles/wars | Bangladesh Liberation War |
Anwarul Azim is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament from Comilla-10. He served in the Bangladesh Army as an engineer and retired as colonel,before moving on to become a pioneer of the garments industry as chairman of Alana Group.
Col. M. Anwarul Azim began his military career when he enlisted in the 2nd War Course of the Pakistan Armed Forces. After the independence of Bangladesh,he became an officer of the newly established Bangladesh Army and eventually retired as a colonel. [1]
After a successful career in the Armed forces,Col. Anwar entered civilian life as one of the pioneers of the garments industry. The launch of his first factory,Alana Garments Ltd. grew to become what is now known as Alana Group,a conglomerate of ready made garment factories with operations in Dhaka,Chittagong,and Mymensingh,currently headquartered in Mohakhali DOHS Dhaka.
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