Ibrahim Chatuli
Ibrahim Ali Chatuli (Bengali: ইব্রাহীম আলী চতুলী; 1894–1984) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician and social reformer. He was the Education Minister of Assam Legislative Council,[1] and an elected Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly belonging to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind political party. His constituency joined the East Bengal Legislative Assembly after the Partition of India in 1947.[2][3][4]
Ibrahim Ali Chatuli | |
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ইব্রাহীম আলী চতুলী | |
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| Education Minister of Assam Legislative Council | |
| In office 1938–1941 | |
| Member of the Assam and later the East Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1946–1954 | |
| Preceded by | Moulvi Abdus Salam |
| Succeeded by | Mokbul Hossain |
| Constituency | Sylhet Sadar-N |
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| Born | 1894 |
| Died | 1984 (aged 89–90) Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Political party | Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind |
| Muslim leader | |
| Disciple of | Hussain Ahmed Madani |
Early life
Ibrahim Ali Chatuli was born in 1894, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Haratail in Barachatul Union, Kanaighat, Sylhet District. His father Munshi Abdul Karim was a scholar and poet. He studied at Jhingabari Alia Madrasa in Kanaighat, Ajiria Madrasa in Golapganj and Rampur Madrasa in India. He was a disciple of Hussain Ahmad Madani.[3][2]
Career
Ibrahim Chatuli was for a long time the Imam and Khatib of Sylhet Nayasarak Jame Mosque. In 1938 he was elected a Member of the British Parliament from Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind. After that he was the Education Minister of Assam Provincial Council. During the 1946 Indian provincial elections, he was elected as a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in the Sylhet Sadar-N constituency.[5] After the Sylhet referendum which incorporated the district into Pakistan, he became a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly.[4][6][7][8]
Was the general secretary of the then Ulema-e-Hind in the province of Assam, The undisputed leader of the anti-British movement (Indian independence movement), the Secretary General of the All India Students Federation.[3]
Death
Chatuli died in 1984.[3]
References
- সিলেটের তিনটি আসন পুনরুদ্ধারে তৎপর জমিয়ত. Ourislam24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- Md. Manibur Rahman (2019). বাংলার আলেম সংসদ সদস্য (১৯৩৭ -২০১৮) (in Bengali). Bangladesh: Ekattor Prokashoni. p. 270. ISBN 9789848094372.
- Muhammad Abdur Rahim (2019). কানাইঘাটের স্মরণীয় বরণীয় যাঁরা (in Bengali). Bangladesh: Pandulipi Prokashon. p. 128. ISBN 9789848031629.
- Syed Mostafa Kamal (19 August 2017). ১৯৪৭-এ সিলেটের সাড়ে তিন থানা হিন্দুস্তানে যাওয়ার রঙ্গমঞ্চের অন্তরালে. The Daily Sangram (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- "সিলেট-৫: একাল সেকাল". Sylhet Report (in Bengali). 28 December 2018.
- Kamal Uddiin Ahmed. Karimganjer Itihas. India. p. 252.
- Star of India, August 15, 1946. India.
- Atul Hye Shibly. India. p. 132.