Serajul Alam Khan

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Serajul Alam Khan
File:সিরাজুল আলম খান .jpg
General Secretary of Bangladesh Chatra League
In office
1965–1967
Succeeded byAbdur Razzak
Personal details
Born(1941-01-06)6 January 1941
Begumganj, Noakhali
NationalityBritish Indian (1941–1947)
Pakistani (1947–1971)
Bangladeshi (1971–present)
Political partyAwami League (1961–1972)
JASAD (1972-1996)
Other political
affiliations
Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad (1961-?)
WebsiteSerajulAlamKhan.com

Serajul Alam Khan ("Dada") is a Bangladeshi political analyst, philosopher and writer. He is one of the founders of Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad (English: Independent Bangladesh Students Movement Council), a secret organisation of Chhatra League, which played a significant role in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1]

Biography[edit]

Alam Khan served as the general secretary of the student political organization East Pakistan Chhatra League from 1963 to 1965.[2][3]

Soon after returning to free the country from dissension within pro-liberation mainstream power base, Serajul became conspicuous between left-of-center leadership and simmering far left young radicals.[4] Khan was involved in a political struggle with Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani.[5] Alam Khan developed an ideological difference from Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, due to the former's advocacy of scientific socialism, thus forming the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal.[6] In 1975, Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani urged him to join BaKSAL, but he refused.[7]

Current activities[edit]

Alam Khan now serves as a professor of political science in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, a post he has held since 1996. In 2006, he was hospitalized in London and underwent a bypass operation.[8]

References[edit]

  1. "The NUCLEUS issue : ABDUR RAZZAK in Tritiomatra". Youtube. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. বিগত কমিটি সমূহ [Past Committees]. Bangladesh Chhatra League (in Bengali).
  3. "Serajul Alam Khan improves, tests negative for COVID-19". New Age. 17 January 2021.
  4. "Democracy In Bangladesh: Reality Vs. Utopia". EBangladesh. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. Sofa, Ahmad (16 April 2015) [Excerpt of book first published 1993]. "JSD: Sofa's sentimental evaluation". Probe. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. Hossain, Kazi Mobarak (13 March 2016). "Hasanul Haq Inu's JaSoD splits as he names Shirin general secretary". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  7. Hossain, M. Sanjeeb (3 November 2012). "Know your friends and foes". Bdnews24.com (Opinion). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  8. "Sirajul Alam Khan hospitalised". The Daily Star. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

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