Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman

Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
আবুল হাসনাত মোহাম্মদ কামারুজ্জামান
Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman potrait
Minister of Industries
In office
25 January 1975 – 15 August 1975
PresidentSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Prime MinisterMuhammad Mansur Ali
Preceded bySyed Nazrul Islam
Succeeded bySultan Mahmud
5th President of Bangladesh Awami League
In office
18 January 1974 – 24 February 1975
General SecretaryZillur Rahman
Preceded bySheikh Mujibur Rahman
Succeeded bySyeda Zohra Tajuddin
Member of Jatiya Sangsad
In office
7 April 1973 – 18 January 1974
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyRajshahi
1st Minister of Home Affairs (in exile)
In office
10 April 1971 – 12 January 1972
President
  • Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  • Syed Nazrul Islam (acting)
Prime MinisterTajuddin Ahmed
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAbdul Mannan
Personal details
Born(1926-06-26)26 June 1926
Natore, Bengal, British India (now Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
Died3 November 1975(1975-11-03) (aged 49)
Dacca Central Jail, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyAwami League
ChildrenA. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
OccupationPolitician, minister

Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman (26 June 1926 – 3 November 1975)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician, government minister and one of the founding leader of Bangladesh . He was the Home Minister to Mujibnagar Government, Qamaruzzaman was murdered along with Syed Nazrul Islam, Muhammad Mansur Ali and Tajuddin Ahmed in the jail killings in Dhaka Central Jail on 3 November 1975 by a group of army officers on the instruction of President Mostaq.[2]

  1. ^ "What we lost on November 3, 1975". The Daily Star. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ Mamoon, Muntassir (2012). "Qamaruzzaman, Abul Hasnat Mohammad". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.