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Obaidullah Majumdar

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Obaidullah Majumdar
ওবায়দুল্লাহ মজুমদার
Minister of Health and Information, East Pakistan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1970–1971
GovernorAbdul Motaleb Malik
Preceded byRahimullah Choudhury
ConstituencyNE-145 (Noakhali-I)
Personal details
Born1927 (age 97–98)
South Satara, Noakhali District, Bengal Presidency
Political partyBangladesh Khilafat Andolan
Awami League
All-India Muslim League
EducationFeni College
Alma materOhio State University
University of Dacca
OccupationPolitician

Mohammad Obaidullah Majumdar (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ ওবায়দুল্লাহ মজুমদার; born 1927) is a Bangladeshi politician. He was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan representing East Pakistan in 1970.[1]

Early life and education

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Obaidullah was born in 1927 to a Bengali family of Muslim Majumdars in the village of South Satara in Chhagalnaiya, then part of the Noakhali District of the Bengal Presidency (now in Feni District, Bangladesh). He was a member of the All India Muslim Students Federation and participated in the Pakistan Movement. After studying at Chhagalnaiya High School and Feni College, he completed his postgraduate degree in political science from the University of Dacca in 1951. Later, under the Fulbright Program, he studied at Ohio State University in the United States.

Career

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From 1952 to 1964, he served as a professor at Feni College. Upon returning from Ohio, he taught at Momenshahi Cadet College and was appointed principal of Patiya Government College in 1966.[2]

He crossed over the international border to India on 26 March 1971 with Dr. Amir Hussain and Havildar Nooruddin at the start of the Bangladesh Liberation War and sought help of Border Security Force to establish a Mukti Bahini unit composed of officers of the East Pakistan Rifles.[3][4] He made contact with Major PK Ghosh of the Border Security Force.[3][5] However, after staying in Indian refugee camps for two months, he returned to East Pakistan in June.[6] During the war in September, he was appointed as the Minister of Health and Information in the Malik ministry of East Pakistan.[7]

After the appointment as provincial minister, he identified himself as a Pakistani nationalist and claimed that he had been forced to take refuge in India due to the circumstances following Operation Searchlight in March and returned to East Pakistan as soon as the opportunity arose, evading the eyes of the Indian Army and Border Security Force. He alleged that although most refugees wished to return to the province, they were prevented by Indian authorities.[6]

After the independence of Bangladesh, he became a central member of the Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Pakistan National Assembly (1972). Debates: Official Report (in Urdu). Manager of Publications.
  2. ^ "সংক্ষিপ্ত পরিচিতি". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 18 September 1971. p. 6.
  3. ^ a b "BSF helped form the first Mukti Bahini group 51 years ago along Tripura border | Law-Order". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ^ "The first Indian to fight in Bangladesh's Liberation War". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ^ "BSF salutes Major's role in Mukti Bahini formation and Bangla Liberation War". The Times of India. 18 April 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "অভিজ্ঞতা বর্ণনা". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 29 September 1971. p. 6.
  7. ^ Momen, M A (6 March 2021). "পাকিস্তানের বিখণ্ডীকরণ ঠেকাতে..." The Business Standard (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  8. ^ Mukul, M R Akhtar (2000). চরমপত্র (in Bengali). Anannya. p. 330.

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