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	{{short description\|~~Pakistani~~ Bengali journalist, Islamic scholar and politician}}		{{short description\|Bengali journalist, Islamic scholar and politician}}
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	\| name = ~~Maulana~~ Mohammad Akram Khan		\| honorific_prefix = [[Mawlana]]
	\| native_name = ~~মওলানা মুহাম্মদ আকরাম~~ খাঁ		\| name = Mohammad Akram Khan
			\| native_name = মোহাম্মদ আকরম খাঁ
	\| native_name_lang = bn		\| native_name_lang = bn
	\| image = MohammadAkramKhan.jpg		\| image = MohammadAkramKhan.jpg
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	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|1968\|8\|18\|1868}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|1968\|8\|18\|1868}}
	\| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan		\| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
	\| alma_mater = Calcutta Madrasah (~~present~~ [[Aliah University]])		\| alma_mater = Calcutta Madrasah (now known as [[Aliah University]])
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	'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' (1868 – 18 August 1968) was a ~~Pakistani~~ Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web \|last1=Razzaq \|first1=Rana \|title=Khan, Mohammad Akram \|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram \|website=[[Banglapedia]] \|publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society \|access-date=16 July ~~2016~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=1970-01-01\|script-title=bn:এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ\|access-date=2021-04-30\|work=Daily Naya Diganta\|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2020-08-18\|script-title=bn:আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141\|access-date=2021-04-30\|work=The Daily Star \|language=bn}}</ref> He was among the founders of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]].		'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' ({{lang-bn\|মোহাম্মদ আকরম খাঁ}}; 1868 – 18 August 1968) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web \|last1=Razzaq \|first1=Rana \|title=Khan, Mohammad Akram \|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram \|website=[[Banglapedia]] \|publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society \|access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=1970-01-01\|script-title=bn:এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ\|access-date=2021-04-30\|work=Daily Naya Diganta\|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2020-08-18\|script-title=bn:আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141\|access-date=2021-04-30\|work=The Daily Star \|language=bn}}</ref> He was among the founders of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]].

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Khan was born in Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]] district of [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (in present-day [[West Bengal]]) in ~~1868~~. He did not have a British education but studied at Calcutta Madrasah (now [[Aliah University]]).<ref name=":0" /> He entered the journalism profession at a very young age before becoming involved in politics.		Khan was born in 1868, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]] district of [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (in present-day [[West Bengal]]). His father, Alhaj Mawlana Ghazi Abdul Bari Khan, was a disciple of [[Syed Ahmad Shaheed]] and participated in the [[Battle of Balakot]]. His mother's name was Rabeya Khatun.<ref name=kum>{{cite book\|language=ar\|title=كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية\|author=al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman\|publisher=Dar al-Salih\|location=[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]\|year=2018\|chapter=الشيخ الفاضل عبد الباري خان بن تراب خان الغازي البنغالي، رحمه الله تعالى\|trans-chapter=The honourable Shaykh Abd al-Bari bin Turab Khan al-Ghazi al-Bangali, may Allah have mercy on him}}</ref> He did not have a British education but studied at Calcutta Madrasah (now [[Aliah University]]).<ref name=":0" /> He entered the journalism profession at a very young age before becoming involved in politics.

	== Career ==		== Career ==

	=== Journalism ===		=== Journalism ===
	Early in his career, he worked at newspapers ''Ahl-i-Hadith'' and ''Mohammadi Akhbar''. Between 1908 and 1921, he worked as the editor of [[The Mohammadi\|the ''Mohammadi'']] and the ''Al-Islam''. He published the ''Zamana'' and the ''Sebak'' between 1920 and 1922. Sebak was banned and Akram Khan was arrested on the basis that his anti-government editorials supported the [[Non-cooperation Movement]] and the [[Swadeshi movement]].		Early in his career, he worked at newspapers ''Ahl-i-Hadith'' and ''Mohammadi Akhbar''. Between 1908 and 1921, he worked as the editor of [[The Mohammadi\|the ''Mohammadi'']] and the ''Al-Islam''. He published the ''Zamana'' and the ''Sebak'' between 1920 and 1922. Sebak was banned and Akram Khan was arrested on the basis that his anti-government editorials supported the [[Non-cooperation Movement]] and the [[Swadeshi movement]].

	From October 1936, Akram Khan began publishing the newspaper ''[[The Azad]]'', which generated support for the [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]] in [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Yusuf \|first1=Ananta \|title=Story of the Bangla press \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/cover-story/story-the-bangla-press-3161 \|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)\|The Daily Star]] \|date=20 February 2015 \|access-date=1 September ~~2016~~}}</ref>		From October 1936, Akram Khan began publishing the newspaper ''[[The Azad]]'', which generated support for the [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]] in [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Yusuf \|first1=Ananta \|title=Story of the Bangla press \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/cover-story/story-the-bangla-press-3161 \|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)\|The Daily Star]] \|date=20 February 2015 \|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>

	=== Political career ===		=== Political career ===
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	From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />		From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />

	Akram Khan was also involved in the [[Bengali Language Movement]] of 1952.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Maulana Akram Khan: Pioneer of Bengali Muslim journalism \|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/105189/maulana-akram-khan-pioneer-of-bengali-muslim-journalism.html \|newspaper=The New Nation \|date=26 August 2016 \|access-date=29 August ~~2016~~}}</ref> He was also a founding member of Pakistan's [[Council of Islamic Ideology]], a constitutional body formed in 1962.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Advisory body of Islamic ideology set up \|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/738493/advisory-body-of-islamic-ideology-set-up \|newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn]] \|date=31 July 2012 \|orig-year=Originally published 1962 \|access-date=7 February ~~2017~~}}</ref>		Akram Khan was also involved in the [[Bengali Language Movement]] of 1952.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Maulana Akram Khan: Pioneer of Bengali Muslim journalism \|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/105189/maulana-akram-khan-pioneer-of-bengali-muslim-journalism.html \|newspaper=The New Nation \|date=26 August 2016 \|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> He was also a founding member of Pakistan's [[Council of Islamic Ideology]], a constitutional body formed in 1962.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Advisory body of Islamic ideology set up \|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/738493/advisory-body-of-islamic-ideology-set-up \|newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn]] \|date=31 July 2012 \|orig-year=Originally published 1962 \|access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref>

	== Death ==		== Death ==
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	\| birth_date = {{circa\|1868}}		\| birth_date = {{circa\|1868}}
	\| birth_place = Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|~~1969~~\|8\|18\|1868}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|1968\|8\|18\|1868}}
	\| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan		\| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
	\| alma_mater = Calcutta Madrasah (present [[Aliah University]])		\| alma_mater = Calcutta Madrasah (present [[Aliah University]])
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	'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' (~~{{circa\|~~1868}} – 18 August ~~1969~~) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web \|last1=Razzaq \|first1=Rana \|title=Khan, Mohammad Akram \|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram \|website=[[Banglapedia]] \|publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society \|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|date=1970-01-01\|title=এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ\|access-date=2021-04-30\|~~website~~=Daily ~~Nayadiganta~~\|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|date=2020-08-18\|title=আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141\|access-date=2021-04-30\|~~website~~=The Daily Star ~~Bangla~~\|language=bn}}</ref> He was among the founders of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]].		'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' (1868 – 18 August 1968) was a Pakistani Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web \|last1=Razzaq \|first1=Rana \|title=Khan, Mohammad Akram \|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram \|website=[[Banglapedia]] \|publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society \|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=1970-01-01\|script-title=bn:এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ\|access-date=2021-04-30\|work=Daily Naya Diganta\|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2020-08-18\|script-title=bn:আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141\|access-date=2021-04-30\|work=The Daily Star \|language=bn}}</ref> He was among the founders of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]].

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
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	=== Political career ===		=== Political career ===
	Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate\|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" /> He co-founded the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]], and became a member of its first executive council.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wasif Dehlavi \|first1=Hafizur Rahman \|author1-link=Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi \|title=Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah \|pages=45, 118\|language=ur\|oclc=16907808}}</ref>		Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate\|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" /> He co-founded the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]], and became a member of its first executive council.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wasif Dehlavi \|first1=Hafizur Rahman \|author1-link=Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi \|title=Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah \|pages=45, 118\|language=ur\|oclc=16907808}}</ref>


	From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />		From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />
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	== Death ==		== Death ==
	Khan died on 18 August ~~1969~~.<ref~~>{{cite news \|title~~=~~Death anniversary of Maulana Akram Khan Friday \|url=http~~:/~~/bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2006/08/16/death-anniversary-of-maulana-akram-khan-friday \|date=16 August 2008 \|newspaper=bdnews24.com \|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref~~> He was buried at the Ahl-i-Hadith Bangshal mosque at ~~Lalbagh PS in~~ Dhaka.		Khan died on 18 August 1968.<ref name=:0/> He was buried at the Ahl-i-Hadith Bangshal mosque at [[Old Dhaka]].

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	'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' ({{circa\|1868}} – 18 August 1969) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web \|last1=Razzaq \|first1=Rana \|title=Khan, Mohammad Akram \|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram \|website=[[Banglapedia]] \|publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society \|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=1970-01-01\|title=এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ\|access-date=2021-04-30\|website=Daily Nayadiganta\|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-08-18\|title=আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141\|access-date=2021-04-30\|website=The Daily Star Bangla\|language=bn}}</ref>		'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' ({{circa\|1868}} – 18 August 1969) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web \|last1=Razzaq \|first1=Rana \|title=Khan, Mohammad Akram \|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram \|website=[[Banglapedia]] \|publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society \|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=1970-01-01\|title=এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ\|access-date=2021-04-30\|website=Daily Nayadiganta\|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-08-18\|title=আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141\|access-date=2021-04-30\|website=The Daily Star Bangla\|language=bn}}</ref> He was among the founders of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]].

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	Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate\|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" />		Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate\|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" /> He co-founded the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]], and became a member of its first executive council.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wasif Dehlavi \|first1=Hafizur Rahman \|author1-link=Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi \|title=Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah \|pages=45, 118\|language=ur\|oclc=16907808}}</ref>


	From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />		From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />
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| name = Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan
| native_name = মওলানা মুহাম্মদ আকরাম খাঁ
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| image = MohammadAkramKhan.jpg
| caption = Khan (before 1947)
| birth_date = {{circa|1868}}
| birth_place = Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1969|8|18|1868}}
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'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' ({{circa|1868}} – 18 August 1969) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Razzaq |first1=Rana |title=Khan, Mohammad Akram |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram |website=[[Banglapedia]] |publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society |access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1970-01-01|title=এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Daily Nayadiganta|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-18|title=আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Daily Star Bangla|language=bn}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Khan was born in Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]] district of [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (in present-day [[West Bengal]]) in 1868. He did not have a British education but studied at Calcutta Madrasah (now [[Aliah University]]).<ref name=":0" /> He entered the journalism profession at a very young age before becoming involved in politics.

== Career ==

=== Journalism ===
Early in his career, he worked at newspapers ''Ahl-i-Hadith'' and ''Mohammadi Akhbar''. Between 1908 and 1921, he worked as the editor of [[The Mohammadi|the ''Mohammadi'']] and the ''Al-Islam''. He published the ''Zamana'' and the ''Sebak'' between 1920 and 1922. Sebak was banned and Akram Khan was arrested on the basis that his anti-government editorials supported the [[Non-cooperation Movement]] and the [[Swadeshi movement]].

From October 1936, Akram Khan began publishing the newspaper ''[[The Azad]]'', which generated support for the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] in [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yusuf |first1=Ananta |title=Story of the Bangla press |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/cover-story/story-the-bangla-press-3161 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=20 February 2015 |access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref>

=== Political career ===
Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" />

From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />

Akram Khan was also involved in the [[Bengali Language Movement]] of 1952.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maulana Akram Khan: Pioneer of Bengali Muslim journalism |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/105189/maulana-akram-khan-pioneer-of-bengali-muslim-journalism.html |newspaper=The New Nation |date=26 August 2016 |access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref> He was also a founding member of Pakistan's [[Council of Islamic Ideology]], a constitutional body formed in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |title=Advisory body of Islamic ideology set up |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/738493/advisory-body-of-islamic-ideology-set-up |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=31 July 2012 |orig-year=Originally published 1962 |access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref>

== Death ==
Khan died on 18 August 1969.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death anniversary of Maulana Akram Khan Friday |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2006/08/16/death-anniversary-of-maulana-akram-khan-friday |date=16 August 2008 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> He was buried at the Ahl-i-Hadith Bangshal mosque at Lalbagh PS in Dhaka.

== Literary works ==
* ''Samasya O Samadhan''
* ''Mostafa Charit''
* ''Amparar Tafseer''
* ''Tafser-a-Quran''
* ''Muslim Banglar Samajik Itihas''

== Awards ==
* [[Independence Day Award]] (1981)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* Akram Khan: Journalist and litterateur; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426011555/http://www.thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=14964 ''The New Nation'']

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