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[[File:MOHAMMAD FARHAD.webp|thumb|right|General secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh ]]
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'''Mohammad Farhad''' (July 5, 1938 – October 9, 1987), popularly known as "Comrade Farhad", was a guerrilla force commander during the Bangladesh independence war, and the President of [[Communist Party of Bangladesh]] and a member of [[Jatiyo Sangshad|Bangladesh Parliament]].

==Early life==
Mohammad Farhad was born in Khetripara of [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur]] district in present Bangladesh to. His father's name was Ahmed Sadakatul Bari and mother's was Tayabunnesa. He was an Urdu-speaking Bangladeshi. He finished his matriculation from Dinajpur Jila School in 1953 and received his master's degree in [[political science]] from Dhaka University in 1961.

==Politics==
Comrade Farhad played a role during different movements in the Pakistan and Bangladesh, including the 1952 Bengali Language Movement, 1962 Education Movement, 1968–69 Pakistan Mass Upheaval, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and the post-71 Democracy movement.

During the 1971 war, he helped lead the guerrilla forces jointly formed by the Communist Party, NAP and Chhatra Union. A ‘Special Guerilla Force’ under the direct command of CPB-NAP-BSU fought against the Pakistani army. [[Moni Singh]], the ex-President of CPB, was elected a member of the Advisory Council of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh.

He was imprisoned during the Pakistan period, as well as during the Zia and Ershad period of Bangladesh politics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-57921|title=21st anniversary of death of Comrade Farhad today|date=2008-10-09|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-14|language=en}}</ref> Mohammad Farhad was elected as a member of [[Bangladesh Parliament]] in 1986 from his home district [[Panchagarh District, Bangladesh|Panchagarh]], which he held until his death.

==Death==
On October 8, 1987, while on an official visit to Moscow, Soviet Union, as a delegate from Bangladesh Parliament, Mohammad Farhad died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 49. He left behind his wife and two children. The Moni Singh-Farhad Memorial Trust<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-42447|title=Moni Singh-Farhad Trust executives|date=2008-06-23|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-14|language=en}}</ref> was established, twinning his name with that of Communist Party founding member Comrade [[Moni Singh]], now serves as a center for intellectuals in Bangladesh.

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