ASM Solomon

A.S.M. Solomon
এ এস এম সোলায়মান
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dhaka-30
In office
18 February 1979 – 12 February 1982
LeaderShah Azizur Rahman
Preceded byAKM Samsuzzoha
Succeeded byposition abolished
East Pakistan Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare Minister
In office
30 September 1971 – 14 December 1971
GovernorAbdul Motaleb Malik
AdministratorA. A. K. Niazi
Preceded byFazlul Bari
Succeeded byposition abolished
Member of the Pakistan Parliament
for NE-44 Dacca-VI
In office
1965–1969
LeaderDewan Abdul Basith
Preceded byBenajir Ahmed
Succeeded byAKM Samsuzzoha
President of Krishak Sramik Party
In office
1969–1997
Preceded byA. K. Fazlul Haq
Succeeded byM. A. Latif Mazumder
Personal details
Born(1926-01-25)25 January 1926
Died4 December 1997(1997-12-04) (aged 71)
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PartyKSP (1946–1997)
Other political
affiliations
  • NDF (1992–1997)
  • IUF (1984–1992)
  • BGF (1979–1984)

ASM Solomon (Bengali: এ এস এম সোলায়মান) was a Member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of East Pakistan. Later he became a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a member of parliament for Dhaka-30.

Biography

Solomon born on 25 January 1926. He acquired honors from the University of Dhaka.[1] He started his political career in 1946. In 1954, he became joint secretary of the Krishak Sramik Party.[2] After that, he was elected as party's general-secretary in 1956. From the same year, he worked as editor of a weekly newspaper named "Awaaz" for four years.[1] In 1965, he was elected a member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan representing Dacca-VI[3] and became vice president of the All-Pakistan Labour Confederation.[1] He worked as chief whip of Pakistan National Assembly from 1965 to 1969.[2] After 1966, he was offered to lead the Bangladesh Liberation Movement by secessionist organisation Nucleus.[4] In 1971, he was the president of the Krishak Sramik Party.[5] He opposed independence of Bangladesh and supported Pakistan during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[6] He became a member of East Pakistan Central Peace Committee.[7] On 17 September 1971, he was made Labor and Social Welfare Minister of East Pakistan.[8][9] After the independence of Bangladesh, the government of Bangladesh arrested him on 24 December 1971 for helping Pakistani government during war.[10] He was released on 30 November 1973, when the government declared a general amnesty for detained cabinet members.[11] Solomon was elected to parliament from Dhaka-30 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979 election.[12] Around 1984, he was leader of Islamic United Front, a political alliance.[13] After 1996, Solaiman became the chairman of National Democratic Alliance, established in 1992. He died on 4 December 1997 at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka. It was decided to bury him in Mirpur martyred intellectuals graveyard.[2] But Muktijoddha Sangsad, Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and Projonmo '71 opposed the decision as he was against the independence of Bangladesh.[14] Later Solaiman was buried in Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District. He had two wives and four children.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c "সংক্ষিপ্ত পরিচিতি". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 18 September 1971. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c "এ এস এম সোলায়মানের ইন্তেকাল". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 5 December 1997. pp. 15–16.
  3. ^ "প্রদেশে আসনওয়ারী ফলাফল". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 22 March 1965. p. 12.
  4. ^ Ahmad, Mohiuddin (4 June 2019). "সিরাজুল আলম খান এবং স্বাধীনতার নিউক্লিয়াস". Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
  5. ^ "Bhutto, Sulaiman hold closed door meeting". Pakistan Affairs. Vol. 24, no. 21. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. APP. 9 June 1971. p. 4.
  6. ^ "ভারতীয় ষড়যন্ত্রকে নস্যাৎ করার জন্যে সোলায়মানের আহবান". Purbadesh (in Bengali). 16 May 1971.
  7. ^ Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Peace Committee". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  8. ^ বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (in Bengali). Vol. VII. p. 656.
  9. ^ Ishtiaq, Ahmad (17 September 2021). "১৭ সেপ্টেম্বর ১৯৭১: ১০ সদস্যের প্রাদেশিক মন্ত্রিসভা ঘোষণা". The Daily Star (in Bengali).
  10. ^ Ishtiaq, Ahmad (24 December 2021). "২৪ ডিসেম্বর ১৯৭১: সাবেক গভর্নর ডা. এ এম মালিকসহ মন্ত্রিসভার সদস্যরা আটক". The Daily Star (in Bengali).
  11. ^ একাত্তরের ঘাতক ও দালালরা কে কোথায় (in Bengali). Muktijuddho Chetona Bikash Kendro. 1992 [1987]. p. 21.
  12. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  13. ^ Khan, Elahi Newaz (30 November 1984). "ইসলামী দলসমূহের অন্তর্বিরোধ". Bichitra (in Bengali).
  14. ^ "সোলায়মানকে শহীদ বুদ্ধিজীবী কবরস্থানে দাফনের প্রতিবাদ". The Sangbad (in Bengali). 5 December 1997.
  15. ^ "সাবেক মন্ত্রী এ এস এম সোলায়মানের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ". Daily Rudrabarta (in Bengali). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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