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|name = Ataur Rahman Khan<br />
|native_name = আতাউর রহমান খান<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|image = Ataur Rahman Khan.png<br />
|imagesize = 200px<br />
|office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh|6th]] [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]<br />
|president = [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]]<br />
|term_start = 30 March 1984<br />
|term_end = 9 July 1986<br />
|predecessor = [[Shah Azizur Rahman]]<br />
|successor = [[Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury]]<br />
| order1 =<br />
| office1 = 5th [[Chief Minister of East Bengal]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Abu Hussain Sarkar]]<br />
| governor1 = [[Amiruddin Ahmad]] <br />
| primeminister1 =<br />
| successor1 = ''Position abolished''<br />
| term_start1 = 1 September 1956<br />
| term_end1 = March 1958<br />
| chiefminister1 = <br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1905|03|06|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Dhaka District|Balia]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />(now [[Dhaka District|Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]])<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1991|12|7|1905|3|6|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
|party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] <small>(1984–1991)</small><br />
|otherparty = [[All-India Muslim League]] <small>(Before 1949)</small><br />[[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] <small>(1949–1984)</small><br />
|alma_mater = [[Jagannath University]]<br />[[University of Dhaka]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ataur Rahman Khan''' ({{lang-bn|আতাউর রহমান খান}}; 6 March 1905 – 7 December 1991) was a Bangladeshi lawyer, politician and writer, and served as [[Chief Minister of East Pakistan]] from 1 September 1956 – March 1958, and as the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] from 30 March 1984 to 9 July 1986.<ref>{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Muazzam Hussain |year=2012 |chapter=Khan, Ataur Rahman |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Ataur_Rahman |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Ataur Rahman Khan was born in 1905 at Balia village in Dhamrai thana of [[Dhaka district]]. He passed his matriculation examination from Pogose School in Dhaka in 1924, FA examination from [[Jagannath College]] in 1927, and obtained BA (Hons) degree from the [[Dhaka University]] in 1930.<br />
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===Chief Minister of East Pakistan===<br />
He formed government of east pakistan in 1 September 1956 and his government lasted till March 1958.<br />
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===Prime Minister of Bangladesh===<br />
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He eventually joined the cabinet of General Ershad with the belief that by being part of the government he would be able to direct it towards a more democratic agenda. He was made the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]] in 1984 which office he held till 1 January 1985, when he resigned citing irreconcilable differences with General Ershad's style of administration.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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Ataur Rahman Khan has authored a number of books most noted of which are ''Ojarotir Dui Bochhor'' (1963), ''Shoiracharer Dosh Bochhor'' (1969), ''Prodhan-Montritter Noi Maash'' (1987), and ''Oboruddhor Noi Maash'' (1990).<br />
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==Death==<br />
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Ataur Rahman Khan died in Dhaka on 7 December 1991 at the age of 86 and is buried beside Parliament.<br />
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