Muhammad Sohrab Hossain

Muhammad Sohrab Hossain (died 1998) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, from April 1972 to March 1973.[1] In the next term he was the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.

Muhammad Sohrab Hossain
Minister of Fisheries and Livestock
In office
April 1972 – March 1973
Minister of Public Works and Housing
In office
March 1973 – January 1975
Personal details
Born1922
Magura, India
Died26 January 1998
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Early life

Sohrab Hossain was born in Magura in 1922. Graduated in science with distinction from the University of Calcutta in 1946, briefly taught mathmetics at Jessore Zila School 1947–1948, then studied law at Dhaka University with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Mollah Jalaluddin.

Career

He started practicing as a lawyer at Magura Bar and established Magura Awami League in 1953-54 being its first general secretary, subsequently becoming the president of Magura Mohakuma and Jessore District Awami League and the agriculture secretary of East Pakistan Awami League. He was elected Member of Pakistan National Assembly in 1962 and 1970. He was instrumental in the movement against Ayub Khan both in and outside Pakistan Parliament in the '60s and led the Southern East Pakistan against the Pakistani Military Junta and was one of the founder fathers of Bangladesh. He was appointed Forest, Fisheries, Livestock, and then Public Works Urban Development and Housing Minister in 1972 until 1975. During the famine of 1974 he was given the additional responsibility of the Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation and successfully averted the famine.

Death

He suffered from alzheimer's disease and died in January 1998 at the age of 77. He is survived by his seven sons and one daughter. He was buried in his hometown of Magura.

References
  1. Rahman, Syedur (27 April 2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 305. ISBN 9780810874534. Retrieved 9 October 2016.


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