Dewan Mohammad Idris

Dewan Mohammad Idris served as chairman of Ashulia Union and Yarpur Union in what is now Savar Upazila for 45 years, from 1943 to 1988.^[1]

In 1965, he participated in the provincial assembly elections from Savar-Dhamrai constituency. In 1969, he led with former minister Captain Abdul Halim to repeal the anti-farmer sunset law (the government would take ownership of land if rent was not paid within a specified time). He participated in the provincial assembly elections in 1970 as a candidate for Nap Mozaffar, contesting from the Savar seat with the hut symbol.^{[citation needed]}

Dewan Mohammad Idris conducted and trained camps for freedom fighters in Jirabo and Ashulia in 1971.^{[citation needed]}

In the first parliamentary election of 1973, he contested as the candidate of Nap Mozaffar in the first parliamentary election of Bangladesh in the Savar constituency.^{[citation needed]}

Idris was elected to parliament from Dhaka-20 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.^[2]

Dewan Mohammad Idris died of a heart attack on 10 February 1990 at Jirabo village of Ashulia police station in Savar upazila.^{[citation needed]}

Idris's son, Dr Dewan Md. Salauddin, was elected to parliament from Dhaka-12 in 1996 and 2001 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. After the election commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes, he contested the 2018 general election from Dhaka-19.^[3]