M. A. Gaffar | |
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| Member of the Constituent Assembly of Burma | |
| In office 1947–1948 | |
| Governor | Hubert Rance |
| Constituency | Buthidaung |
| Member of the Chamber of Nationalities | |
| In office 1952–1956 | |
| President | Ba U |
| Constituency | Akyab |
| Member of the Chamber of Nationalities | |
| In office 1956–1962 | |
| President | Ba U Win Maung |
| Constituency | Maungdaw |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1910 Buthidaung, Arakan Division, Burma Province, British Raj (now in Myanmar) |
| Died | 1966 |
| Political party | Jamiat-e-Ulema |
| Other political affiliations | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka Aligarh Muslim University |
Mohammed Abdul Gaffar (1910–1966), also known as Abdul Gaffar, was a politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar). He was elected to the Legislature of Burma in British Burma from Buthidaung in 1947. After Burmese independence in 1948, the President of Burma Sao Shwe Thaik appointed Gaffar as one of the seven members of the Inquiry Commission of Arakan in 1949. Gaffar was elected to the Chamber of Nationalities from Akyab West constituency in 1952. He was elected from Maungdaw in 1956. He also served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health in the government of Prime Minister U Nu.
Gaffar was a member of the Rohingya community of Arakan, a state with the largest percentage of Indians in Burma.[1] In 1949, Gaffar presented a memorandum to the Regional Autonomy Enquiry Commission describing Arakanese Indians as the "Rohingya", based on the colloquial terms Rohang and Rohan, the local Indian names of the region.[2][3]
- ^ Robert H. Taylor (1987). The State in Burma. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-1-85065-028-7.
- ^ Ullah, Aman (3 August 2016). "Mr MA Gaffar (1910–1966) MP and His Memorandum". Rohingya Vision. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Who are the Rohingya?". Radio Free Asia.