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'''Hajee Mohammad Danesh''' (1900 – 28 June 1986) was a Bangladeshi politician and [[Communism|communist]] activist. | '''Hajee Mohammad Danesh''' (1900 – 28 June 1986) was a Bangladeshi politician and [[Communism|communist]] activist born in the [[British India]]. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Hajee Mohammad Danesh was born to a [[Bengali Muslims|Bengali Muslim]] peasant family in the village of Sultanpur in the [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur district]] of what was then the [[Bengal Presidency]] of [[British India]], and now a part of Bangladesh.<ref name="F">{{cite book |last=Sarker |first=Mahfuzur Rahman |year=2012 |chapter=Danesh, | Hajee Mohammad Danesh was born to a [[Bengali Muslims|Bengali Muslim]] peasant family in the village of Sultanpur in the [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur district]] of what was then the [[Bengal Presidency]] of [[British India]], and now a part of Bangladesh.<ref name="F">{{cite book |last=Sarker |first=Mahfuzur Rahman |year=2012 |chapter=Danesh, Haji Mohammad |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Danesh,_Haji_Mohammad |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> Danesh studied at the [[Aligarh Muslim University]], where he obtained a master's degree in history in 1931. He also earned a degree in law in 1932 and joined the bar of the Dinajpur district court.<ref name="F" /><ref name="Sinha2004">{{cite journal |last=Sinha |first=Soumitra |year=2004 |title=The Quest for Modernity and the Bengali Muslims (1920-1947), part 2 |journal=The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies |volume=34 |pages=82–83}}</ref> | ||
==Communist activism== | ==Communist activism== | ||
In the 1930s, Danesh became active in the communist organisations of Bengal, especially the Bengal provincial organisation of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="F"/> He was arrested twice in 1938 by the government of Bengal for his participation in the [[Tebhaga movement]], an agitation in northern Bengal against ''[[zamindars]]'' landlords for landless peasants and sharecroppers who sought a greater share of the yield, most of which was surrendered to the ''zamindars''.<ref name="F"/><ref name=" | In the 1930s, Danesh became active in the communist organisations of Bengal, especially the Bengal provincial organisation of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="F"/> He was arrested twice, in 1938 and 1942, by the government of Bengal for his participation in the [[Tebhaga movement]], an agitation in northern Bengal against ''[[zamindars]]'' landlords for landless peasants and sharecroppers who sought a greater share of the yield, most of which was surrendered to the ''zamindars''.<ref name="F"/><ref name="Sinha2004"/> Danesh was one of the few Muslim communist leaders of the struggle, and worked to mobilise the Muslim peasantry in favour of the movement.<ref name="D">{{cite book|title=Agrarian structure, movements and peasant organisations in India, Volume 1|publisher=V.V. Giri National Labour Institute|year=2004|isbn=978-81-7827-064-7}}</ref> In 1945, he joined the [[All India Muslim League]], but was later expelled for his participation in the continuing Tebagha movement, and re-arrested by the Bengal government in 1946.<ref name="F"/><ref name="Sinha2004" /> After the partition of India and Bengal in 1947, Danesh remained in his home district of Dinajpur, which fell in Muslim-majority [[East Bengal]], which became part of the newly created Muslim state of [[Pakistan]]. Danesh briefly left active politics, to work as a professor of law at the Dinajpur Surendranath College.<ref name="F"/> | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
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==Death and legacy== | ==Death and legacy== | ||
Hajee Mohammad Danesh died on 28 June 1986, in Dhaka.<ref name="F"/> The Agricultural Extension Training Institute was renamed in his honor as the [[Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University]]. | Hajee Mohammad Danesh died on 28 June 1986, in Dhaka.<ref name="F"/> The Agricultural Extension Training Institute was renamed in his honor as the [[Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University]].{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:People from Dinajpur District, Bangladesh]] | [[Category:People from Dinajpur District, Bangladesh]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:38, 7 November 2022
Hajee Mohammad Danesh (1900 – 28 June 1986) was a Bangladeshi politician and communist activist born in the British India.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Hajee Mohammad Danesh was born to a Bengali Muslim peasant family in the village of Sultanpur in the Dinajpur district of what was then the Bengal Presidency of British India, and now a part of Bangladesh.[1] Danesh studied at the Aligarh Muslim University, where he obtained a master's degree in history in 1931. He also earned a degree in law in 1932 and joined the bar of the Dinajpur district court.[1][2]
Communist activism[edit | edit source]
In the 1930s, Danesh became active in the communist organisations of Bengal, especially the Bengal provincial organisation of the Communist Party of India.[1] He was arrested twice, in 1938 and 1942, by the government of Bengal for his participation in the Tebhaga movement, an agitation in northern Bengal against zamindars landlords for landless peasants and sharecroppers who sought a greater share of the yield, most of which was surrendered to the zamindars.[1][2] Danesh was one of the few Muslim communist leaders of the struggle, and worked to mobilise the Muslim peasantry in favour of the movement.[3] In 1945, he joined the All India Muslim League, but was later expelled for his participation in the continuing Tebagha movement, and re-arrested by the Bengal government in 1946.[1][2] After the partition of India and Bengal in 1947, Danesh remained in his home district of Dinajpur, which fell in Muslim-majority East Bengal, which became part of the newly created Muslim state of Pakistan. Danesh briefly left active politics, to work as a professor of law at the Dinajpur Surendranath College.[1]
Political career[edit | edit source]
In January 1953, Danesh rejoined mainstream politics of East Bengal (also known as East Pakistan) by forming the Ganatantri Dal (Democratic Party).[4] The party joined the multi-party United Front under the leadership of A. K. Fazlul Huq, which swept the provincial elections in East Bengal, defeating the ruling Muslim League. Danesh was elected to the East Bengal legislature.[1] After the central government dismissed the United Front government, Danesh was arrested by police and released in 1956.[1] In 1957, he merged the Ganatantri Dal into the new National Awami Party (NAP), formed by veteran socialist leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. He was elected vice-president and later the general secretary of the NAP.[5][6]
In 1958, Danesh was arrested after martial law was declared by the military regime of Ayub Khan. Danesh became a prominent critic of the Ayub Khan regime, attacking its suppression of democracy and for what he saw to be its pro-United States policies.[5] As vice-president of the NAP, Danesh opposed the six-point demand for autonomy for East Bengal put forth by the leader of the Awami League, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[6] He criticized the six-points for autonomy as not addressing the issues and concerns of the peasants of East Bengal, and also claimed the existence of separatist designs aimed to separate East Pakistan from West Pakistan.[6] Danesh later resigned from the NAP, protesting against the leadership of Maulana Bhashani and specifically criticizing what Danesh perceived to be Bhashani's reluctance to agitate against the Ayub military regime.[7] Danesh's resignation was followed by the departure of many other leading NAP activists.[7]
In post-independence Bangladesh, Danesh formed the Jatiya Ganamukti Union (JGU) in 1973.[1] However, when all political parties except the ruling Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BAKSAL) of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were banned, he joined BAKSAL and became a member of the central committee.[1] He revived the JGU in 1976 but abolished it again in 1980 to form the Ganatantrik Party. This party was amalgamated with the Jatiya Party of the then-president Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1986.[1]
Death and legacy[edit | edit source]
Hajee Mohammad Danesh died on 28 June 1986, in Dhaka.[1] The Agricultural Extension Training Institute was renamed in his honor as the Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University.[citation needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Sarker, Mahfuzur Rahman (2012). "Danesh, Haji Mohammad". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sinha, Soumitra (2004). "The Quest for Modernity and the Bengali Muslims (1920-1947), part 2". The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies. 34: 82–83.
- ↑ Agrarian structure, movements and peasant organisations in India, Volume 1. V.V. Giri National Labour Institute. 2004. ISBN 978-81-7827-064-7.
- ↑ Umar, Badruddin (2004). The Emergence of Bangladesh: Class Struggles in East Pakistan (1947–1958). Oxford University Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-19-579571-7.
At the conference of political workers in January 1953 in which the Ganatantri Dal was formed, Hajee Danesh of Dinajpur, a veteran communist and peasant leader of Tebagha fame, became its president.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Badruddin Umar (2006). The Emergence of Bangladesh: Rise of Bengali nationalism, 1958–71, Volume 2. Oxford University Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-19-597908-4.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Narendra Kr. Singh (2003). Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. pp. 18–21. ISBN 978-81-261-1390-3.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Narendra Kr. Singh (2003). Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. pp. 46–49. ISBN 978-81-261-1390-3.