T. Ali

T. Ali
টি আলী
Federal Minister of Pakistan
In office
7 December 1953 – 4 October 1954
Governor-generalMalik Ghulam Muhammad
PortfolioCommerce
Preceded byFazlur Rahman
Succeeded byAbul Hassan Ispahani
Provincial Minister of East Pakistan
In office
15 September 1948 – 6 December 1953
Governor
PortfolioFinance, Revenue and Agriculture
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
BornMd. Tafazzal Ali
1 July 1906
Died13 December 1988(1988-12-13) (aged 82)
Resting placeBanani graveyard
PartyPML
Other political
affiliations
AIML (1937–1947)
RelationsReza Ali (son)
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
ProfessionLawyer

Md. Tafazzal Ali, commonly known as T. Ali (1906–1988), was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, who was federal minister of Pakistan as a member of Ministry of Talents and provincial minister of East Pakistan as a member of Amin ministry.

Biography

Ali was born in 1 July 1906 in Kasba, Tippera District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India.[1][2] He acquired his Bachelor of Arts degree from Islamia College, Calcutta. After obtaining his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Calcutta in 1933, Ali started his career as a lawyer of Calcutta High Court. In 1936, he became a member of the Tippera District Board.[2]

He was elected from the Tippera North-East constituency in the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election, becoming a member and deputy speaker of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[3][1] After 1947, he became a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly.[4] In 1948, he was appointed as provincial minister for revenue in East Pakistan.[5] Later, he was given the provincial portfolios of finance and agriculture.[1] In 1953, he was appointed as federal minister for commerce in Pakistan.[6]

In 1955, he was appointed as ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt for a year.[7][1] He was elected president of the East Pakistan High Court Bar Association in 1962 and Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association in 1975.[8][1] Ali died on 13 December 1988 at Bangkok Hospital, Thailand.[1] Politician Reza Ali[7] and military personnel Major Sadek Ali were his sons.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "টি আলীর ইন্তেকাল". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 14 December 1988. pp. 1, 2.
  2. ^ a b Reed, Stanley (1950). The India and Pakistan Year Book and Who's Who. Vol. 36. Bennet, Coleman & Co., Ltd. p. 791.
  3. ^ "Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings on Partition of Bengal (The 20th June 1947) Volume LXXII Issue IV" (Document). West Bengal Legislative Assembly. 2002 [1947]. p. V, VIII.
  4. ^ প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব. Burichang Upazila (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
  5. ^ পূর্ব্ববঙ্গের নূতন মন্ত্রিসভা বিভিন্ন দপ্তর বণ্টন. Jugantar Patrika (in Bengali). 17 September 1948. p. 6.
  6. ^ "পাকিস্তান মন্ত্রিসভার সম্প্রসারণ সমাপ্ত". The Azad (in Bengali). 8 December 1953. p. 1.
  7. ^ a b সাবেক এমপি ও বিটপী'র প্রতিষ্ঠাতা রেজা আলী মারা গেছেন. Ekattor TV (in Bengali). 13 February 2023.
  8. ^ "SCBA | SCBA Presidents". scba.org.bd. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ মেজর (অব.) সাদেক আলীর মৃত্যুতে ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া সমিতি ঢাকা'র শোক. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 7 March 2023.