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{{Short description|Pioneer of Bengali-language film}}
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'''Khwaja Mohammad Ajmal''' ({{langx|bn|খাজা মোহাম্মদ আজমল|Khāja Môhômôd Ājmôl}} {{IPA|bn|kʰadʒa moɦammad adʒmɔl|}}) (1905 – 17 December 1971) was one of the pioneers of the Bengali-language films during the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British Indian era]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]]). He was associated with early silent Bengali films such as ''[[Sukumari (film)|Sukumari]]'' (1927)<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-10-18|title=ঢাকাই ছবির প্রথম নায়ক|url=https://mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=140213|access-date=2024-06-30|work=Manabzamin}}</ref><ref name="bd-pratidin.com">{{cite web|date=2016-10-01|title=ঢাকাই ছবিতে যা কিছু প্রথম|url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/entertainment-news/2016/10/01/173687|access-date=2024-06-30|work=Bangladesh Pratidin}}</ref> and ''[[The Last Kiss (1931 film)|The Last Kiss]]'' (1931).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Anjali Gera |last2=Huat |first2=Chua Beng |title=Travels of Bollywood Cinema: From Bombay to LA |date=10 November 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-908862-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7vQtDwAAQBAJ&dq=Khwaja+Ajmal&pg=PT123 |access-date=30 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Nawab family of Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Nawab Family of Dhaka|author=Mohammad Alamgir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2018-09-18|language=bn|title=শিক্ষায়-শিল্পে নবাব পরিবারের অবদান|trans-title=Contribution of the Nawab family to education and industry|url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/literature-magazine/346004/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8|access-date=2024-06-30|website=Jugantor}}</ref>

He was born in 1905. He was the second child of Khan Bahadur Khwaja Mohammad Azam, superordinate of [[Panchayati raj]] in Dhaka and artist [[Meherbanu Khanam]], daughter of the Nawab of Dhaka, Nawab Bahadur Sir [[Khwaja Ahsanullah]]. Journalist and poet Khwaja Mohammad Adil was his elder brother. He worked for [[Wari Club Dhaka|Wari Club]] and Dhaka Sporting Association. He used to play table tennis and hockey in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the first motor vehicle user in Dhaka.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Dhaka|chapter=আজমল, খাজা|trans-chapter=Ajmal, Khwaja|language=bn|page=32|last=Hasan|first=Delwar|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|orig-year=2012|year=2016|place=[[Dhaka]]|isbn=9789845120197}}</ref>

He was the first president of [[Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]] of Dhaka in 1936.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mahmud |first1=Dulal |year=2018|script-title=bn:ঢাকার ফুটবলের গৌরবময় সেইদিন ({{Translation|The glorious day of football in Dhaka}})|publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon|pages=105–106|isbn=978-984-93467-8-4}}</ref> He also refereed two exhibition football matches between Dhaka Sporting Association and [[Islington Corinthians F.C.|Islington Corinthians]] in Dhaka on 21 and 22 September 1937.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan Observer, 1969.08.05 — South Asian Newspapers|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/newspapers/paob19690805-01.1.10|access-date=2025-04-01 |website=gpa.eastview.com|archive-date=2025-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401105526/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19690805-01.1.10|url-status=live}}</ref> He also refereed the 1950 [[National Football Championship (Pakistan)|National Football Championship]] final held in [[Quetta]], Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|title=জাতীয় ফুটবল প্রতিযোগিতায় বেলুচ দলের সাফল্য|trans-title=Baloch team's success in national football competition|publisher=[[The Azad]]|page=8|date=14 September 1950|language=bn}}</ref>

He played a significant leading role both as an actor and a cameraman in ''Sukumari'' and ''The Last Kiss''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive1.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/city/2015/05/09/47770.html|title=মুক্তি পেল 'দ্য লাস্ট কিস'|trans-title='The Last Kiss' released|work=The Daily Ittefaq|access-date=25 October 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028211215/https://archive1.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/city/2015/05/09/47770.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He joined the Dhaka station in [[Radio Pakistan]] as an announcer in 1949 and also participated in many radio dramas.<ref name="bd-pratidin.com"/> One of his sons collaborated with the [[Pakistan Armed Forces|Pakistani forces]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], which led to his assassination by the [[Mukti Bahini]] on 17 December 1971.<ref>{{cite web|date=2017-03-17|title=বইটি আমাকে হিরোর মর্যাদা দিয়েছে|trans-title=The book made me feel like a hero.|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/feature/kothaikothai/2017/03/17/475400|access-date=2024-06-30|work=Kaler Kantho}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=3017154|name=Khwaja Azmal}}

[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:Actors from Dhaka]]
[[Category:Bengali film cinematographers]]
[[Category:Indian male silent film actors]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from British India]]
[[Category:Pakistani male dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi football administrators]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi football referees]]
[[Category:Members of the Dhaka Nawab family]]
[[Category:People murdered in Dhaka]]
[[Category:Assassinated Pakistani people]]
[[Category:People killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War]]

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Saddiqa khatri at 13:09, 28 December 2025