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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | {{Short description|Indian Bengali politician (1918–1965)}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Shamsul Haq | | name = Shamsul Haq | ||
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| image = Shamsul Haque.jpg | | image = Shamsul Haque.jpg | ||
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| successor = | | successor = | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|02|01|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|02|01|df=y}} | ||
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| known = Politician | | known = Politician | ||
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| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League|Muslim League]] later [[Awami League]] | | party = [[Pakistan Muslim League|Muslim League]] later [[Awami League]] | ||
| spouse = Late Afia Khatun | | spouse = Late Afia Khatun | ||
| children = | | children = | ||
| citizenship = | | citizenship = | ||
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| website = | | website = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''Shamsul Huq''' ( | '''Shamsul Huq''' (1918–1965) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] politician who led a parliamentary committee in the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]] to advocate for the recognition of the [[Bengali language]] during the [[Bengali Language Movement|Language movement]] of the 1950s.<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book |last=Helal |first=Bashir Al |year=2012 |chapter=Language Movement |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Language_Movement |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]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033428/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Language_Movement |archivedate=7 March 2022}}</ref> He was also the first and third general secretary of the [[Awami League]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albd.org/autoalbd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=569&Itemid=1 |title=Bangladesh Awami League, a pioneer in practicing democracy within party |date=23 July 2009 |website=Bangladesh Awami League |accessdate=31 October 2022}}</ref> which played a key role in Bengali nationalist movement in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rashiduzzaman |first=M. |year=1970 |title=The Awami League in the Political Development of Pakistan |journal=Asian Survey |volume=10 |issue=7 |pages=574–587 |jstor=2642956 |doi=10.2307/2642956}}</ref> | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
The [[Awami League]] was formed on 23 June 1949 and Huq became its first general secretary, and [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]] became its first president.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |author=Bhashani Foundation |date=2010 |title=Searching for Bhasani Citizen of the World: The Life and Times of (Earnest) Mozlum Leader Maulana Bhasani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |pages=142– |isbn=978-1-4535-7313-6 |access-date=13 March | The [[Awami League]] was formed on 23 June 1949 and Huq became its first general secretary, and [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]] became its first president.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |author=Bhashani Foundation |date=2010 |title=Searching for Bhasani Citizen of the World: The Life and Times of (Earnest) Mozlum Leader Maulana Bhasani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |pages=142– |isbn=978-1-4535-7313-6 |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2022}} He wrote a pamphlet on this occasion titled "''Main Demands.''" The pamphlet reads | ||
{{ | {{blockquote|The East Pakistan Muslim League member's convention believes that, like all the events of every century, of every country, Lahore Resolution has also made history... But even though Pakistan is an Islamic state, it is not a Muslim state, or a state made only for Muslims and nor does be wished to be influenced by Anti-Islamic imperialist, Capitalist nor by self centered government. In the view of Islam, Allah is not for Muslims but He is the God of the entire humanity- irrespective of nation, religion and color. Rabb is Allah's greatest identity. And as Rabb the ''Rububuiyat'' or lordship is our first and most important duty.<ref name=":0" />}} | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Haq was married to Afia Khatun (later Afia Dil). Afia Khatun's childhood friend was Begum Jahanara Khan wife of [[Yar Mohammad Khan]] who was a founder ( | Haq was married to Afia Khatun (later Afia Dil). Afia Khatun's childhood friend was Begum Jahanara Khan wife of [[Yar Mohammad Khan]] who was a founder (treasurer) of the Awami League and the founder (publisher) of ''[[The Daily Ittefaq]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.untoldfacts.com/bangladesh/bhashani-to-jalil-continuum-of-vengeance/ |title=Bhashani to Jalil: Continuum of Vengeance |website=Untold Facts |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619065017/http://www.untoldfacts.com/bangladesh/bhashani-to-jalil-continuum-of-vengeance/ |archivedate=19 June 2010 |accessdate=16 July 2022}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=July 2022}} She currently lives and works in the United States. She has authored a book – ''Bengali Language Movement and the Creation of Bangladesh'' (2011) – with her husband Anwar S. Dil.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dil |first1=Afia |last2=Dil |first2=Anwar S. |year=2011 |title=Bengali Language Movement and Creation of Bangladesh |volume=8 |series=Contributions to Bangladesh studies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_2TZwEACAAJ |location=Bangladesh |publisher=Intercultural Forum |isbn=978-984-20-0170-3 |accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:1965 deaths]] | [[Category:1965 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:People from Tangail District]] | [[Category:People from Tangail District]] | ||
[[Category:Awami League politicians]] | [[Category:Awami League politicians]] | ||
[[Category:General Secretaries of Awami League]] | |||
[[Category:Pakistani politicians]] | [[Category:Pakistani politicians]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]] | [[Category:20th-century Bengalis]] | ||