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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{about|the governor of East Pakistan|the Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician|Abdul Momen Khan}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Abdul Monem Khan
|native_name=আবদুল মোনেম খান<br>عبدالمنیم خان

|native_name_lang=bn
|image=Abdul Monem Khan.jpg
|caption=Khan at the foundation of [[Jhenaidah Cadet College]] (1963)
|office=Governor of [[East Pakistan]]
|term_start=28 October 1962
|term_end=23 March 1969
|predecessor=[[Ghulam Faruque Khan]]
|successor=[[Mirza Nurul Huda]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1899|7|28|df=y}}
|birth_place=Humayunpur, [[Bajitpur Upazila|Bajitpur]], [[Kishoreganj District|Kishoreganj]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|alma_mater= [[Dhaka College]]<br />[[University of Calcutta]]<br />[[University of Dhaka]]
|death_date={{death date and age|1971|10|13|1899|7|28|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]]
|resting_place=[[Banani Graveyard]]
|citizenship= [[Pakistan]]i
|occupation=Politician
}}
'''Abdul Monem Khan''' (28 July 1899 – 13 October 1971) was a Pakistani politician who was the longest serving governor of [[East Pakistan]] during 1962–1969.<ref name=martyr>{{Cite news |url=https://opinion.bdnews24.com/2017/01/15/monem-khan-collaborator-martyr/ |title=Monem Khan . . . collaborator 'martyr' |date=2017-01-15 |work=bdnews24.com |type=Opinion |access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Khan was born in Humayunpur village of [[Bajitpur Upazila]], [[Kishoreganj District|Kishoreganj]] to Kamar Ali Khan and Nasima Khatun. He studied in [[Mymensingh Zilla School]] graduating in 1916. He went on to [[Dhaka College]] and earned his bachelor of law degree from [[University of Calcutta]] in 1922. He got another law degree from the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1924.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |chapter=Khan, Abdul Monem |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Abdul_Monem |editor2-first=Muhammad |editor2-last=Salam}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 1927, Khan joined the Mymensingh District Bar. He was part of the [[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)|Muhammadan Sporting Club]] of [[Mymensingh]]. In 1930, he worked with [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] to carry out aid operations after a flood in [[North Bengal]]. In 1932, he became the assistant secretary of the Mymensingh Anjuman-i-Islamia. He became the founding secretary of Mymensingh branch of the [[All India Muslim League]] in 1935.<ref name=bpedia/>

From 1946 to 1954, he served as the chairman of the Mymensingh District School Board. He was elected a member of the East Pakistan Muslim League Working Committee in 1947. He also went on to become Counselor at the [[All Pakistan Muslim League]]. He was elected to the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]] and East Bengal Primary Education Board in 1948. He was appointed to the Bengal Defence Committee and the Provincial Armed Services Board in 1950.<ref name=bpedia/>

Khan lost in the [[1954 East Bengali legislative election]].<ref name= banga/> In 1962, he was elected uncontested a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]. He joined the cabinet led by President [[Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)|Ayub Khan]] becoming the Minister for Health, Labour and Social Welfare.<ref name=banga/> During his ministry, seven medical colleges were established in East Pakistan and [[MBBS]] condensed course for the [[Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery|LMF]] doctors was introduced and the [[Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research]] (now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University) was established.<ref name=banga/> After two months, on 28 October 1962, he was appointed as the governor of [[East Pakistan]].<ref name=banga/>

===Governor of East Pakistan===
Khan rendered services during the tidal wave of Chittagong in 1963 and again during the aftermath of the cyclone of 1965. He helped in the establishment of [[Jahangirnagar University]].<ref name=banga>{{cite web |url=http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414050508/http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51 |archive-date=2016-04-14 |access-date=2018-08-22 |publisher=Bangabhaban |title=Governors and Acting Governors of East Bengal/ East Pakistan 1947-1971 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 1967, he converted Dighapatia Palace into Dighapatia Governor's House.<ref name=uttara>{{Cite news |url=http://en.ntvbd.com/bangladesh/141881/Monem-Khan%E2%80%99s-nameplate-removed-from-Uttara-Ganabhaban |title=Monem Khan's nameplate removed from Uttara Ganabhaban |work=NTV |access-date=2018-08-23 |date=2017-07-15}}</ref>

Khan, while the governor of East Pakistan, remained loyal to the Ayub regime which made him unpopular to the people of East Pakistan.<ref name=bpedia/> Under the pressure of the [[1969 Mass uprising in East Pakistan|1969 mass student uprising]], he was removed and replaced by [[Mirza Nurul Huda]] as the new governor on 24 March 1969.<ref name=martyr/><ref>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |chapter=Huda, Mirza Nurul |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huda,_Mirza_Nurul |editor2-first=Muhammad |editor2-last=Salam}}</ref>

==Death and legacy==
In the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], Khan supported the Pakistan army.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2014/10/25/50650.php |title=The Bengalis who let us down in 1971 |work=The Daily Observer |access-date=2016-07-30}}</ref> On 13 October 1971, he was shot at his [[Banani Model Town|Banani]] residence by a [[Mukti Bahini]] member named Mozammel Hoque.<ref name=martyr/><ref name=mozammel>{{Cite news |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/bangladesh-news/east-pakistan-governor-monem-khan-was-murdered-on-the-gun-point-of-mozammel-haque-bng-dgtl-1.511377 |script-title=bn:মোনায়েমের হত্যাকারী দুঃসাহসী মোজাম্মেল হকের স্মৃতিচারণ |work=Anandabazar |date=2016-11-10 |access-date=2018-08-23 |language=bn}}</ref> Khan later died at [[Dhaka Medical College Hospital]].<ref name=bpedia/> Hoque later earned [[Bir Protik]] title for this act.<ref name=mozammel/>

In 1974, the [[Government of Bangladesh]] allotted a 5.11-[[acre]] land for Khan's family at Banani near [[Banani graveyard|Banani Graveyard]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/2641/protesters-demand-cancellation-of-monem-khans-house-allotment |title=Protesters demand cancellation of Monem Khan's house allotment |work=New Age |access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref> In November 2016, [[Dhaka North City Corporation]] demolished structures on a land in Banani occupied, as per the order of the then mayor [[Annisul Huq]], for over five decades by the family of Khan.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/monem-khan-familys-structures-demolished-1309309 |title=Monem Khan family's structures demolished |date=2016-11-04 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref>

In July 2016, during a raid by [[Dhaka Metropolitan Police]] in the Kalyanpur area of Dhaka, nine suspected militants were killed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/07/29/former-east-pakistan-governor-monem-khans-grandson-among-terrorists-killed-in-dhaka |title=Former East Pakistan governor Monem Khan's grandson among 'terrorists' killed in Dhaka |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref> Among them, Aqifuzzaman Khan, was identified as the grandson of Monem Khan.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/dhaka-raid-one-militants-ex-governor-monem-khans-grandson-1260883 |title=Dhaka raid: One of militants Monem Khan's grandson |date=2016-07-28 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref>

In January 2017, the [[Mymensingh District]] administration shut down a school, run by Nasreen Monem Khan, a daughter of Monem Khan.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/01/22/bangladesh-closing-down-school-that-dubbed-pro-pakistan-monem-khan-martyr |title=Bangladesh closing down school that dubbed pro-Pakistan Monem Khan 'martyr' |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2018-08-23 |date=2017-01-22}}</ref> It was established at his house at Notun Bazar Saheb Ali Road in Mymensingh town in 1996.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/monem-khan-martyr-1349509 |title=Monem Khan a martyr! |date=2017-01-23 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref>

In July 2017, Khan's nameplate was removed from Uttara Ganabhaban.<ref name=uttara/>

==References==
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