Muhammad Ashraf Ali

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Muhammad Ashraf Ali
মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী
Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad
In office
1975–1976
Preceded byM. A. G. Osmani
Succeeded byEnamul Haque Chowdhury
ConstituencySylhet-6
Personal details
BornOsmani Nagar, Sylhet District, British Raj
Died22 January 2015
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Resting placeShah Jalal Dargah, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Political partyAwami League, BAKSAL

Muhammad Ashraf Ali (Bengali: মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী) was an Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Sylhet-6.[1] He was a former president of Sylhet District Awami League and part of the last District Awami League Advisory Council.

Early life[edit]

Ali was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Balaganj Thana, Sylhet District, British Raj (now Osmani Nagar Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh).

Career[edit]

In 1968, Ali became the elected president of the Sylhet District branch of the Chhatra League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, he was a local freedom organiser. Ali was also a president of the Greater Sylhet Ganadabi Parishad.

Ali was elected to parliament from Sylhet-6 (now known as Sylhet-2) as an BAKSAL candidate in 1975 in a by-election.[2][3] The constituency covered Bishwanath Thana and Balaganj Thana.

Death[edit]

He died in a private hospital in Sylhet on 22 January 2015. His body was honoured by the government in Sylhet Central Shahid Minar and then taken to Osmani Nagar and Shah Jalal Dargah where two janazas were performed, and he was buried in the latter's adjacent graveyard.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ ""List of 1st Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ "সিলেট-২: ফুরফুরে মহাজোটের এহিয়া, ইলিয়াসপত্নীর প্রার্থীতা স্থগিত". ittefaq. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ "আশরাফ আলীর মৃত্যুতে সিলেট মহানগর আ'লীগের শোক". Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 23 January 2015.