Gamiruddin Pradhan | |
|---|---|
গমির উদ্দিন প্রধান | |
| Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly | |
| In office 1968–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Hamid Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | legislature dissolved |
| Deputy Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly | |
| In office 1962–1968 Servingwith Masihul Azam Khan | |
| Preceded by | Syed Ziaul Ahsan |
| Succeeded by | Md. Moshiul Azam Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1918 Jalpaiguri district,Bengal Presidency,British India |
| Died | 15 June 1981 (aged 62–63) PG Hospital,Dacca,Bangladesh |
| Resting place | Banani graveyard |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Party | BML(S) |
| Other political affiliations | BML (1976–1978) PML(C) (1962–1971) PML (1947–1958) AIML (pre-1947) |
| Spouse | Shamsun Nahar Pradhan |
| Children | Shafiul Alam Pradhan |
Gamiruddin Pradhan was a Bangladeshi politician and the Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. [1]
Pradhan was born in 1918 in Tokrabhasha,Jalpaiguri district,Bengal Presidency,British India (situated in present-day Debiganj Upazila of Panchagarh District,Bangladesh). He obtained his honors in law in 1942 and began his career in 1944 as a lawyer at the Jalpaiguri district court. Before the partition of India,he served as the Vice Chairman of the Jalpaiguri District Board. [2]
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947,he became the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML). [3] After serving as a member of the Dinajpur District Board until 1958,he was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1962. [2] In 1968,he became the Speaker of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly and held the position until 1969. [4] [5] Following the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising,he was appointed president of the East Pakistan branch of the Convention Muslim League (PMLC). [6] In the 1970 Pakistani general election,he contested from the NE-13 Dinajpur-1 constituency as a PMLC candidate but lost,receiving 4,399 votes. [7] In January 1971,he resigned from the presidency of the provincial PMLC. [8] After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971,he joined the Bangladesh Muslim League (BML). However,in 1978,ahead of the second presidential election,when party president Khan A Sabur expelled Shah Azizur Rahman from the BML for supporting Nationalist Front of President Ziaur Rahman,Pradhan also left the party. [9] Later,he served as the General Secretary of the faction of the BML led by Badruddin Ahmed Siddiky. [4]
On 15 June 1981,Gamiruddin Pradhan passed away at PG Hospital in Dacca,Bangladesh (present-day Bangladesh Medical University,Dhaka) after suffering from jaundice. He was later buried at Banani graveyard in Dacca. [4] His son Shafiul Alam Pradhan,passed away in 2017,was a politician who participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War and was the founding president of the Jatiya Ganotantrik Party (JaGPa). [3] Pradhan's granddaughter Tasmia Pradhan,is the incumbent and third president of the JaGPa and a barrister,while his grandson Al Rashed Pradhan is the party's current vice-president and a professional engineer. [10]