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Madar Baksh (1905-1967) politician and social worker. He was born in a poor peasant family at village Sthapandighi under Singra
upazila of Natore. He passed BA examination from rajshahi college in 1926, obtained MA degree (History) from
Calcutta University in 1928 and received BL degree from Ripon College in 1929. He earned while he learnt and defrayed his educational expenses himself. He joined the Rajshahi Judge Court as an advocate in 1934.
Madar Baksh was elected a member of the Bengal Legislative
Assembly on muslim
league ticket in 1946 and was a member of the East Bengal Legislative
Assembly from 1947 to 1954. He was elected chairman of the Rajshahi Municipality
in 1950 and remained in this position till 1956. Under his care the Rajshahi
town witnessed development in various fields- educational, cultural and
also in respect of physical growth. He was one of those who took initiative
to establish the Rajshahi University. In recognition of his contributions
a residential hall of Rajshahi University and a road of Rajshahi town
have been named after him. The Madar Baksh Ideal School (1986) and the
Madar Baksh Home Economics Girls' College (1986) were also named after
him. He died of cancer on 20 January 1967. [SM Abdul Latif] |
