Shaukat Ali Khan
{{EngvarB|date=December 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{short description|Awami League politician (1926-2006)}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Shaukat Ali Khan
|native_name=শওকত আলী খান
|native_name_lang=bn
|office=Jatiya Sangsad member from Tangail-7
|term_start=1973
|term_end=1975
|party=Awami League
|birth_date={{birth date|1926|02|09|df=y}}
|birth_place=Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India
|alma_mater=Scottish Church College
|relatives=Ranadaprasad Saha
(father-in-law)
|death_date={{death date and age|2006|07|01|1926|02|09|df=y}}
|death_place=Mirzapur, Tangail, Bangladesh
}}
Shaukat Ali Khan (9 February 1926 – 1 July 2006){{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/tribute/legacy-great-lawyer-1536547|title=Legacy of a great lawyer|date=2018-02-19|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13}} was an Awami League politician in Pakistan, and later in Bangladesh. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) from Mirzapur in 1970 and as the Jatiya Sangsad member from the Tangail-7 constituency from 1973 to 1975.{{cite news |title=Shawkat Ali passes away |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/07/01/d60701013316.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=1 July 2006 |accessdate=26 May 2014 |archive-date=28 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010457/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/07/01/d60701013316.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-1st-parliament-members |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn}} He was awarded Independence Day Award by the Government of Bangladesh in 2019 posthumously.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/martyr-shawakat-ali-nominated-for-independence-award/14423|title=Martyr Shawakat Ali nominated for Independence Award|website=unb.com.bd|language=en|date=2019-03-12|access-date=2019-03-13}}
Khan passed his matriculation from Rangoon University. He passed his I.Sc. from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and bachelor's degree from Scottish Church College, Kolkata. He later earned his bar-at-law from Lincoln's Inn in London.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Shaukat Ali}}
Category:People from Tangail District
Category:Politicians from Dhaka Division
Category:Bangladeshi barristers
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:Scottish Church College alumni
Category:University of Calcutta alumni
Category:University of Yangon alumni
Category:Recipients of the Independence Award
Category:Candidates in the 1970 Pakistani general election
Category:Members of the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
{{AwamiLeague-politician-stub}}