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T. Ali
টি আলী
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Federal Minister of Pakistan
In office
7 December 1953 – 4 October 1954
Governor-generalMalik Ghulam Muhammad
PortfolioCommerce
Preceded byFazlur Rahman
Succeeded byAbul Hassan Ispahani
Provincial Minister of East Pakistan
In office
15 September 1948 – 6 December 1953
Governor
PortfolioFinance, Revenue and Agriculture
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born
Md. Tafazzal Ali

1 July 1906
Tipperah District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India
Died13 December 1988(1988-12-13) (aged 82)
Bangkok Hospital, Thailand
Resting placeBanani graveyard
Political partyPML
RelationsReza Ali (son)
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
ProfessionLawyer

Md. Tafazzal Ali, commonly known as T. Ali (1906–1988), was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, who was federal minister of Pakistan as a member of Ministry of Talents and provincial minister of East Pakistan as a member of Amin ministry.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Ali was born in 1 July 1906 in Kasba, Tippera District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India.[1][2] He acquired his Bachelor of Arts degree from Islamia College, Calcutta. After obtaining his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Calcutta in 1933, Ali started his career as a lawyer of Calcutta High Court. In 1936, he became a member of the Tippera District Board.[2]

He was elected from the Tippera North-East constituency in the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election, becoming a member and deputy speaker of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[3][1] After 1947, he became a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly.[4] In 1948, he was appointed as provincial minister for revenue in East Pakistan.[5] Later, he was given the provincial portfolios of finance and agriculture.[1] In 1953, he was appointed as federal minister for commerce in Pakistan.[6]

In 1955, he was appointed as ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt for a year.[7][1] He was elected president of the East Pakistan High Court Bar Association in 1962 and Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association in 1975.[8][1] Ali died on 13 December 1988 at Bangkok Hospital, Thailand.[1] Politician Reza Ali[7] and military personnel Major Sadek Ali were his sons.[9]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "টি আলীর ইন্তেকাল". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 14 December 1988. pp. 1, 2.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Reed, Stanley (1950). The India and Pakistan Year Book and Who's Who. Vol. 36. Bennet, Coleman & Co., Ltd. p. 791.
  3. "Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings on Partition of Bengal (The 20th June 1947) Volume LXXII Issue IV". West Bengal Legislative Assembly. 2002 [1947]: V, VIII. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব. Burichang Upazila (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
  5. পূর্ব্ববঙ্গের নূতন মন্ত্রিসভা বিভিন্ন দপ্তর বণ্টন. Jugantar Patrika (in Bengali). 17 September 1948. p. 6.
  6. "পাকিস্তান মন্ত্রিসভার সম্প্রসারণ সমাপ্ত". The Azad (in Bengali). 8 December 1953. p. 1.
  7. 7.0 7.1 সাবেক এমপি ও বিটপী'র প্রতিষ্ঠাতা রেজা আলী মারা গেছেন. Ekattor TV (in Bengali). 13 February 2023.
  8. "SCBA | SCBA Presidents". scba.org.bd. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. মেজর (অব.) সাদেক আলীর মৃত্যুতে ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া সমিতি ঢাকা'র শোক. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 7 March 2023.