Shamsul Huq

Shamsul Haq
শামসুল হক
Born(1918-02-01)1 February 1918
Delduar, Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died1965
CitizenshipBritish Indian (1918–1947)
Pakistani (1947–1965)
Known forPolitician
Political partyMuslim League later Awami League
SpouseLate Afia Khatun

Shamsul Huq (1918–1965) was a Pakistani Bengali politician who led a parliamentary committee in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan to advocate for the recognition of the Bengali language during the Language movement of the 1950s.[1] He was also the first and third general secretary of the Awami League,[2] which played a key role in Bengali nationalist movement in the 1950s and 1960s.[3]

  1. ^ Bashir Al Helal (2012). "Language Movement". In Sirajul Islam; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Awami League, a pioneer in practicing democracy within party". Bangladesh Awami League. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. ^ Rashiduzzaman, M. (1970). "The Awami League in the Political Development of Pakistan". Asian Survey. 10 (7): 574–587. doi:10.2307/2642956. JSTOR 2642956.