Shahed Ali Patwary

Shahed Ali Patwary (Bengali শহীদ আলী পাটোয়ারী; 1899–1958) was a lawyer and prominent politician. He was elected as member of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. In 1955 he was elected as Deputy Speaker. On 23 September 1958, he announced that an Awamy League motion declaring the speaker to be of 'unsound mind' had been carried. This led to pandemonium in the East Pakistan Assembly which turned into a battlefield. The members fought and grappled with one another and one of them hurled a paper weight which caught the poor deputy speaker Shahid ali in his head. He was injured and died two days later.[1]

Shahed Ali started his political career in 1929 when he joined the Krishak Praja Party headed by Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq.[2]

References

Rafiq Zakaria Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong? 2004 - Page 150 "The Assembly reconvened, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Speaker, Shahid Ali. But as soon as it ... And the Deputy Speaker who tried to control the situation was hit badly and he succumbed to his injuries and passed away four days later "
Arabia: the Islamic world review - Issues 50-61 -1985 Page 28 "The historical Jagannath Hall was the venue of the first East Pakistan Legislative Assembly meeting. It was in this hall that the presiding deputy speaker Shahed Ali Patwary was killed in September 1958."

Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Ali, Shahed1". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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[1] Rafiq Zakaria Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong? 2004 - Page 150 "The Assembly reconvened, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Speaker, Shahid Ali. But as soon as it ... And the Deputy Speaker who tried to control the situation was hit badly and he succumbed to his injuries and passed away four days later "

[2] Arabia: the Islamic world review - Issues 50-61 -1985 Page 28 "The historical Jagannath Hall was the venue of the first East Pakistan Legislative Assembly meeting. It was in this hall that the presiding deputy speaker Shahed Ali Patwary was killed in September 1958."