Moslem Ali Mollah
East Pakistan member of parliament
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Moslem Ali Mollah (Bengali: মোসলেম আলী মোল্লা) was a Bengali politician, jute merchant and philanthropist. He was a member of the 1st Bengal Legislative Assembly and the 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan.[1] Mollah contributed greatly to the independence movement against the British Raj.[2]
Amiruddin Ahmad
A. K. Fazlul Huq
Moslem Ali Mollah | |
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মোসলেম আলী মোল্লা | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1955–1958 | |
| President | Iskander Mirza |
| Prime Minister | A. K. Fazlul Huq Amiruddin Ahmad |
| Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1937–1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Khawaja Nazimuddin A. K. Fazlul Huq |
| Succeeded by | Madar Bux |
| Constituency | Rajshahi Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
Early life and family
Mollah was born into the Mollah clan of Jat Amrul in Atraighat (now Ahsanganj), a Bengali family of Muslim jotedars based in Atrai, Naogaon.[3] He was the son of Haji Aman Ullah Mollah. Mollah was the younger brother of zamindar-philanthropist Ahsan Ullah Mollah, a jute merchant who served as a representative of the Rally Brothers Company and as a member of the Bengal Legislative Council.[2][4]
Career
Mollah was one of the leaders of the Non-cooperation movement and Khilafat Movement across Naogaon subdivision.[2] He donated 10,000 rupees to Mahatma Gandhi.[5] Mollah was a founding member of the Rajshahi Muslim Society.[6] He was the president of the Atraighat Union Board, later renamed to Ahsanganj after his elder brother.[3]
Mollah won a seat at the Rajshahi Central constituency at the Bengal Legislative Assembly following the 1937 elections. He was a Member of the 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan from 1955 to 1958.[7]
