Hatem Ali Jamadar

Jamadar attended the Gaurichanna Tenant Coneference in 1930, presided by Hashem Ali Khan, which protested in favour of tenant rights against zamindars. He was also a member of the District Khilafat Committee which supported the pro-Ottoman Khilafat Movement.^[3] The British Raj conferred the title of Khan Sahib on him in 1932.

In 1937, Jamadar contested in the Bengal legislative elections as a Krishak Praja Party candidate, and successfully defeated his rival Moulvi Azharuddin Ahmad of the All-India Muslim League. His constituency, Firozpur South,^[4] covered Mathbaria, Bhandaria, Kathalia, Bamna and Patharghata. Despite the party struggling to gain support at the 1946 elections as a result of the growing popularity of the Muslim League's Pakistan Movement, Jamadar preserved his Firozpur South seat against Aftabuddin Wakil of the Muslim League.^[5] He also won a seat in the East Bengal Provincial Assembly following the 1962 Basic Democracy elections.^[6]

Jamadar was the founder of Mathbaria Central Co-operative Bank.^[1] In 1968, he founded the Hatem Ali Girls Middle School to provide for the education of women in Mathbaria.^[7] He is also the founder of the K. M. Latif Institution.^[6]

Jamadar died on 8 March 1982.^[1]