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[[Colonel|Col.]] (retd.) '''Shawkat Ali''' (27 January 1937{{spnd}}16 November 2020)<ref name=bio /> was a Bangladeshi politician who served as a [[List of Speakers of the Jatiya Sangsad|deputy speaker]] of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]]. He was a member of the [[Awami League]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=Biography Deputy Speaker|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/biography_deputyspeaker.pdf|website=Bangladesh Parliament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823073046/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/biography_deputyspeaker.pdf|archive-date=23 August 2011|access-date=23 September | [[Colonel|Col.]] (retd.) '''Shawkat Ali''' (27 January 1937{{spnd}}16 November 2020)<ref name=bio /> was a Bangladeshi politician who served as a [[List of Speakers of the Jatiya Sangsad|deputy speaker]] of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]]. He was a member of the [[Awami League]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=Biography Deputy Speaker|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/biography_deputyspeaker.pdf|website=Bangladesh Parliament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823073046/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/biography_deputyspeaker.pdf|archive-date=23 August 2011|access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> He was one of the accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case and a freedom fighter in the Liberation War of Bangladesh. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Ali was born in [[Shariatpur]], [[British India]] (now in Bangladesh), to Munshi Mobarak and Maleka Begum. He was the eldest son among nine children. | Ali was born in [[Shariatpur]], [[British India]] (now in Bangladesh), to Munshi Mobarak and Maleka Begum. He was the eldest son among nine children. Shawkat completed his [[LL.B.]] from Comilla Law College under the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1958 before he joined the [[Pakistan Army]] as a [[commissioned officer]] the following year.<ref name=bio /> | ||
=== Agartala Conspiracy Case === | === Agartala Conspiracy Case === | ||
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Ali was a [[captain (armed forces)|captain]] in 1968 when he was ''Accused No. 26'' of the 35 implicated in the [[Agartala Conspiracy Case]] as a conspirator to secede [[East Pakistan]] from Pakistan.<ref name=bp>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Agartala_Conspiracy_Case}}</ref> Initially, he was supposed to be tried before a [[court-martial]], but the [[Government of Pakistan]] felt they would benefit more from a civil trial.<ref name=bp /> The charges were dropped the next year amidst public protest;<ref name=bp /> Ali was still forced to retire in 1969.<ref name=bio /> | Ali was a [[captain (armed forces)|captain]] in 1968 when he was ''Accused No. 26'' of the 35 implicated in the [[Agartala Conspiracy Case]] as a conspirator to secede [[East Pakistan]] from Pakistan.<ref name=bp>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Agartala_Conspiracy_Case}}</ref> Initially, he was supposed to be tried before a [[court-martial]], but the [[Government of Pakistan]] felt they would benefit more from a civil trial.<ref name=bp /> The charges were dropped the next year amidst public protest;<ref name=bp /> Ali was still forced to retire in 1969.<ref name=bio /> | ||
Although it was largely thought that the case was only meant to frame [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and others,<ref name=bp /> in 2010, and on the anniversary of the withdrawal of the case on 22 February 2011, Ali confessed to the Parliament at a point of order that the charges read out to them were accurate, stating that they formed a ''Shangram Parishad'' (action committee) under Rahman for the sedition and secession of East Pakistan.<ref name=true>{{cite news |title='Agartala conspiracy case was not false'|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=188118&cid=2|access-date=2 September 2011|work=bdnews24.com|date=23 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319055449/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=188118&cid=2|archive-date=19 March | Although it was largely thought that the case was only meant to frame [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and others,<ref name=bp /> in 2010, and on the anniversary of the withdrawal of the case on 22 February 2011, Ali confessed to the Parliament at a point of order that the charges read out to them were accurate, stating that they formed a ''Shangram Parishad'' (action committee) under Rahman for the sedition and secession of East Pakistan.<ref name=true>{{cite news |title='Agartala conspiracy case was not false'|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=188118&cid=2|access-date=2 September 2011|work=bdnews24.com|date=23 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319055449/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=188118&cid=2|archive-date=19 March 2022}}</ref><ref name=true2>{{cite news|title=Textbook 'incorrectly' describes Agartala Case: Shawkat|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=142345|access-date=2 September 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=12 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
== Time in the Bangladesh Army == | == Time in the Bangladesh Army == | ||
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Ali was elected to parliament in the [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]], [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]], [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]], [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] and [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] general elections.<ref name=bio /><ref name=sp /> During his time in office, he has served in various parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Ministry of Shipping and Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions as their chairman between 1996 and 2001.<ref name=bio /> He was also a lawyer registered under the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh|Supreme Court]].<ref name=sp /> | Ali was elected to parliament in the [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]], [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]], [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]], [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] and [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] general elections.<ref name=bio /><ref name=sp /> During his time in office, he has served in various parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Ministry of Shipping and Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions as their chairman between 1996 and 2001.<ref name=bio /> He was also a lawyer registered under the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh|Supreme Court]].<ref name=sp /> | ||
Ali was selected the [[List of Speakers of the Jatiya Sangsad| | Ali was selected the [[List of Speakers of the Jatiya Sangsad|Deputy Speaker]] of the ninth parliament on 25 January 2009, following a landslide [[Awami League]] victory.<ref name=sp>{{cite news|title=Hold ruling party accountable|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=72956|access-date=23 September 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=26 January 2022}}</ref> When Speaker [[Abdul Hamid (politician)|Abdul Hamid]] was acting President and later elected President, Ali was Acting Speaker of National Parliament. | ||
During his time as the | During his time as the Deputy Speaker, Ali chaired many sessions of the parliament when the Speaker [[Abdul Hamid (politician)|Abdul Hamid]] was absent.<ref name=chair1>{{cite news |title=Power outages to continue until Nov|url=http://bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=197821|access-date=23 September 2011|work=bdnews24.com|date=7 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071618/http://bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=197821|archive-date=2 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=chair2>{{cite news |last1=Mahbub|first1=Sumon |last2=Chowdhury|first2=Moinul Haque |title=55 amendments proposed in report|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=199716&cid=2|access-date=23 September 2011|work=bdnews24.com|date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071425/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=199716&cid=2|archive-date=2 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=chair3>{{cite news |title=EC planning to put EVM in place: info minister |url=http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=204125&cid=3|access-date=23 September 2011|work=bdnews24.com|date=23 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071624/http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=204125&cid=3|archive-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> | ||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
Ali authored two books, one in English and the other in Bangla, both about the Agartala Conspiracy Case.<ref name=bio /> | Ali authored two books, one in English and the other in Bangla, both about the Agartala Conspiracy Case.<ref name=bio /> He was married and had two sons, Firoze Shawkat Ali, Khaled Shawkat Ali, and a daughter, Marina Shawkat Ali.<ref name="bio" /> | ||
== Death == | == Death == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:24, 9 December 2022
Shawkat Ali | |
|---|---|
শওকত আলী | |
 Ali in 2012 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| In office 25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui |
| Succeeded by | Fazle Rabbi Miah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 January 1937 Dighirpar, Naria, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 16 November 2020 (aged 83) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Awami League |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Profession | Army officer, politician |
| Military service | |
| Years of service |
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| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Director of Ordnance Services |
| Battles/wars | Bangladesh Liberation War |
Col. (retd.) Shawkat Ali (27 January 1937 – 16 November 2020)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician who served as a deputy speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad. He was a member of the Awami League.[1] He was one of the accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case and a freedom fighter in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Ali was born in Shariatpur, British India (now in Bangladesh), to Munshi Mobarak and Maleka Begum. He was the eldest son among nine children. Shawkat completed his LL.B. from Comilla Law College under the University of Dhaka in 1958 before he joined the Pakistan Army as a commissioned officer the following year.[1]
Agartala Conspiracy Case[edit | edit source]
Ali was a captain in 1968 when he was Accused No. 26 of the 35 implicated in the Agartala Conspiracy Case as a conspirator to secede East Pakistan from Pakistan.[2] Initially, he was supposed to be tried before a court-martial, but the Government of Pakistan felt they would benefit more from a civil trial.[2] The charges were dropped the next year amidst public protest;[2] Ali was still forced to retire in 1969.[1]
Although it was largely thought that the case was only meant to frame Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and others,[2] in 2010, and on the anniversary of the withdrawal of the case on 22 February 2011, Ali confessed to the Parliament at a point of order that the charges read out to them were accurate, stating that they formed a Shangram Parishad (action committee) under Rahman for the sedition and secession of East Pakistan.[3][4]
Time in the Bangladesh Army[edit | edit source]
After Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan and the war broke out, Ali was reinstated into the army after the formation of the Bangladesh Forces in 1971 to fight the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1] He was forced to retire the second time when he was a colonel in 1975 working as the Director of Ordnance Services following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, since he was close to Mujib.[1]
Political career[edit | edit source]
Ali was elected to parliament in the 1979, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2008 general elections.[1][5] During his time in office, he has served in various parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Ministry of Shipping and Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions as their chairman between 1996 and 2001.[1] He was also a lawyer registered under the Supreme Court.[5]
Ali was selected the Deputy Speaker of the ninth parliament on 25 January 2009, following a landslide Awami League victory.[5] When Speaker Abdul Hamid was acting President and later elected President, Ali was Acting Speaker of National Parliament.
During his time as the Deputy Speaker, Ali chaired many sessions of the parliament when the Speaker Abdul Hamid was absent.[6][7][8]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Ali authored two books, one in English and the other in Bangla, both about the Agartala Conspiracy Case.[1] He was married and had two sons, Firoze Shawkat Ali, Khaled Shawkat Ali, and a daughter, Marina Shawkat Ali.[1]
Death[edit | edit source]
Ali died on 16 November 2020 at the age of 83.[9][10][11]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Biography Deputy Speaker" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Agartala Conspiracy Case". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "'Agartala conspiracy case was not false'". bdnews24.com. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 19 March 2012 suggested (help) - ↑ "Textbook 'incorrectly' describes Agartala Case: Shawkat". The Daily Star. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Hold ruling party accountable". The Daily Star. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ↑ "Power outages to continue until Nov". bdnews24.com. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2 April 2012 suggested (help) - ↑ Mahbub, Sumon; Chowdhury, Moinul Haque (29 June 2011). "55 amendments proposed in report". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2 April 2012 suggested (help) - ↑ "EC planning to put EVM in place: info minister". bdnews24.com. 23 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2 April 2012 suggested (help) - ↑ "Col (retd) Shawkat Ali, one of the accused in Agartala Conspiracy Case, no more". The Daily Star. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ সাবেক ডেপুটি স্পিকার শওকত আলী আর নেই. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ সাবেক ডেপুটি স্পিকার শওকত আলী আর নেই. bdview24.com (in Bengali). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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