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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Other uses|Abd al-Haqq}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Hoque
| native_name = আব্দুল হক
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = Member of the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]]
| term_start = 1970
| term_end = 16 December 1971
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai]]
| constituency = [[NE-128 (Sylhet-IX)]]
| birth_date = 1930
| birth_place = [[Chhatak Upazila|Chhatak]], [[Sunamganj District|Sunamganj]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|12|19|1930}}
| death_place = [[Sylhet Sadar Upazila|Tuker Bazar]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet district]], [[Bangladesh]]
| resting_place = Bagbari Cemetery, [[Sylhet]]
| party = [[Awami League]]
| education = [[Government Jubilee High School]]<br>[[Sunamganj College]]<br>[[University of Dhaka]]
| relatives = [[Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai]] (brother)
}}
'''Abdul Hoque''' ({{lang-bn|আব্দুল হক}}; 1930–1971) was a [[Bangladeshi]] politician, lawyer and teacher. He was elected as an [[Awami League]] candidate at the [[1970 Pakistani general election]], although the assembly was not inaugurated. He participated as a freedom fighter during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref name="sun">{{cite web|language=bn|title=জননেতা আব্দুল হক: যাকে ভুলা যায় না|url=https://sunamganjerkhobor.com/%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a6%b9%e0%a6%95-%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%ad%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b2/|access-date=2022-05-09|work=Sunamganjer Khobor}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Abdul Hoque was born in 1930, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the village of Bhatgaon in [[Chhatak Upazila|Chhatak]] (then under [[Sylhet district]], [[British Raj]]). He was the eldest of the three sons of [[Moulvi]] Abdul Wahid and Mahebun Nesa. His younger brother, [[Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai]], was a three-time member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]].<ref name="kal">{{cite web|date=25 March 2019|language=bn|title=অবশেষে স্থানান্তর হচ্ছে এমএনএ আব্দুল হকের সমাধিস্থল|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2019/03/25/751104|access-date=2022-05-09|work=[[Kaler Kantho]]}}</ref>

In 1951, Abdul Hoque passed his matriculation from the [[Government Jubilee High School]] in [[Sunamganj]]. Abdul Hoque enrolled at the [[Sunamganj College]] from where he completed his [[Intermediate of Arts]]. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Laws]] from the [[University of Dhaka]]. During his studies in Dhaka, he was elected as the G.S. of [[Salimullah Muslim Hall]].<ref name="kal"/>

==Career==
Abdul Hoque began his career as a lawyer in the [[Dhaka High Court]]. He then became a teacher at the [[West End High School (Dhaka, Bangladesh)|West End High School]] until 1968.<ref name="kal"/><ref name="sun"/>

===Political career===
Abdul Hoque first entered politics during the [[Bengali Language Movement]] of 1952, where he is credited for assembling the Sunamganj Student Society in favour of the Bengali language. During the [[1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Abdul Hoque became an activist for the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]]. He was imprisoned the following year for thirteen months.<ref name="sun"/><ref name="kal"/>

During the [[1970 Pakistani general election]], Abdul Hoque ran as an [[Awami League]] candidate from the [[NE-128 (Sylhet-IX)]] constituency which covered the [[thana]]s of [[Chhatak Upazila|Chhatak]] (which then included both [[Dowarabazar Upazila|Dowarabazar]] and [[Companiganj Upazila, Sylhet|Companiganj]]) and [[Jagannathpur Upazila|Jagannathpur]]. He was successful in this election and set to become a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/GE%2007-12-1970.pdf|website=[[Government of Pakistan]]|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225095947/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/GE%2007-12-1970.pdf|title=Notification}}</ref> but the assembly was not inaugurated as it was protested by West Pakistani party leaders who did not want an Awami League government. The events eventually led to the [[Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence]] on 26 March 1971 by [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]. On the same night, a meeting was held involving the senior politicians of Sunamganj subdivision at the home of [[D. M. H Obaidur Raza Chowdhury|Dewan Obaidur Raja Chowdhury]]. The [[All-Parties Independent Bengal Council]] was formed by Chowdhury as a result of the meeting, and its members included [[Abdus Samad Azad]], Abdul Hoque, [[Suranjit Sengupta]], [[Abdur Raees]], [[Abduz Zahur]], [[Shamsu Mia Chowdhury]], Awami League leader [[Husayn Bakht]], [[National Awami Party|NAP]] leader [[Ali Yunus]], Abdul Quddus and [[Alfatuddin Ahmad]]. Among Abdul Hoque's activities during the war was serving as a Civil Adviser of [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War#List of sectors and subsectors|Sector Five]] and the Chief Co-ordinator of the Chhatak-Jagananthpur-[[Derai Upazila|Derai]] area.<ref name="sun"/><ref name="kal"/>

==Death==
Three days after the Bangladeshi victory, Abdul Hoque died in a road accident at the Sylhet-Sunamganj road on 19 December 1971. The accident occurred in [[Sylhet Sadar Upazila|Tuker Bazar]] on his way back to Sunamganj in a private car from a Sangram Committee meeting at the [[Sylhet Circuit House]]. Alongside him was [[Bir Protik]] Idris Ali who survived the accident. Some of Abdul Hoque's demanded that he be buried in [[Chhatak]] town. His [[janaza]] was performed the next day, and was attended by Bangladesh Armed Forces founder [[M. A. G. Osmani]], Comrade Manik Mia, Mudarris Ali BA, Shafiqul Hoque, MCA Shamsu Mia Chowdhury, Abdul Wadud, Commander Abdus Salam, Angur Mia Chowdhury, Mudarris Mia Chowdhury, Taimus Raja, Muqit Chowdhury, Moyna Mia, Shamsher Ali, Lutfur Rahman Pradhan, Accha Mia, Amir Ali Badshah and others. He was then buried in the Bagbari cemetery of [[Sylhet]] city.<ref name="sun"/><ref name="kal"/>

==Legacy==
In 1972, the Abdul Hoque Memorial Degree College was established in [[Govindaganj]], Chhatak. Through the efforts of politician [[Mohibur Rahman Manik]], a memorial was made at Banshtala, the headquarters of [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War#List of sectors and subsectors|Liberation Sector Five]], and the area was renamed to Hoqnagar (City of Hoque) in 1996. The Hoqnagar-Banshtala area has now become a tourist attraction due to the presence of the memorial and more work is being done there.<ref name="sun"/><ref name="kal"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]

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