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	\| name = Khawaja Ahmed		\| name = Khawaja Ahmed
	\| ~~office~~ = Member of ~~Bangladesh Parliament~~		\| native_name = {{lang\|bn\|খাজা আহমেদ}}
	\| ~~term_start~~ = 1973		\| office1 = Member of the 1st [[Jatiya Sangsad]]
	\| ~~term_end~~ = 1979		\| term_start1 = 1973
	\| ~~predecessor~~ =		\| term_end1 = 1979
	\| ~~successor~~ = [[Rafiquzzaman Bhuiyan]]		\| constituency1 = [[Noakhali-2]]
	\| birth_date =		\| successor1 = [[Rafiquzzaman Bhuiyan]]
	\| birth_place =		\| office2 = Member of the [[Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh]]
	\| death_date =		\| term_start2 = 1971
	\| death_place =		\| term_end2 = 6 November 1973
	\| party = [[~~Bangladesh~~ Awami League]]		\| birth_date = 1920
			\| birth_place = [[Feni District\|Feni]], [[Noakhali District]], [[Bengal Presidency]]
			\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1976\|5\|29\|1920\|\|}}
			\| death_place = [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital\|Dhaka Medical College Hospital]], [[Bangladesh]]
			\| party = [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]] <small>(1940–1952)</small><br>[[Ganatantri Dal]] <small>(1952–1963)</small><br>[[Awami League]] <small>(1963–1976)</small>
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	'''Khawaja Ahmed''' is a [[Bangladesh ~~Awami League~~]] ~~politician~~ and the ~~former Member~~ of ~~Parliament~~ of [[Noakhali-2]].		'''Khawaja Ahmed''' ({{lang-bn\|খাজা আহমেদ}}) was a [[Bangladeshi]] politician and journalist. He participated in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and served in the 1st [[Jatiya Sangsad\|National Parliament]] of Bangladesh.

			==Early life and education==
			Ahmed was born in 1920, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the Saudagar Bari of Rampur, [[Feni District\|Feni]], located under the [[Noakhali District]] of the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.deshrupantor.com/editorial-news/2022/05/29/362900\|author=Husayn, Mustafa\|title=ফেনীর জননেতা খাজা আহমদ\|language=bn\|trans-title=Khawaja Ahmed, leader of the people of Feni\|work=Desh Rupantor\|date=29 May 2022}}</ref> His parents were Aslam Mia Mukhtar and Aisha Khatun.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/GE%2007-12-1970.pdf\|website=[[Government of Pakistan]]\|archive-date=9 August 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225095947/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/GE%2007-12-1970.pdf\|title=Notification}}</ref> While only ten years old, he joined the [[Indian National Congress\|Congress]]'s independence movement. In 26 January 1930, he was assaulted by the police and fell down on the street. He studied at the [[Feni Government Pilot High School\|Feni High School]]. In 1934, he was elected as a member of the Noakhali District Farmer Society's executive committee. He became entirely dedicated to social work with the establishment of the Khademul Islam Bayam Samiti in 1936. At sixteen years old, he participated in the [[Khaksar movement]] from Feni.<ref name=":0">{{cite news \|url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/editorial/2014/05/29/8744\|script-title=bn:ফেনীর রাজা খাজা আহমদ নেই\|author=Husayn, Mustafa\|trans-title=The king of Feni, Khawaja Ahmed, is no more\|date=29 May 2014\|work=[[Bangladesh Pratidin]]\|type=Editorial\|access-date=29 February 2020\|language=bn}}</ref> He later moved to the Bashpara Quarter of [[Feni, Bangladesh\|Feni]].<ref>{{cite wikisource \|title=বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র\|wslink=পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (সপ্তম খণ্ড).pdf\|last= \|first= \|authorlink= \|date= \|publisher= \|location= \|page=532}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Ahmed was elected to ~~parliament from~~ Noakhali-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate ~~in 1973~~.<ref>{{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~~}}</ref>		Ahmed joined the [[All-India Muslim League]], which advocated for the [[Pakistan Movement]], and was elected as the secretary-general of its [[Feni District\|Feni]] branch in 1940. In 1941, he was home arrested first in his village and later in his own home for organising protests against the [[A. K. Fazlul Huq\|Huq]]-[[Syama Prasad Mukherjee\|Syama]] coalition. Ahmed was arrested under the Indian Protection Act in 1942 and released in 1944. In 1946, the ''Weekly Sangram'' magazine was published from Feni under his editorship. In the same year, Ahmed was elected as a member of the Barahipur Union Council.<ref name=":0" />

			Despite advocating for the [[Pakistan Movement]], Ahmed later became involved in secular politics. The East Pakistan Youth League was formed in 1950, with Ahmed as its inaugural vice-president. Two years later, Ahmed joined [[East Pakistan]]'s first secular political party, the [[Ganatantri Dal]], becoming a member of its executive council. The party joined the [[United Front (East Pakistan)\|United Front]] coalition during the [[1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], and Ahmed was elected to the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. The Arms Act and Language Movement in 1948-1949 and the Fundamental Rights Movement in 1950, the National Language Movement in 1952, Section (a) of 1954, Martial Law in 1960, and the Military Tribunal in 1961 imprisoned Ahmad. He became a member of the Noakhali District School Board in 1952 and 1957. In 1962, a mass movement started in Feni demanding the cancellation of the infamous Education Commission report and Ahmed was again imprisoned under the Pakistan Security Act. In 1963, Ahmed joined the [[Awami League]] and became the first Secretary-General of the Feni Subdivisional Awami League. From 1964 to 1973, Ahmed was the president of the Feni Subdivisional Awami League. In 1968, he was re-imprisoned for the murdering a government employee that had molested a young girl. In 1946, he was elected as a member of the Barahipur Union Council.<ref name=":0" />

			During the [[1970 Pakistani general election]] campaign, Ahmed contested and successfully won in the [[NE-146 (Noakhali-II)]] constituency. However, the assembly was not formed and later led to the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. On March 26, the first direct encounter started in Feni by the Bengali freedom fighters formed under Ahmed's leadership against the 1400 [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)\|Punjab Regiment]] stationed in Feni. On the same day, he established contact with the [[Sachindra Lal Singh]], the Chief Minister of Tripura, on behalf of the pro-liberation Bengalis. Under his able leadership, Feni was first liberated on 6 December 1971. Among his roles was being a member of the Eastern Liberation Front and chairman of the Regional Liberation Front's Economy Committee.<ref name=":0" />

			The first set of elections in Bangladesh were held in 1973, and Ahmed was re-elected as an Awami League candidate from [[Noakhali-2]].<ref name=":1">{{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 2022}}</ref> On 17 July 1975, he was appointed as the Governor of Feni Subdivision under the [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League\|BAKSAL regime]]. He was the founding president of the Dilpur Khawaja Ahmed High School and the Rampur Girls' High School. Ahmed was also the president of Feni Government Girls High School, Assistant Pilot High School, He was a chairman of the Feni College governing board.<ref name=":0" />

			==Death==
			Ahmed died on 29 May 1976 at the [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital\|Dhaka Medical College Hospital]].

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| name = Khawaja Ahmed
| office = Member of Bangladesh Parliament
| term_start = 1973
| term_end = 1979
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| successor = [[Rafiquzzaman Bhuiyan]]
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'''Khawaja Ahmed''' is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and the former Member of Parliament of [[Noakhali-2]].

==Career==
Ahmed was elected to parliament from Noakhali-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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