A.K. Golam Jilani
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A. K. Golam Jilani | |
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| Born | 24 October 1904 |
| Died | 9 February 1932 (aged 27) |
| Resting place | Algichor, Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Political party | All Bengal Khilafat Committee All India Congress Committee (AICC) |
A. K. Golam Jilani (24 October 1904 – 9 February 1932) was a Bengali revolutionary of the Indian independence movement from the Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka in present-day Bangladesh.
A. K. Golam Jilani was born on 24 October 1904 in the Algichor village of the Nawabganj Upazila of the Dhaka district of British India (Present day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh). His father's name was Golam Muhammad Chowdhury, who was also a revolutionary against the British Raj. Golam Jilani was educated at the National School, where he completed his matriculation. He later went to Patna (capital of the Indian state of Bihar) and passed his B.A. there.
Indian independence movement
Golam Jilani got involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj and fought for the independence of India from Great Britain during his student life. He became the secretary of both All India Congress Committee (AICC) and All Bengal Khilafat Committee at the age of 27. Due to holding extreme anti-British sentiment he even refused to serve as the Deputy Magistrate under the British Government. In the Galimpur village, Golam Jilani and the revolutionary leader Asab Ali Beg called for a meeting where they invited the people to join the revolutionaries against the British Raj for the independence of India from Great Britain. Despite restrictions from the British Raj government, many meetings and conferences took place at Nawabganj for the Indian independence movement, for which many honorable leaders like Satish Chandra Dasgupta, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, Indra Narayan Dasgupta and Mahatma Gandhi visited Algichor to meet Golam Jilani.