Muhammad Mansur Ali: Difference between revisions

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| office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh|3rd]] [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]

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Muhammad Mansur Ali was born on 16 January 1919 in Kuripara, [[Kazipur Upazila|Kazipur]], [[Sirajganj District]] in the province of [[Bengal]] (now in Bangladesh).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smamedicalcollege-bd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=131 |title=In Memorium |website=SMA Medical College |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Mansur pursued his education in Kolkata Islamia College (now [[Maulana Azad College]]). He would pursue a [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree in economics and law from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. During this period Mansur became an active member of the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]], which under [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] demanded a separate [[Muslim]] state of [[Pakistan]]. He served as the vice-president of the [[Pabna District]] Muslim League from 1946 to 1950. During this time, in 1948, he joined the newly formed volunteer force [[National Guard of Pakistan]], received training at [[Jessore Cantonment]] and got the rank of P.N.G.[[Captain (land and air)|Captain]]. Deciding to practise law, he enrolled in the Pabna District Court in 1951.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ali,_Captain_M_Mansur |title=Ali, Captain M Mansur |website=Banglapedia |access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>

On 15 August 1975, Mujib was [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|assassinated]] along with his family by a group of military officers. The [[15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état|15 August coup d'état]] was masterminded by [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]], a disgruntled member of Mujib's regime who would become president. Mansur went into hiding immediately after the killing. When Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad invited Awami League leaders such as Mansur Ali, [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], [[A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman]] and [[Tajuddin Ahmad]] to join his government, they refused.<ref name=":0" /> They were arrested by the army on 23 August 1975. Refusing to support Ahmad's regime, they were murdered while incarcerated in the [[Dhaka]] Central Jail on 3 November, which was one of the key points for the [[3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état|3 November coup]], which already ousted Ahmad from power again.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/12/02/supreme-court-publishes-full-judgment-of-jail-killing-case |title=Supreme Court publishes full judgment of Jail Killing case |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

*{{cite web |last=Hariharan |first=R. |url=http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1158.html |title=Getting Away With Murder: Politicisation of Crime in Bangladesh |website=South Asia Analysis Group |date=5 November 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204175719/http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1158.html |archive-date=4 December 2004}}

*{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA88 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |edition=4th |publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc |page=88 |isbn=9780810874534}}

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