| Rasul, Abdur (1872-1917)
nationalist leader and lawyer. Abdur Rasul was born in 1872 in a landed
family of Guniauk, a village in Brahmanbaria district. He lost his father
Golam Rasul in his childhood but his mother raised him well. He was sent
to England for higher studies after he had passed the Entrance Examination
in 1888. He took the BA degree in 1896 and the MA degree in 1898. Abdur
Rasul was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1898. While in London,
he became acquainted with noted Indians like Ali Imam, Syed Hasan Imam,
aurobindo
ghosh and others. Returning to India he got himself enrolled
at the Calcutta High Court in 1899. Abdur Rasul was made an honorary lecturer
in International Law at the university
of calcutta.
Abdur Rasul was opposed to the partition
of bengal, 1905. He presided over the Bengal Congress
Conference held at Barisal in 1906. In collaboration with abdul
halim ghaznavi, Abul Kashem and mujibur
rahman khan he published the Weekly Mussalman
in 1906. In 1909 Abdur Rasul joined the Bengal Provincial muslim
league and in 1912 presided over the Bengal Provincial
Conference at Chittagong. He attended the annual session of the
All India Muslim League at Lucknow and presided over the annual
session of the Bengal Presidency Muslim League at Burdwan.
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Abdur Rasul |
He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council from
the Muslim Constituency of Chittagong division. In 1917 Abdur Rasul was
elected the secretary of the Bengal Presidency Muslim League but he died
in the same year at the early age of 45.
[Golam Kibria Bhuiyan]
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