>Nabil: Adding local short description: "Bangladeshi lawyer and politician", overriding Wikidata description "Pakistan lawyer and politician" (Shortdesc helper)

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Adding local short description: "Bangladeshi lawyer and politician", overriding Wikidata description "Pakistan lawyer and politician" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi lawyer and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sarwar Jahan Mia
| office = [[Faridpur-5]] constituency [[Member of Parliament]]
| native_name = ছরওয়ার জান মিয়া
| honorific_prefix = Advocate
| nickname =
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]] [[University of Calcutta]] [[Maulana Azad College | Kolkata Islamia College]] [[Government Rajendra College]]
| successor = [[Qazi Abu Yusuf]]
| spouse =
| death_place = [[Heart Foundation Hospital]], [[Faridpur, Bangladesh|Faridpur]]
| width = 110
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| birth_place = [[Faridpur District | Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]. (current [[Bangladesh]]) 
| image =
| children = Three sons and two daughters
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|4|1|df=y}}
| predecessor = [[Qazi Abu Yusuf]]
| termend = 12 June 1916
| termstart = 15 February 1996
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|1|30|1926|4|1|df=y}}
| birth_name =
| native_name_lang = bn
}}
'''Sarwar Jahan Mia''' (1 April 1926–30 January 2014) was a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer from [[Faridpur District]] who was a member of the then [[Pakistan National Assembly]], then member of the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly and then member of Parliament for [[Faridpur-5]] constituency.

== Early life ==
Mia was born on 1 April 1926 in Sadardi, [[Bhanga Upazila]], [[Faridpur District]], [[East Bengal]], [[British India]]. He holds Matriculation from Bhanga High School, IA from Rajendra College, BA from Kolkata Islamia College, MA from [[Kolkata University]] and LLB from [[Dhaka University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|script-title=bn:বঙ্গবন্ধুর সহপাঠী ছরওয়ার জান মিয়া আর নেই|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/politics/news/bd/260590.details|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200830091756/https://www.banglanews24.com/politics/news/bd/260590.details|archive-date=30 August 2020|access-date=21 November 2020|website=banglanews24.com|language=bn}}</ref>

Mia was a roommate and classmate of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in the unemployed hostel of [[Kolkata Islamia College]].<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
Mia joined the legal profession in 1951 at Faridpur Bar. He served as the President of Faridpur District Bar for 12 terms, President of Faridpur District Bar Association, Principal of [[Faridpur Law College]] and President of Faridpur Muslim Mission.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=30 January 2014|script-title=bn:ছরওয়ার জান মিয়ার ইন্তেকাল|work=thereport24.com|url=http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/14341/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200830091534/http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/14341/index.html|archive-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>

Mia was the General Secretary of the Greater Faridpur District Muslim League, a member of the then Pakistan Muslim League and later the President of the Faridpur District Bangladesh Nationalist Party for a long time.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=30 January 2014|script-title=bn:ছরওয়ার জান মিয়ার ইন্তেকাল|work=thereport24.com|url=http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/14341/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200830091534/http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/14341/index.html|archive-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>

In 1958, Mia was elected Vice Chairman of Faridpur Municipality and became a member of Faridpur District Board. He was elected a member of the then [[Pakistan National Assembly]] as a candidate of the Muslim League in 1962 and a member of the then [[East Pakistan Legislative Assembly]] as a candidate of the [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]] in 1964.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=30 January 2014|script-title=bn:ছরওয়ার জান মিয়ার ইন্তেকাল|work=thereport24.com|url=http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/14341/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200830091534/http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/14341/index.html|archive-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>

Mia was elected as a Member of Parliament from the then Faridpur-5 constituency as a candidate of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] in the Sixth Parliamentary Election on 15 January 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|script-title=bn:৬ষ্ঠ জাতীয় সংসদে নির্বাচিত মাননীয় সংসদ-সদস্যদের নামের তালিকা|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-date=16 September 2018|access-date=30 August 2020|website=[[Jatiya Sangshad]]|publisher=[[Government of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

== Death ==
Mia died on 30 January 2014 at Faridpur Heart Foundation Hospital, Bangladesh. He was buried at Alipur Cemetery in Faridpur.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=30 January 2014|script-title=bn:ছরওয়ার জান মিয়ার ইন্তেকাল|work=thereport24.com|url=http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/14341/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200830091534/http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/14341/index.html|archive-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mia, Sarwar Jahan}}
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi lawyers]]
[[Category:Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Maulana Azad College alumni]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:People from Faridpur District]]

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>Nabil: Adding local short description: "Bangladeshi lawyer and politician", overriding Wikidata description "Pakistan lawyer and politician" (Shortdesc helper)