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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Munawwar Ali
| image =
| image_size =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1884
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1951|12|11|1884}}
| birth_place = [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet District]], [[Assam Province|North-East Frontier Province]], British India
| death_place =
| office = [[Speaker of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor = ''office established''
| successor = [[Abdul Karim (Bengal Legislative Assembly member)|Abdul Karim]]
| term_start = 1947
| term_end = 1948
| party = [[Bengal Provincial Muslim League|EBML]]
| other_party = [[Assam Provincial Muslim League|APML]] (1937–1947)
| alma_mater = [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]]
| profession = Lawyer
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Mahmud Ali (politician)|Mahmud Ali]] (nephew)|[[D. M. H Obaidur Raza Chowdhury]] (nephew)}}
}}
'''Munawwar Ali''' (1891–1951) was a Pakistani politician, lawyer, and poet.

== Early life ==
Ali was born in 1884<ref>{{cite book|url=https://nihcr.edu.pk/Downloads/PDF%20Books/Leaders%20of%20Pakistan%20Movment,%20VOL.%201.pdf|title=Leaders of Pakistan Movement: Papers Presented at the Two-Day International Conference, April 7–8, 2008|editor1=Sajid Mahmood Awan|editor2=Syed Umar Hayat|year=2018|publisher=National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research|place=[[Quaid-i-Azam University]]|page=63|isbn=978-969-415-132-8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025021626/https://nihcr.edu.pk/Downloads/PDF%20Books/Leaders%20of%20Pakistan%20Movment,%20VOL.%201.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> in Sylhet District of the North-East Frontier Province (later renamed [[Assam Province]]), British India (present-day [[Sunamganj District]], Bangladesh).<ref name=ব/> After completing his secondary education from a local school and higher secondary education from [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Meerut College]] in 1907 and a Bachelor of Law degree from [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]] in 1909. In 1913, he became a member of the [[Indian Red Cross Society]] and served the wounded soldiers during the [[Balkan Wars]]. He continued his service as its member until 1919.<ref name=ব/>

== Career ==
In 1919, he was elected a member of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]. During this time, he played a role in protecting the rights of Bengali Muslim migrants in his province. He served as the chairman of the [[Sunamganj Municipality]] from 1921 to 1937. In 1930, he was appointed chairman of the Assam Muslim League (Shafi) and held the position for five years. In 1937, he became a member of the [[All-India Muslim League]] (AIML). From 1938 to 1942 and again in 1944, he served as provincial minister in Assam. In 1946, he was appointed secretary of the parliamentary party of the [[Assam Provincial Muslim League]] (APML). In 1947, he campaigned in support of voting for joining Pakistan in the [[Sylhet referendum]]. After the [[independence of Pakistan]], his tenure as a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly ended,<ref name=ব/> and he became a member of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=ব/><ref name=আ/> In 1947, he was elected Speaker of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly.<ref name=ব/>

== Poetry ==
Ali was also a poet. His poetry collections include:<ref name=ব>{{cite web|url=https://www.bmri.org.uk/book_reviews/tribute_to_MMAli.pdf|title=Tribute to Maulvi Munawwar Ali of Sylhet|first=Muhammad|last=Akhtaruzzaman|access-date=23 March 2026|work=Bengal Muslim Research Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401054402/https://www.bmri.org.uk/book_reviews/tribute_to_MMAli.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Jilwa'', 1942
* ''Bangla Amparar Kabyanubad'', 1950

== Death, family and legacy ==
Ali died of a heart attack on 11 December 1951. He had six sons and two daughters.<ref name=আ>{{cite news|title=মুনওয়ার আলীর এন্তেকাল|language=bn|page=2|date=12 December 1951|newspaper=[[The Azad]]}}</ref> His father was Musaraf Ali, lawyer and co-founder of the Cachar Native Joint Stock Company.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Humanities_June_2017.pdf|title=Changing Face of Global and Local Entrepreneurship: A Case Study on Sylhet Tea Plantation|first=Ashfaque|last=Hossain|page=30|volume=62|issue=1|year=2017|journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Humanities)|editor=Akmal Hussain|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527032443/https://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Humanities_June_2017.pdf|archive-date=27 May 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Politician [[D. M. H Obaidur Raza Chowdhury]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailysangram.com/post/192096-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AA-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AA|title=আংখি মুঞ্জিয়া দেখ রূপ-দীলের চক্ষে চাইয়া দেখ বন্ধুয়ার স্বরূপ|language=bn|date=13 June 2015|work=[[The Daily Sangram]]|access-date=2 January 2021}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> and politician [[Mahmud Ali (politician)|Mahmud Ali]] were his nephews.<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 2006 |title=A Freedom Fighter |journal=The Concept |publisher=Raza Afsar Khan |publication-place=Islamabad |volume=26 |oclc=7810867}}</ref> A book on his life titled ''Ek Alokito Bektitta Munawwar Ali'', containing articles by multiple authors, has been published by Sompadona Parishad.<ref name=ব/>

== References ==
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[[Category:1891 births]]
[[Category:1951 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengali male poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Pakistani lawyers]]
[[Category:People from Sunamganj District]]
[[Category:Politicians from Sylhet Division]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan]]
[[Category:East Bengal MLAs 1947–1954]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Assam]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 1946–1952]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 1937–1946]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League politicians]]
[[Category:All-India Muslim League politicians]]
[[Category:Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College alumni]]
[[Category:Chaudhary Charan Singh University alumni]]
[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata alumni]]

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