Syed Haider Ali

Syed Haider Ali
সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী
Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad
In office
1973–1976
Preceded byM. A. Matin
Succeeded byM. A. Matin
ConstituencyPabna-2
Personal details
Bornc. 1933
Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal Presidency
Died3 January 2013(2013-01-03) (aged 79–80)
Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PartyAwami League

Syed Haidar Ali (Bengali: সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী; died 3 January 2013) was a Bangladeshi politician, businessman, and independence activist. He was a former member of parliament for Pabna-2.

Early life and family

Syed Haidar Ali was born in c. 1933 as the youngest son of Syed Akbar Ali, in Sirajganj, then part of the Pabna District. Ali belonged to a Bengali Muslim family. He had two sons and one daughter. His son-in-law, Syed Shahed Reza, was the Bangladeshi Ambassador to Kuwait.

Career

Ali was active in the six point movement, the Bengali language movement, and the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. He was elected to parliament from Pabna-2 as an Awami League candidate following the 1973 Bangladeshi general elections.

He established the Syed Akbar Ali High School in the village of Chandidasganti.

Death

Ali died at his own home in Gulshan on 3 January 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 Dulal, Rabiul Karim; Khan, Abdur Rashid, eds. (1993). সিরাজগঞ্জের কৃতিসন্তান (in Bengali). Pratik Prakashani. p. 96.
  2. 1 2 সাবেক সাংসদ সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী আর নেই. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 3 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.