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{{infobox person<br />
|name=M Hossain Ali<br />
|native_name=হোসেন আলী<br />
|native_name_lang=bn<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1923|02|01|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Bhangura Upazila]], [[Pabna District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|1981|01|02|1923|02|01|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = Canada<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|occupation=Diplomat<br />
|alma_mater=[[University of Karachi]]<br/>[[University of Dhaka]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''M. Hossain Ali''' was an Indian diplomat and former ambassador to the United States.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ali was born in [[Pathorghata|Patharghata]], [[Bhangura Upazila]], [[Pabna District]] on 1 February 1923. In 1945 he graduated from [[University of Dhaka]] with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. In 1948, he completed his LLB from [[University of Karachi]] in 1948. In 1949 he completed the Pakistan Civil Service examination and joined the foreign service. He studied further on foreign policy and diplomacy in Foreign Service Institute in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]] and in the British foreign office in London. He completed a diploma program in the Paris-based Institute of International Relations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ali,_M_Hossain|title=Ali, M Hossain|last=Hossain|first=Abu Md. Delwar|website=Banglapedia|language=en|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Ali was posted in a number of different diplomatic posts including in Australia, Belgium, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Burma, United Kingdom and Netherlands. During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971, he was the Deputy High Commissioner at [[Calcutta]], India for [[Pakistan]]. He was transferred by the government to West Pakistan. On 18 April 1971, he refused to obey the orders and declared his allegiance to the Bangladesh government in exile. He was supported by 65 of his colleagues in the commission. The Pakistan High Commission in Kolkata was changed to the Bangladesh High Commission.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The flag of Bangladesh was raised in the Embassy compound. It was just one day after the declaration of the People's Republic of Bangladesh at [[Mujibnagar|Baidyanathtala]]. First Secretary [[Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury]], third Secretary [[Anwarul Karim Chowdhury]] and Assistant Press Attaché [[Moqshed Ali]] were also present in that ceremony and were negotiating with other nations for support of Bangladeshi independence. The role of Ali is very important, as he pioneered the way for other expatriate Bengali diplomats to pledge their allegiance to the new Bangladesh Government. Ali was then named Chief of Mission at Calcutta for Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mujibnagar_Government|title=Mujibnagar Government|work=banglapedia.org}}</ref><br />
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Following this lead, Bengali diplomats defected to the new government at the missions in New York, Washington, D.C., London, Baghdad, Manila, Kathmandu, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Lagos and Bern.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preventgenocide.org/prevent/news-monitor/2002apr.htm|title=April 2002 News Monitor - Prevent Genocide International|work=preventgenocide.org}}</ref> In 1972, Ali was appointed the first High Commissioner in Australia for Bangladesh and later served as the first [[Bangladeshi Ambassador to the United States]]. He served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to West Germany from 1976 to 1979. He was then appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Canada.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Death and legacy ==<br />
Ali died on 2 January 1981 in Canada.<ref name=":0" /> Recently{{when|date=September 2017}} a road was named after Ali as ''Hosen Ali Sorok'' at the village [[Pathorghata]] of Bhangura upazila.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an22676741|title=Photos as High Commissioner in Australia}} <br />
* Rahim, Enayetur. ''The Bangladesh Liberation War and the Nixon White House''. in ''Bengal Studies: A Collection of Essays'' by Rama D Datta, Zillur R Khan, Clinton B Seely (eds), (2001) Allied Publishers. {{ISBN|81-7764-161-1}}<br />
* Henry Kissinger ''White House Years'' (1979) Boston: Little Brown., pp.&nbsp;842 – 918<br />
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