Muhammad Ashraf Ali
Muhammad Ashraf Ali | |
|---|---|
| মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী | |
| Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad | |
| In office 1975–1976 | |
| Preceded by | M. A. G. Osmani |
| Succeeded by | Enamul Haque Chowdhury |
| Constituency | Sylhet-6 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Osmani Nagar, Sylhet District, British Raj |
| Died | 22 January 2015 Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| Resting place | Shah Jalal Dargah, Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Awami League, BAKSAL |
Muhammad Ashraf Ali (Bengali: মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী) was an Awami League politician in Bangladesh and member of parliament for Sylhet-6.[1] He was president of the Sylhet District Awami League and part of the last District Awami League Advisory Council.
Early life
[edit]Ali was born in Balaganj Thana, Sylhet District, British Raj (now Osmani Nagar Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh).[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In 1968, Ali became the elected president of the Sylhet District branch of the Chhatra League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, he was a local freedom organiser. Ali was also a president of the Greater Sylhet Ganadabi Parishad.
Ali was elected to parliament from Sylhet-6 (now known as Sylhet-2) as a BAKSAL candidate in 1975 in a by-election.[2][3] The constituency covered Bishwanath Thana and Balaganj Thana.
Death
[edit]He died in a private hospital in Sylhet on 22 January 2015. His body was honoured by the government in Sylhet Central Shahid Minar and then taken to Osmani Nagar and Shah Jalal Dargah where two janazas were performed, and he was buried in the latter's adjacent graveyard.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী. Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ সিলেট-২: ফুরফুরে মহাজোটের এহিয়া, ইলিয়াসপত্নীর প্রার্থীতা স্থগিত. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ আশরাফ আলীর মৃত্যুতে সিলেট মহানগর আ'লীগের শোক. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 23 January 2015.
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