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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Oli Ahad<br />
| native_name = অলি আহাদ <br />
| birth_date = {{circa|1928}}<br />
| death_date = {{dda|df=y|2012|10|20|1927}} <br />
| birth_place = Islampur, [[Brahmanbaria District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| party = Bangla Jatiya League<br />
| spouse = Rashida Begum<br />
| children = [[Rumeen Farhana]]<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| awards = [[Independence Day Award]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Oli Ahad''' ({{circa|1928}} – 20 October 2012) was a Bangladeshi politician and language activist of the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]].<ref name="BD">{{cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2012/10/20/language-warrior-oli-ahad-dead |title=Language warrior Oli Ahad dead|publisher=bdnews24|access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="DS">{{cite news|title=Oli Ahad no more|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=254689|access-date=2012-10-21|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=21 October 2012|location=Dhaka, Bangladesh|page=1}}</ref> He was awarded [[Independence Day Award]] in 2004 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=indepen>{{cite web|url=http://brri.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brri.portal.gov.bd/page/87944ec4_496e_415d_af37_27a10fb35625/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|title=Independence Day Award|access-date=23 September 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ahad was born in the Islampur village of [[Brahmanbaria District]] in 1928.<ref name="DS"/> In 1944, he graduated from Daudkandi Government Aided High School.<ref name="DS"/> During the election for the referendum of Pakistan, he became involved in politics and campaigned at places like [[Tripura]] and [[Bogra]], and was arrested a number of times.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Ahad was one of the founders of East Pakistan Muslim Chhatra League formed on 4 Jan 1948.<ref name="BD"/> He was the founding general secretary of the Ganatantrik Juba League.<ref name="BD"/> He joined the [[National Awami Party]] (NAP) through the Kagmari Convention in 1957.<ref name="BD"/><br />
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===Involvement in language movement===<br />
Ahad first met with [[Khawaja Nazimuddin]] to discuss his language proposal on 8 January 1948. Later that year, he became a member of the committee that organised a [[Hartal]] on 12 March, demanding Bangla be made the official state language. Prior to that, he was also nominated as a member of the Muslim Chhatra League. While picketing in front of the Secretariat, he was attacked and arrested along with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Khaleque Nawaz Khan, and Shamsul Haque.<br />
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In 1949, Ahad and three other students were expelled from the university. Ahad was present at the historical meeting that took place at the Amtala of [[Dhaka University]] on 21 February 1952. Later that day, he organized the agitated students. The next day he led a rally and called for a nationwide Hartal.<br />
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==Other activities==<br />
Ahad served as the editor of the weekly publication ''Ittehad''.<ref name="DS"/> He was also the chairman of a political party named Democratic League.<ref>Ahmed, Monowar. Bhasha Andoloner Shochitro Dolil, Agamee Prokashani, pp. 110 {{ISBN|984-401-147-7}}</ref> He wrote a book named ''Jatiyo Rajneeti 1945 Theke 1975'' (National Politics: 1945 To 1975).<br />
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==Illness and death==<br />
Ahad had been ill and in hospital during March–April, 2012, returning home after his condition improved. He was again admitted to Samarita Hospital in Dhaka on 14 October with a lung infection, ultimately resulting in his death on 20 October 2012.<ref name="BD" /><ref name="DS" /><br />
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==Family==<br />
Ahad was married to Rashida Begum, an academic. They had a daughter Barrister Rumeen Farhana.<ref name="BD"/><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
[[Dhaka City Corporation]] renamed Dhanmondi Road No. 4 after him as of 27 February 2007.<ref name="BD"/><br />
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==References==<br />
*''The content of this article is based on its [[:bn:অলি আহাদ|Bangla equivalent]]'' on bangla Wikipedia.<br />
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