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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Bengali politician and Chief Minister of East Pakistan (1894-1969)}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Abu Hussain Sarkar<br />
|image = Abu Hosain Sarkar.jpg<br />
|office1 = [[Chief Minister of East Pakistan]]<br />
|governor1 = [[Iskander Mirza]]<br/>[[Muhammad Shahabuddin]]<br />
|term_start1 = 20 June 1955<br />
|term_end1 = 30 August 1956<br />
|predecessor1 = [[A. K. Fazlul Huq|Fazlul Huq]]<br />
|successor1 = [[Ataur Rahman Khan]]<br />
|birth_date = 1894<br />
|birth_place = [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1969|04|17|1894|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan<br />
|party = [[Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Abu Hussain Sarkar''' (1894 – 17 April 1969) was a Bengali politician and the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly#List of Chief Ministers|fourth chief minister of East Pakistan]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sarkar was born in 1894 in [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]]. He was involved in the [[Swadeshi movement]] and was arrested on 1911.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Abu_Hossain|title=Sarkar, Abu Hossain - Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|access-date=2016-04-14}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Sarkar started his law practice in the Rangpur [[Bar (law)|bar]]. He joined the Indian congress which he left over differences. In 1935 [[A K Fazlul Huq]]'s [[Krishak Praja Party]] in 1935. In 1937 he was elected to the Bengal Constituent Assembly. He played an important role in the formation of [[Krishak Sramik Party]] in 1953. In 1953 Sarkar was elected to the East Bengal Provincial Assembly from the United Front. In 1955 he held the post of minister of health in the government of [[Chaudhry Muhammad Ali]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In June 1955, Sarkar was elected the chief minister of East Bengal. His government made 21 February as Shaheed Dibash and a public holiday. He started the construction of [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Central Shaheed Minar]]. As chief minister he also established the [[Bangla Academy]]. He resigned on 30 August 1956 over inflation of food grains and subsequent food shortages.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNh0TAXqOKQC|title=Broken Milestones|last=Murshed|first=Manzur|date=2005-08-30|publisher=FLF Press|isbn=9781891855696|page=275|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVSh_TyJ0YoC|title=Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib|last=Sengupta|first=Nitish K.|date=2011-01-01|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=9780143416784|page=516|language=en}}</ref><br />
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From 1956 to 1958, Sarkar was the president of the Krishak Sramik Party and the leader of the opposition party. He played an important role in the formation of [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]] led by [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]]. He campaigned for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Sarkar died on 17 April 1969 in [[Dhaka]] in the then [[East Pakistan]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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