Tafazzal_Hossain_Khan

Tafazzal Hossain Khan

Tafazzal Hossain Khan

Bangladeshi politician (1920–2022)

Tafazzal Hossain Khan (known as T. H. Khan; 21 October 1920 – 16 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-1 constituency for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-1, Preceded by ...

Life and career

Khan was born on 21 October 1920[2] in Haluaghat Upazila of Mymensingh district.[3][4] He passed Matriculation from Phulpur High School in Mymensingh and Intermediate from Ananda Mohan College. He completed a law degree at Dhaka University.[5]

Khan was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.[6][7] He served as the president of Supreme Court Bar Association and the Nationalist Lawyers' Forum.[1]

Khan was married to Raushan Ara Jobaida Khanam.[8] They had three sons and one daughter.[5] Their eldest son Afzal H. Khan was also elected to parliament. Jobaida died in 2011 at the age of 69.[8]

Khan turned 100 in October 2020, and died from pneumonia in Dhaka on 16 January 2022, at the age of 101.[9] He was buried at Outi, his ancestral village in Haluaghat Upazila of Mymensingh District.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "SC's judicial functions suspended in honour of TH Khan". The Daily Star. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    প্রবীণ আইনজীবী টি.এইচ.খানঃ বিচার ব্যবস্থা বিবর্তনের বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ সাক্ষী [Veteran Lawyer TH Khan: Veteran Witness to the Evolution of the Judiciary] (in Bengali). BD Law News. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    আজ বিচারপতি টি এইচ খানের জন্মদিন [Today is Justice TH Khan's birthday]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    বিচারপতি টি এইচ খানের জন্মদিন পালিত [Justice TH Khan's birthday was celebrated]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    Azhar, Mahmoud (27 January 2016). পঁচানব্বই বছরেও তারুণ্যে টি এইচ খান. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. [7]
    Lal, Shiv (1989). Polities in South Asia: Afghanistan; Bangladesh. Election Archives. p. 353. ISBN 9788170510659.
  8. [8]
    টি এইচ খানের স্ত্রী জোবায়দা মারা গেছেন [TH Khan's wife Jobaida has died]. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 17 May 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  9. [9]
    বিচারপতি টি এইচ খান মারা গেছেন [Justice TH Khan is dead]. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2022.


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