MA Wadud

MA Wadud
মোহম্মদ আব্দুল ওয়াদুদ
Born(1925-08-01)1 August 1925
Chandpur, Bengal, British India
Died28 August 1983(1983-08-28) (aged 58)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupationpolitician
ChildrenDipu Moni

Mohammad Abdul Wadud (Bengali: মোহম্মদ আব্দুল ওয়াদুদ; 1 August 1925 – 28 August 1983), known as MA Wadud, was a Bangladeshi language activist and politician. He was one of the founding members of Awami Muslim League (later Bangladesh Awami League).[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013 posthumously by the government of Bangladesh for his involvement in Bengali Language Movement in 1952.[2] He was the father of former minister Dipu Moni.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Language movement veteran MA Wadud's 90th birth anniversary observed". bdnews24.com. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ. Ministry of Cultural Affairs (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 20 June 2016.