Tangail is a district (zila) in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969,Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 square kilometers of land and 3177 square kilometers of land acquired from Mymensingh district. It is the largest district of Dhaka division by area and second largest by population. The population of Tangail zila is about 4 million and its area is 3,414.28 square kilometres (1,318.26 sq mi). The main city of the district is Tangail. It is surrounded by Jamalpur District on the north,the Dhaka and Manikganj Districts on the south,Mymensingh and Gazipur on the east,and Sirajganj on the west.
Abdul Kader Siddique is a Bangladeshi politician. He served as a Mukti Bahini member and organizer of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He fought with an estimated 17,000-strong guerrilla force in the Tangail region against the Pakistan Army. The army was called Kaderia Bahini. At the end of the war in 1971,Siddique's forces entered Dhaka along with the Indian forces,signaling the end of the war. He was awarded Bir Uttom by the Government of Bangladesh. Since 1999,he has been serving as the leader of his newly formed party,the Krishak Sramik Janata League.
Ataur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi lawyer,politician and writer,and served as Chief Minister of East Pakistan from 1 September 1956 –March 1958,and as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 30 March 1984 to 9 July 1986.
Amena Begum,a former Member of Parliament of East Pakistan,was a Bangladeshi politician. She was instrumental in campaigning all over East Pakistan for the Six Point program of regional autonomy drafted by the Awami League,and on June 7,1966,organized the general strike along with Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury. This strike was observed throughout the then East Pakistan and was the first major indication that an independent Bangladesh was imminent. She later took over as president of the Jatiya League. She died in Dhaka on 7 April 1989.
Abdul Latif Siddiqui is a former Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is the current Member of Parliament for the Tangail-4 constituency in Jatiya Sangsad. He served as the Minister of Textiles and Jute in the second Hasina ministry and Minister of Posts,Telecommunications and Information Technology in the third Hasina ministry.
Shajahan Khan is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad from the Madaripur-2 constituency since 1996 for a total 7 terms. He served as the minister of shipping during 2009–2019. He was announced as a presidium member of Awami League in 2019.
Mashiur Rahman (1920–1971) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician,a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly and cabinet minister in the East Pakistan government of Ataur Rahman Khan. He was instrumental in the founding of the Bangladesh Awami League and in the Bengali Language Movement,and supported Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Zahid Maleque is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Minister of Health and Family Welfare. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament from the Manikganj-3 constituency.
Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Jatiya Sangsad member from Tangail-3 constituency.
Amanur Rahman Khan Rana is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from Tangail-3 constituency.
Tangail-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Anupam Shahjahan Joy of the Awami League.
Tangail-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Abdul Latif Siddiqui.
Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the Awami League.
Tangail-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Amanur Rahman Khan Rana of the Awami League.
Tangail-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ahasanul Islam Titu of the Awami League.
Fazlur Rahman Faruque is an Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-8 constituency during 1973–1975. He received the Ekushey Padak in 2021 for his contribution to Bangladesh Liberation war. Since 2017,he is serving as president of Tangail District unit of the Awami League. He is the District Council Administrator of Tangail District.
Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Monir is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-2 constituency. He was the joint secretary of Awami League's branch in Germany.
Khan Ahmed Shuvo is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-7 constituency. He has won the by-elections in Tangail (Mirzapur) constituency that held on 16 January 2022.
A. K. M. Asaduzzaman is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
