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{{Short description|Bangladeshi lawyer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name = টি আলী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = T. Ali.jpg
| office = Federal Minister of Pakistan
| 1blankname = Governor-general
| 1namedata = [[Malik Ghulam Muhammad]]
| 2blankname = Portfolio
| 2namedata = Commerce
| term_start = 7 December 1953
| term_end = 4 October 1954
| predecessor = [[Fazlur Rahman (politician, born 1905)|Fazlur Rahman]]
| successor = [[Abul Hassan Ispahani]]
| office1 = Provincial Minister of East Pakistan
| governor1 = {{ubl|[[Frederick Chalmers Bourne]]|[[A. S. M. Akram]]|[[Feroz Khan Noon]]|[[Abdur Rahman Siddiqui]]|[[Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman]]}}
| 1blankname1 = Portfolio
| 1namedata1 = Finance, Revenue and Agriculture
| term_start1 = 15 September 1948
| term_end1 = 6 December 1953
| predecessor1 = {{ubl|[[Hamidul Huq Choudhury]]|[[Abdul Motaleb Malik]]}}
| successor1 = {{ubl|[[Abu Hussain Sarkar]]|[[Abdul Latif Biswas (Politician in Pakistan)|Abdul Latif Biswas]]|[[Yusuf Ali Chowdhury]]}}
| birth_name = Md. Tafazzal Ali
| birth_date = 1 July 1906
| birth_place = [[Comilla Division|Tipperah District]], [[Eastern Bengal and Assam]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1988|12|13|1906|07|01}}
| death_place = [[Bangkok Hospital]], Thailand
| party = [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|PML]]
| other_party = [[All-India Muslim League|AIML]] (1937–1947)
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| education =
| profession = Lawyer
| resting_place = [[Banani graveyard]]
| relations = [[Reza Ali]] (son)
}}
'''Md. Tafazzal Ali''', commonly known as '''T. Ali''' (1906–1988), was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, who was federal minister of Pakistan as a member of [[Ministry of Talents]] and provincial minister of [[East Pakistan]] as a member of [[Amin ministry]].

== Biography ==
Ali was born in 1 July 1906 in Kasba, [[Tippera District]], [[Eastern Bengal and Assam]], British India.<ref name=d/><ref name=w/> He acquired his Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Maulana Azad College|Islamia College, Calcutta]]. After obtaining his Bachelor of Law degree from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1933, Ali started his career as a lawyer of [[Calcutta High Court]]. In 1936, he became a member of the Tippera District Board.<ref name=w>{{cite book|title=The India and Pakistan Year Book and Who's Who|year=1950|volume=36|page=791|first=Stanley|last=Reed|publisher=Bennet, Coleman & Co., Ltd}}</ref>

He was elected from the Tippera North-East constituency in the [[1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], becoming a member and deputy speaker of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite document|title=Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings on Partition of Bengal (The 20th June 1947) Volume LXXII Issue IV|page=V, VIII|orig-year=1947|year=2002|publisher=[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]}}</ref><ref name=d/> After 1947, he became a member of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://burichang.comilla.gov.bd/bn/site/page/8kiQ-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC|script-title=bn:প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব|language=bn|work=Burichang Upazila|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608082743/https://burichang.comilla.gov.bd/bn/site/page/8kiQ-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC|archive-date=8 June 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1948, he was appointed as provincial minister for revenue in East Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:পূর্ব্ববঙ্গের নূতন মন্ত্রিসভা বিভিন্ন দপ্তর বণ্টন|language=bn|page=6|date=17 September 1948|newspaper=[[Jugantar Patrika]]}}</ref> Later, he was given the provincial portfolios of finance and agriculture.<ref name=d/> In 1953, he was appointed as federal minister for commerce in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|title=পাকিস্তান মন্ত্রিসভার সম্প্রসারণ সমাপ্ত|language=bn|page=1|date=8 December 1953|newspaper=[[The Azad]]}}</ref>

In 1955, he was appointed as ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt for a year.<ref name=r/><ref name=d/> He was elected president of the East Pakistan High Court Bar Association in 1962 and [[Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association]] in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SCBA {{!}} SCBA Presidents |url=https://scba.org.bd/scba_presidents.php |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=scba.org.bd}}</ref><ref name=d/> Ali died on 13 December 1988 at [[Bangkok Hospital]], Thailand.<ref name=d>{{cite news|title=টি আলীর ইন্তেকাল|language=bn|pages=1, 2|date=14 December 1988|newspaper=[[The Daily Ittefaq]]}}</ref> Politician [[Reza Ali]]<ref name=r>{{cite news|url=https://ekattor.tv/others/39391/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%80%E2%80%99%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE|script-title=bn:সাবেক এমপি ও বিটপী'র প্রতিষ্ঠাতা রেজা আলী মারা গেছেন|language=bn|date=13 February 2023|work=[[Ekattor TV]]}}</ref> and military personnel Major Sadek Ali were his sons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/634829/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC.-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE|script-title=bn:মেজর (অব.) সাদেক আলীর মৃত্যুতে ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া সমিতি ঢাকা'র শোক|date=7 March 2023|newspaper=[[The Daily Ittefaq]]|language=bn}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1906 births]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Egypt]]
[[Category:Commerce ministers of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Provincial ministers of East Pakistan]]
[[Category:East Bengal MLAs 1947–1954]]
[[Category:Bengal MLAs 1946–1947]]
[[Category:All-India Muslim League politicians]]
[[Category:People from Kasba Upazila]]
[[Category:Lawyers from Dhaka]]
[[Category:Politicians from Chittagong Division]]
[[Category:Maulana Azad College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]

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