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Serajul Alam Khan
File:সিরাজুল আলম খান .jpg
General Secretary of Bangladesh Chatra League
In office
1965–1967
Succeeded byAbdur Razzak
Personal details
Born(1941-01-06)6 January 1941
Begumganj, Noakhali
NationalityBritish Indian (1941–1947)
Pakistani (1947–1971)
Bangladeshi (1971–present)
Political partyAwami League (1961–1972)
JASAD (1972-1996)
Other political
affiliations
Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad (1961-?)
WebsiteSerajulAlamKhan.com

Serajul Alam Khan ("Dada") is a Bangladeshi political analyst, philosopher and writer. He is one of the founders of Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad (English: Independent Bangladesh Students Movement Council), a secret organisation of Chhatra League, which played a significant role in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Alam Khan served as the general secretary of the student political organization East Pakistan Chhatra League from 1963 to 1965.[2][3]

Soon after returning to free the country from dissension within pro-liberation mainstream power base, Serajul became conspicuous between left-of-center leadership and simmering far left young radicals.[4] Khan was involved in a political struggle with Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani.[5] Alam Khan developed an ideological difference from Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, due to the former's advocacy of scientific socialism, thus forming the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal.[6] In 1975, Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani urged him to join BaKSAL, but he refused.[7]

Current activities[edit | edit source]

Alam Khan now serves as a professor of political science in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, a post he has held since 1996. In 2006, he was hospitalized in London and underwent a bypass operation.[8]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "The NUCLEUS issue : ABDUR RAZZAK in Tritiomatra". Youtube. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ↑ বিগত কমিটি সমূহ [Past Committees]. Bangladesh Chhatra League (in Bengali).
  3. ↑ "Serajul Alam Khan improves, tests negative for COVID-19". New Age. 17 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Democracy In Bangladesh: Reality Vs. Utopia". EBangladesh. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Sofa, Ahmad (16 April 2015) [Excerpt of book first published 1993]. "JSD: Sofa's sentimental evaluation". Probe. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Hossain, Kazi Mobarak (13 March 2016). "Hasanul Haq Inu's JaSoD splits as he names Shirin general secretary". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Hossain, M. Sanjeeb (3 November 2012). "Know your friends and foes". Bdnews24.com (Opinion). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sirajul Alam Khan hospitalised". The Daily Star. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

Further reading[edit | edit source]