Motahar Uddin
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{For|other people with the same name|Mohiuddin Ahmed (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Motahar Uddin
| native_name = মোতাহার উদ্দিন
| native_name_lang = bn
| honorific_suffix = Master
| birth_name = Motahar Uddin Ahmed
| birth_date = 24 August 1935
| birth_place = Lalmohan, Bhola Island, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1974|1|10|1935|8|24}}
| death_place = Lalmohan, Bhola, Bangladesh
| resting_place =
| office = Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad
| term_start = 7 March 1973
| term_end = 6 November 1976
| predecessor = Position established
| successor = M. M. Nazrul Islam
| constituency = Bakerganj-3
| office3 = Chairman, Lalmohan Union Council
| term3 = 1962
| party = Awami League
}}
Motahar Uddin Ahmed ({{langx|bn|মোতাহার উদ্দিন আহমেদ}}; 24 August 1935 – 10 January 1974), popularly known as Motahar Uddin Master ({{langx|bn|মোতাহার উদ্দিন মাস্টার}}) was a Bangladeshi teacher and Awami League politician. He was the former Member of Parliament of Bakerganj-3.
Early life and family
Motahar Uddin Ahmed was born on 24 August 1935 to a Bengali Muslim family in the Hawlader Bari of Gazaria (West Char Umed), Lalmohan in Bhola Island, then a part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Moulvi Sultan Ahmad, was a madrasa teacher and his mother, Asiya Khatun, was a housewife. He was the eldest child of his parents and had six younger sisters. He married Mahmuda Begum and they had two sons and one daughter.{{cite book|title=বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস|year=2010|author=Ahmed, Siraj Uddin|volume=2|publisher=Bhaskar Prakashani|location=Dhaka}}
Education
Motahar Uddin studied at the Chandpur Middle School in Tazumuddin and then at the Bhola Government High School up until 1950. He then enrolled at the Brojomohun College where he passed first class in his HSC in 1951. Uddin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from the University of Dacca.
Career
Uddin was the headteacher of Gazaria School. He was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly following the 1970 Pakistani provincial elections and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War. During the war, he was the founding president of the Char Fasson Sangram Committee and the founding vice-president of the Lalmohan Sangram Committee.
Following independence, he was elected to the first Jatiya Sangsad from Bakerganj-3 as an Awami League candidate at the 1973 Bangladeshi general election.{{cite web |title="List of 1st Parliament Members" |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |publisher=Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). |accessdate=12 April 2020}} He founded Surjamoni New Model Secondary School.{{cite web |title=SURJAMANI NEW MODEL SECONDARY SCHOOL |url=http://www.barisalboard.gov.bd/101995 |website=barisalboard.gov.bd |accessdate=6 May 2020}}
Death
Motahar Uddin was assassinated by a family member on 10 January 1974 in Lalmohan.{{Cite web |title=17 sitting Awami League MPs murdered in 52 years |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/347883/17-sitting-al-mps-murdered-in-52-years |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}
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