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|name=Mohammad Toaha<br />
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|birth_date={{birth date|1922|1|2|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place= Hajirhat village, [[Ramgati Upazila]], [[Lakshmipur District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|alma_mater=[[Calcutta University]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|1987|11|29|1922|1|2|df=y}}<br />
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'''Mohammad Toaha''' (2 January 1922 – 29 November 1987) was a language activist of the [[Bengali language movement|1952 language movement]] and a prominent [[left-wing politics|left-wing politician]] from Bangladesh.<ref>[[Bashir Al Helal|Al Helal, Bashir]], "Bhasha Andoloner Itihas, Agamee Prokashani, pp. 623 {{ISBN|984-401-523-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mohammad Toaha remembered |url=http://newagebd.net/71558/mohammad-toaha-remembered/ |work=New Age |date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130125139/http://newagebd.net/71558/mohammad-toaha-remembered/ |archive-date=30 November 2017 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Toaha was born on 2 January 1922 at Hajirhat village in [[Ramgati Upazila|Ramgati]] of [[Lakshmipur District]]. He finished his matriculation under [[Calcutta University]] in 1939. Later he received his MA in political science in 1948.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Toaha participated as an activist in [[Sylhet Referendum]] under [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]] in 1946. In 1947 he launched the East Pakistan Students Federation, the earliest [[left-wing]] student organisation in [[East Bengal]]. He was associated with the floating of [[All Pakistan Awami Muslim League|Awami Muslim League]] in 1949.<br />
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===Bengali Language Movement===<br />
Toaha was first active during the initial stages of the [[Bengali language movement]]. On 11 March 1948, when a team led by Toaha went to Secretariat to give [[Khawaja Nazimuddin]] a memorandum, police arrested him. Later he was tortured by them and had to spend a week in the hospital for recovery. As one of the leaders of the Rashtrabhasha Shangram Committee (State Language Committee of Action), Toaha was used to take part in all the meeting with the government. He was also the VP of the Fazlul Haque Hall of Dhaka University. When [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] went there, Toaha submitted a memorandum to him about their language demand. He was also vocal at the government's attempt to write Bengali in [[Arabic script]]. He was the correspondent of [[Jubo League]] at Shorbodolio Kendrio Rashtrabhasha Kormoporishod (All-party Central Language Committee of Action). Later part of 1952, he was arrested for attachments in student politics.<ref name=":1">Ahmed, Monwar, "Bhasha Andoloner Shochitro Dolil", pp. 29. {{ISBN|984-401-147-7}}</ref><br />
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===1954–1970===<br />
After his release in 1954, he took part in the election that the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]] won.<ref name=":1" /> There he was elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly. In 1956 he floated a labour organization styled as Purba Pakistan Majdur Federation and was elected its president. In 1957, Toaha was associated with the [[National Awami Party]] of [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]] and was later elected its general secretary. With the promulgation of martial law by Ayub Khan in 1958, Toaha receded to underground politics. In 1969 he became one of the organizers of the [[1969 uprising in East Pakistan|anti-Ayub movement]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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===Bangladesh Liberation War===<br />
{{See also|Bangladesh Liberation War}}<br />
Toaha along with [[communists]] [[Sukhendu Dastider]] and [[Abdul Haq]] of the [[East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)]] refused to participate in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|liberation war for Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alim |first1=Syed Fattahul |date=1 February 2012 |title=Has Left Politics any Future?|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/forum/2012/february/left.htm|at=Forum |issue=2|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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===Post-liberation politics===<br />
After the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|independence of Bangladesh]], a warrant was issued against him and he went into hiding. After the withdrawal of warrant in 1976 he came back to open politics. He was elected a member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in 1979. In 1986, Toaha contested in the Jatiya Sangsad election as a nominee of 8-Party alliance.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Hossain|first1=Abu Md. Delwar|title=Toaha, Mohammad|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Toaha,_Mohammad|website=[[Banglapedia]]|publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society|accessdate=13 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Toaha died on 29 November 1987 at his native village of Hajirhat, Lakshmipur District.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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