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'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' ({{circa|1868}} – 18 August 1969) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Razzaq |first1=Rana |title=Khan, Mohammad Akram |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram |website=[[Banglapedia]] |publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society |access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1970-01-01|title=এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Daily Nayadiganta|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-18|title=আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Daily Star Bangla|language=bn}}</ref> | '''Mohammad Akram Khan''' ({{circa|1868}} – 18 August 1969) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Razzaq |first1=Rana |title=Khan, Mohammad Akram |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram |website=[[Banglapedia]] |publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society |access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1970-01-01|title=এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Daily Nayadiganta|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-18|title=আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Daily Star Bangla|language=bn}}</ref> He was among the founders of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]]. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
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=== Political career === | === Political career === | ||
Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" /> | Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" /> He co-founded the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]], and became a member of its first executive council.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wasif Dehlavi |first1=Hafizur Rahman |author1-link=Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi |title=Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah |pages=45, 118|language=ur|oclc=16907808}}</ref> | ||
From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" /> | From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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[[Category:Members of the Pakistan Philosophical Congress]] | [[Category:Members of the Pakistan Philosophical Congress]] | ||
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