Mohammad Bayazeed Khan Panni
মোহাম্মদ বায়াজীদ খান পন্নী
Born11 March 1925
Karatia, Tangail, British Raj
Died16 January 2012(2012-01-16) (aged 86)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placeGorai Majar, Karatia, Tangail
Other namesSalim
Years active1995-2012
Notable workThe Lost Islam
SuccessorHossain Mohammad Salim
Spouses
Mariam Sattar
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(m. 1969; died 1996)​
    Khadiza Khatun
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    (m. 1999⁠–⁠2012)​
    Children4

    Bayazeed Khan Panni (Bengali: বায়াজীদ খান পন্নী; 1925–2012) was a Bangladeshi politician, homeopathic medicine practitioner, writer, and social reformer. He was a member of East Pakistan provincial assembly.

    Early life

    Panni was born on 11 March 1925 in the British Raj to the Karatia Zamindari family based in Tangail. He is the son of Mohammad Mehedi Ali Khan Panni and the grandson of Mohammed Haider Ali Khan Panni. His grandfather, the Jamindar of Dhanbari Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, was one of the founders of Dhaka University. He was imprisoned for an anti-British campaign.[1][2][3][4]

    His uncle, Nawabzada Mohammad Ali Chowdhury (Bogra), was the Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953–1955) and his cousin, Mohammad Khurram Khan Panni (KK Panni), was a member of the Legislative Assembly. He later served as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines.[5]

    Education

    Panni started his education at Rokayaya High Madrasah where he studied for two years. Having passed the matriculation examination from the Hafez Mahmud Ali Institution in 1942 (presently known as SSC), he was admitted in the Azizul Huq College at Bogra. After studying there for a year, he transferred to Islamia College (now Moulana Abul Kalam Azad College) in Kolkata, where he completed his secondary education.[6]

    During his studies at Islamia College in Kolkata, he joined the Anti-British Movement. He gained the fellowship of Mahatma Gandhi, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Aurobindo Ghosh, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maududi. During this time, he joined Allama Inayatullah Khan al-Mashriqi the Khaksar Movement. In the student position, he was nominated as East Bengal commander and 'Salar-e-Khas Hind' in this movement.[7]

    Career

    After the partition of the country, he returned to his village and started various business ventures. In the 1950s, he was attracted to homeopathy therapy and started practicing it in his village after obtaining a degree from Tangail Homeo Medical College in 1957.

    In 1963, after being elected Member of Parliament (MP) with flowers on hands Muhammad Bayazeed Khan Panni (second from left)

    In 1963, he stood for Parliament by-election from Tangail-Bashail constituency vacated by his cousin Khurram Khan Panni who was appointed as ambassador of Pakistan. He got elected as an independent candidate for the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. During his tenure, he became a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

    Organizational activities

    In 1995, he started a Movement for calling people to the real Islam, which he named Hezbut Tawheed (Party of Tawheed).[8]

    Death

    Panni died on 16 January 2012.[6]

    Literary works

    Bagh-ban-Banduk was a work inspired by his experiences hunting in various forests around the country.[9] The book was included in the syllabus of Class XII as rapid reading by the Education Board on the recommendation of Shaheed Munir Chowdhury who was the editor of the East wing of the Pakistan Writer's Guild. He also wrote articles in different newspapers on religion, politics and medicine.[7]

    Other books written by him

    • Islam er Prokrito Ruprekha (The Outline of the True Islam)
    • The Lost Islam (English language)[10]
    • Jehad, Ketal, Shontrash (Struggle, Armed Fight & Terrorism)
    • E Islam Islam-e Noy (This Islam is not Islam at all)

    References

    1. ↑ "Director of Taxation & Excise Vs. Mehdi Ali Khan Panni, 32 DLR (AD) (1980) 138 – The Lawyers & Jurists". www.lawyersnjurists.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
    2. ↑ Demon (19 April 2013). "Lonely Traveler: Tangail: Dhanbari Nawab Manzil(ধনবাড়ি নবাব মনজিল)". Lonely Traveler. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
    3. ↑ "East Pakistan v. Mehdi Ali Khan". www.uniset.ca. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
    4. ↑ "Panni, Wazed Ali Khan – Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
    5. ↑ "Mohammed Ali of Bogra". The Daily Star. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
    6. 1 2 "Home | হেযবুত তওহীদ". হেযবুত তওহীদ. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
    7. 1 2 "মাননীয় এমামুযযামান, The Leader of the Time জনাব মোহাম্মদ বায়াজীদ খান পন্নী | হেযবুত তওহীদ". হেযবুত তওহীদ. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
    8. ↑ "জঙ্গিবাদ ও সাম্প্রদায়িকতার বিরুদ্ধে ঐক্যের আহবানে ডিআরইউতে হেযবুত তওহীদের গোলটেবিল বৈঠক – Bangladesher patro (বাংলাদেশের পত্র)". Bangladesher patro (বাংলাদেশের পত্র). 13 November 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
    9. ↑ Mahmud, Iftekhar. "Cheetahs are endangered in Bangladesh". Prothomalo. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
    10. ↑ "The Lost Islam | হেযবুত তওহীদ". হেযবুত তওহীদ. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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