Tafazzal Hossain Khan

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Tafazzal Hossain Khan
তোফাজ্জেল হোসেন খান
Member of Parliament
for Mymensingh-1
In office
2 April 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded byMd. Delwar Hossain
Succeeded byMd. Emdadul Haque
Personal details
Born(1920-10-21)21 October 1920
Haluaghat, Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died16 January 2022(2022-01-16) (aged 101)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Tafazzal Hossain Khan (known as T. H. Khan; 21 October 1920 – 16 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-1 constituency for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]

Life and career[edit]

Khan was born on 21 October 1920.[2] He was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.[3][4] He served as the president of Supreme Court Bar Association and the Nationalist Lawyers' Forum.[1]

Khan turned 100 in October 2020, and died from pneumonia in Dhaka on 16 January 2022, at the age of 101.[5] He was buried at Outi, his ancestral village in Haluaghat Upazila of Mymensingh District.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "SC's judicial functions suspended in honour of TH Khan". The Daily Star. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. "প্রবীণ আইনজীবী টি.এইচ.খানঃ বিচার ব্যবস্থা বিবর্তনের বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ সাক্ষী". BD Law News. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. Lal, Shiv (1989). Polities in South Asia: Afghanistan ; Bangladesh. Election Archives. p. 353. ISBN 9788170510659.
  5. "বিচারপতি টি এইচ খান মারা গেছেন". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2022.