Jinnat Ali
{{Short description|Tallest Bangladeshi (1996–2020)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jinnat Ali
| image = Jinnat Ali, tallest Bangladeshi Person (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| native_name = জিন্নাত আলী
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1996}}
| birth_place = Ramu Upazila, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|4|28|1996|df=yes}}
| death_place = Chittagong Medical College Hospital,{{cite web |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/online/bangladesh-tallest-man-jinnat-ali-dies-1897573|title=Bangladesh's tallest man dies|accessdate=29 April 2020|publisher=thedailystar.net}} Chittagong, Bangladesh
| occupation =
| known_for = One of the tallest men
| height = {{convert|2.59|m|ftin|abbr=on|sigfig=4}}
}}
Jinnat Ali (1996 – 28 April 2020) was a Bangladeshi citizen, and the tallest person from Bangladesh.{{cite web|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/346503/2018/10/29/Worlds-tallest-man-Jinnat-Ali-joins-Awami-League|title=World's tallest man Jinnat Ali joins Awami League|accessdate=29 April 2020|publisher=daily-sun.com|archive-date=4 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104025855/https://www.daily-sun.com/post/346503/2018/10/29/Worlds-tallest-man-Jinnat-Ali-joins-Awami-League|url-status=dead}}
Biography
Jinnat Ali was born in 1996 in Barabili, in the village of Gorjania union under Ramu Upazila of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, to farmer Amir Hamza and Shahampura Begum.{{cite web |url=https://en.ntvbd.com/bangladesh/174933/Jinnat-Ali-from-Bangladesh-probably-tallest-living-person-on-earth|title=Jinnat Ali from Bangladesh probably tallest living person on earth|accessdate=29 April 2020|publisher=ntvbd.com}} Ali was the second of the three sons of his parents. He lived with his parents, a sister, and two brothers. Family sources stated Ali's body suddenly started to grow abnormally in childhood. His body continued to grow at the age of 23. Ali's height was predicted to keep increasing, and therefore he had to eat at least a kilogram of food every day to keep a sufficient muscle mass and healthy weight. According to Md Farid Uddin, the doctor of BSMMU, Ali suffered from acromegalic gigantism — a condition caused by a tumor on his pituitary gland which caused his body to produce too much growth hormone.
Personal life
Ali's height was increasing unnaturally due to a hormonal imbalance, and medical treatments were unable to solve the ongoing condition and its complications. In 2018, physicians treating Ali informed him he was suffering from a brain tumor when Ali was admitted at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in 2018. Subsequently, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gifted Ali and his family a house to make Ali's life and the life of his family more comfortable under the circumstances, after Ali met with the Prime Minister in 2018.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh's tallest man dies |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/online/bangladesh-tallest-man-jinnat-ali-dies-1897573 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |date=28 April 2020}}
Treatment and death
Ali underwent treatment for his hormonal imbalance at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka. However, Jinnat Ali died April 28, 2020, while on life support in the neurosurgery department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital due to a brain tumor and other complications.{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/english/Bangladeshi-Jinnat-one-of-the-worlds-tallest-people/11214|title=Bangladeshi Jinnat, one of the world's tallest people!|accessdate=29 April 2020|publisher=daily-bangladesh.com}}{{cite web |url=https://greenwatchbd.com/bangladeshs-tallest-man-scared-of-needed-head-surgery|title=Bangladesh's tallest man scared of needed head surgery|accessdate=29 April 2020|publisher=greenwatchbd.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2020/04/28/bangladesh-s-tallest-man-dies-of-brain-tumor|title=Bangladesh's tallest man dies of brain tumor|date=28 April 2020|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=29 April 2020}}
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Category:People from Ramu Upazila
Category:Deaths from brain cancer in Bangladesh
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