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Tajuddin Ahmad (Bengali: [ˈʈaːdʒudːin ˈaɦmɔd]; Bengali: তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ; 23 July 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bengali statesman. He led the Provisional Government of Bangladesh as its Prime Minister during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, for which he is regarded as one of the most instrumental figures in the birth of Bangladesh.
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Bangataj Tajuddin Ahmad | |
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তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ | |
1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh | |
In office 17 April 1971 – 12 January 1972 | |
President | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Syed Nazrul Islam (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 11 January 1972 – 26 October 1974 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
Preceded by | M. Mansur Ali |
Succeeded by | ? |
Personal details | |
Born | Tajuddin Ahmad Khan[lower-alpha 1] (1925-07-23)23 July 1925 Dardaria, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kapasia, Bangladesh) |
Died | 3 November 1975(1975-11-03) (aged 50) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Manner of death | Assassination |
Political party | Awami League (1949–1975) |
Other political affiliations | All-India Muslim League (Before 1949) |
Spouse | Syeda Zohra Tajuddin |
Children |
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Alma mater | Dhaka College University of Dhaka |
Tajuddin started as a youth Muslim League worker, in British India. He belonged to the Dhaka-based pro-democracy, secular Muslim League faction who broke with Muslim League's reactionary party line after the partition of India and birth of Pakistan. As a member of the short-lived youth organization Jubo League, he actively participated in the Language Movement in 1952. In 1953, he joined Awami Muslim League (later Awami League), a dissident offshoot of Muslim League. The following year, he got elected as member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. As a close confidante, he assisted Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in revitalizing Awami League into a secular political party, during Ayub Khan's martial law regime in the late 1960s.
As the General Secretary of Awami League from 1966, Tajuddin coordinated the party during the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s, suffering imprisonment on several occasions. Drawing inspiration from some early sources, He formulated the early draft of the historic six-points demand that would eventually lead to the birth of Bangladesh. He coordinated Awami League's election campaign for the 1970 Pakistani general election, in which the League gained a historic parliamentary majority. He also coordinated the non-cooperation movement of March 1971 precipitated by President Yahya Khan's delay in transferring power to the elected legislators. Tajuddin was among the Sheikh Mujib delegation in the Mujib-Yahya talks to settle the constitutional disputes between East and West Pakistan and transfer power to the elected National Assembly.
Following the Pakistani army crackdown on the Bangladeshi population on 25 March 1971, Tajudddin escaped to India. In the absence of Sheikh Mujib, he took the initiative to set up the provisional government of Bangladesh in 1971. He headed the provisional government, operating in exile in India, as its Prime Minister. As the Prime Minister of the provisional government, he coordinated among various bodies.
In the independent Bangladesh, Tajuddin served as the Minister of Finance and Planning in the Sheikh Mujib cabinet from 1972 to 1974. He was also member of the committee for drafting the Constitution of Bangladesh. He resigned from the cabinet in 1974 and left to live a quiet life. He refused to join the one-party system, called BAKSAL, introduced by Sheikh Mujib in 1975.
Following Sheikh Mujib's assassination in a coup d'état, Tajuddin was arrested and assassinated on 3 November 1975 along with three other senior Awami League leaders in prison.