Ahsanullah Master

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ahsanullah Master

| native_name = আহসানউল্লাহ মাস্টার

| native_name_lang = bn

| office = Member of Bangladesh Parliament

| term_start = 14 July 1996

| term_end = 7 May 2004

| predecessor = M. A. Mannan

| successor = Zahid Ahsan Russell

| constituency = Gazipur-2

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|11|09|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|05|07|1950|11|09|df=y}}

| death_place = Gazipur, Bangladesh

| party = Bangladesh Awami League

| children = 3, including Zahid Ahsan Russell

| alma_mater = University of Dhaka

}}

Ahsanullah Master (9 November 1950 – 7 May 2004) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member from the Gazipur-2 constituency.{{cite news |title=Full High Court verdict in Ahsanullah Master murder published |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/full-high-court-verdict-in-ahsanullah-master-murder-published |work=bdnews24.com |accessdate=16 November 2016 |date=7 September 2016}} He was a notable trade union leader who was assassinated in May 2004.{{cite news |title=Top Bangladeshi politician killed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3693035.stm |date=7 May 2004 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=16 November 2016}} He was awarded Independence Award in 2021 posthumously.{{cite news |title=10 named for Independence Award 2021 |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/132037/10-named-for-independence-award-2021 |work=New Age |date=7 March 2021}}

Early life and career

Master completed his bachelor's from the University of Dhaka and started his career in teaching profession.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2019/05/07/ahsanullah-master-s-death-anniversary-observed |title=Ahsanullah Master's death anniversary observed |date=2019-05-07 |website=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2020-03-08}} During 1983–1988, he led the Pubail Union Parishad in the Gazipur District. He later served as the chairman of Gazipur Upazila Council.

Master was a member of Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was elected to parliament form Gazipur-2 constituency in 1996 and 2001.

Death

Master was shot dead in a conference along with Omar Faruq Ratan in Tongi, Gazipur on 7 May 2004.{{cite news |title=HC verdict acquitting 11 in Ahsanullah Master murder stayed |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/hc-verdict-acquitting-11-in-ahsanullah-master-murder-stayed |work=bdnews24.com |accessdate=16 November 2016 |date=21 June 2016}}

In April 2005, Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 convicted Nurul Islam Sarkar, a leader of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal, the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and 27 others for the killing, quoting "the lawmaker was killed out of political vindictiveness and for establishing supremacy in the locality". Among the 28 convicted, the court sentenced 22 to death and 6 to life term imprisonment.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/death-sentence-6-confirmed-1240396 |title=Death sentence for 6 confirmed |date=2016-06-16 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2020-03-08}} In June 2016, the High Court, on appeals, confirmed the death penalty of 6, commuted 7 others to life imprisonment, upheld life term sentence of 2 and acquitted 11 of the charges against them. The other 2 had died during the trial.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/ahsanullah-killing-acquittal-stays-11-1255039 |title=Ahsanullah killing: Acquittal stays for 11 |date=2016-07-17 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2020-03-08}}