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	==Early life and family==		==Early life and family==
	Jabbar was born in [[Kulaura Upazila\|Kulaura]], [[Moulvibazar District\|Moulvibazar]], [[Sylhet Division\|Sylhet district]] of the [[British India]]'s [[Assam Province]]. He had two sons, Abu Zafar Raju, a [[Protocol Officer]] for the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]], and ~~Asam~~ Kamrul Islam, former chairman of [[Kulaura Upazila]] and General Secretary of the [[Awami League]]'s Kulaura branch.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.ppbd.news/whole-country/143171\|script-title=bn:একুশে পদক পাচ্ছেন কুলাউড়ার সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য আব্দুল জব্বার\|language=bn\|date=5 February 2020\|work=PPBD\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206234923/https://www.ppbd.news/whole-country/143171\|archive-date=6 February ~~2020~~}}</ref>		Jabbar was born in [[Kulaura Upazila\|Kulaura]], [[Moulvibazar District\|Moulvibazar]], [[Sylhet Division\|Sylhet district]] of the [[British India]]'s [[Assam Province]]. He had two sons, Abu Zafar Raju, a [[Protocol Officer]] for the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]], and Asm Kamrul Islam, former chairman of [[Kulaura Upazila]] and General Secretary of the [[Awami League]]'s Kulaura branch.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.ppbd.news/whole-country/143171\|script-title=bn:একুশে পদক পাচ্ছেন কুলাউড়ার সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য আব্দুল জব্বার\|language=bn\|date=5 February 2020\|work=PPBD\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206234923/https://www.ppbd.news/whole-country/143171\|archive-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{other people||Abdul Jabbar (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Jabbar
| native_name = আবদুল জব্বার
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = [[Sylhet-13]]
| term_start = 18 February 1979
| term_end = 12 February 1982
| predecessor = [[Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury]]
| successor = ''Position abolished''
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
| birth_date = 1945
| birth_place = [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet district]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|8|28|1945|df=y}}
| death_place =
| party = [[Awami League]]
}}

'''Abdul Jabbar''' (1945 – 28 August 1992)<ref name=ekushey/> was an [[Awami League]] politician, activist and a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing now-defunct [[Sylhet-13]] constituency. He was awarded a posthumous [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2020 for his contributions to the [[Bengali Language Movement]] and [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. He was the founding General Secretary of the [[Awami League]]'s Kulaura branch in 1964.

==Early life and family==
Jabbar was born in [[Kulaura Upazila|Kulaura]], [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet district]] of the [[British India]]'s [[Assam Province]]. He had two sons, Abu Zafar Raju, a [[Protocol Officer]] for the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]], and Asam Kamrul Islam, former chairman of [[Kulaura Upazila]] and General Secretary of the [[Awami League]]'s Kulaura branch.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ppbd.news/whole-country/143171|script-title=bn:একুশে পদক পাচ্ছেন কুলাউড়ার সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য আব্দুল জব্বার|language=bn|date=5 February 2020|work=PPBD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206234923/https://www.ppbd.news/whole-country/143171|archive-date=6 February 2020}}</ref>

== Career ==
Jabbar took part in numerous movements at the time such as the 1962 Education Movement, the 1966 [[Six point movement]] and the [[1969 Mass uprising in East Pakistan|1969 Mass uprising]]. He also contested in the [[1970 Pakistani provincial elections]]. Abdul Jabbar played an organising role during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971.

Jabbar was elected to parliament from Sylhet-13 as a Awami League candidate in 1979.<ref name="1979results">{{cite web|title=List of 2nd Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf|access-date=20 March 2021|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=bn}}</ref> He was a founding member of the Bangabandhu Parishad and the Muktijoddha Sanghati Parishad. He was also a member of the [[Red Crescent Society]] and the [[Nirmul Committee]].

Jabbar was a president of the [[Bangladesh Krishak League]]. He was detained for protesting against the [[assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and was tortured by Major [[S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury]]. He was released from prison after 11 months, with the support of Brigadier General [[Amin Ahmed Chowdhury]].<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|script-title=bn:একুশে পদক পাচ্ছেন কুলাউড়ার আব্দুল জব্বার|language=bn|work=Kaler Kantho|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/national/2020/02/05/871170|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>

== Death ==
Jabbar died on 28 August 1992 from a [[heart attack]].<ref name=ekushey /> In 2020, he received a posthumous [[Ekushey Padak]] award.<ref name=ekushey />

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[[Category:People from Kulaura Upazila]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]

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