Tafazzal Hossain Khan

Tafazzal Hossain Khan (known as T. H. Khan; 21 October 1920 – 16 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-1 constituency for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]

Tafazzal Hossain Khan
তোফাজ্জেল হোসেন খান
Member of Parliament
for Mymensingh-1
In office
2 April 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded byMd. Delwar Hossain
Succeeded byMd. Emdadul Haque
Personal details
Born(1920-10-21)21 October 1920
Haluaghat, Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
Died16 January 2022(2022-01-16) (aged 101)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Life and career

Khan was born on 21 October 1920[2] in Haluaghat Upazila of Mymensingh district.[3][4] He passed Matriculation from Phulpur High School in Mymensingh and Intermediate from Ananda Mohan College. He completed a law degree at Dhaka University.[5]

Khan was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.[6][7] He served as the president of Supreme Court Bar Association and the Nationalist Lawyers' Forum.[1]

Khan was married to Raushan Ara Jobaida Khanam.[8] They had three sons and one daughter.[5] Their eldest son Afzal H. Khan was also elected to parliament. Jobaida died in 2011 at the age of 69.[8]

Khan turned 100 in October 2020, and died from pneumonia in Dhaka on 16 January 2022, at the age of 101.[9] He was buried at Outi, his ancestral village in Haluaghat Upazila of Mymensingh District.[1]

References
  1. "SC's judicial functions suspended in honour of TH Khan". The Daily Star. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. প্রবীণ আইনজীবী টি.এইচ.খানঃ বিচার ব্যবস্থা বিবর্তনের বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ সাক্ষী [Veteran Lawyer TH Khan: Veteran Witness to the Evolution of the Judiciary] (in Bengali). BD Law News. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. আজ বিচারপতি টি এইচ খানের জন্মদিন [Today is Justice TH Khan's birthday]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. বিচারপতি টি এইচ খানের জন্মদিন পালিত [Justice TH Khan's birthday was celebrated]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. Azhar, Mahmoud (27 January 2016). পঁচানব্বই বছরেও তারুণ্যে টি এইচ খান. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. Lal, Shiv (1989). Polities in South Asia: Afghanistan ; Bangladesh. Election Archives. p. 353. ISBN 9788170510659.
  8. টি এইচ খানের স্ত্রী জোবায়দা মারা গেছেন [TH Khan's wife Jobaida has died]. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 17 May 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  9. বিচারপতি টি এইচ খান মারা গেছেন [Justice TH Khan is dead]. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2022.


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