Alimuddin Ahmad
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Alimuddin Ahmad | |
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| সৈয়দ আলীমুদ্দীন আহমদ | |
| Born | 1884 Dacca, Bengal Presidency |
| Died | 1920 (aged 35–36) Calcutta, British India |
| Movement | Anti-colonial independence movement |
Syed Alimuddin Ahmad (Bengali: সৈয়দ আলীমুদ্দীন আহমদ; 1884–1920), popularly known as Master Saheb (Bengali: মাস্টার সাহেব),[1] was a Bengali bodybuilder and wrestler. He participated in the anti-British independence movement as an underground activist and revolutionary as a part of the Dhaka Mukti Sangha organisation.[2][3] Ahmed rose to prominence after the organisation was absorbed into Subhas Chandra Bose's Bengal Volunteers during the mayorship of Chittaranjan Das in Calcutta.[4]
Syed Alimuddin Ahmad was born in 1884 to a Bengali Muslim family in Ashiq Jamadar Lane, Dhaka. His father, Syed Amiruddin, was a tailor by profession and owned a small tailoring shop. He and his siblings were educated in the local primary school and then at madrasas, which was why he was often referred to by the titles of Munshi or Moulvi by his comrades.[5] Ahmad then enrolled at Dhaka College. Following his father's death, he started working as a home tutor. Ahmad was a devout Sunni Muslim.[6]
