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{{short description|Politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Abdus Sabur Khan
|image = Abdus Sabur Khan.jpg
|office =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1908|10|10|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Fakirhat, [[Bagerhat]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]])
|death_date = {{death date and age|1982|1|25|1908|10|10|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
| party = [[Muslim League (Qayyum)|Muslim League - Qayyum]] (until 1971) <br> [[Bangladesh Muslim League]] (1976-1982)
|nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]
|alma_mater =
|awards =
|known_for=
|occupation = Politician
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'''Abdus Sabur Khan''' or '''Khan A Sabur''' (10 October 1908{{spaced en dash}}25 January 1982) was a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer from [[Khulna]]. He served as a minister in the government of Ayub Khan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2014/10/25/50650.php |title=The Bengalis who let us down in 1971 |website=The Daily Observer |access-date=2016-03-07}}</ref> During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], Khan stood in favor of Pakistan and later listed as a [[Razakar]] from [[Khulna]] according to the released list of Bangladesh government. <ref>{{cite news |last=Haider |first=A. Z. M. |date=10 December 1999 |title=Nearly four decades in journalism - Stormy days of trials & tribulations-V |newspaper=The Independent |location=Dhaka |via=Factiva |quote="[In June 1962] In East Pakistan, Mohammed Ali of Bogra, Abdus Sabur Khan of Khulna, Wahiduzzaman of Faridpur, Monem Khan of Mymensingh, Fazlul Qader Chowdhury of Chittagong and the like lined up to extend their unstinted support to Ayub."}}</ref> He was also a key perpetrator in the [[1964 East Pakistan riots]].

== Early life ==
Khan was born on 10 October 1908 in Khulna, British Raj. Nazmul Hossain Khan a lawyer was his father. He studied in Khulna Zila School and Calcutta City College.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Abdus_Sabur|title=Khan, Abdus Sabur - Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref>

== Career ==
Khan joined the [[Krishak Sramik Party|Krishak Praja Party]] in 1937. He later joined the Bengal Provincial Muslim League went on to become its joint secretary in 1938. As a candidate from the Muslim League he was elected to Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was elected to Pakistan National Assembly in 1962. He was the minister of Communication in the [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan's]] cabinet.<ref name=":0" /> He was later a member of the [[Muslim League (Qayyum)]] and contested in the [[1970 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-12-07|title=Partners in the genocide|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/partners-the-genocide-183616|access-date=2021-05-20|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] he sided with the [[Pakistan Army]] against Bangladeshi independence. He was arrested in 1972 after Bangladesh was liberated. However he was later released because of a general amnesty under the [[Collaborators Act 1972]]. In 1976, he established the [[Bangladesh Muslim League]] and was elected to parliament in 1979 from three constituencies in [[Khulna]].

==Death==
Khan died on 25 January 1982. He remained a bachelor his whole life and donated all his property to a public welfare trust.

==References==
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[[Category:People from Khulna]]
[[Category:Krishak Sramik Party politicians]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965]]

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