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{{short description|First Home Minister of Bangladesh (1971-1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
| native_name = আবুল হাসনাত মোহাম্মদ কামারুজ্জামান
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = A.H.M. Qamaruzzaman.png
| caption = A.H.M. Qamaruzzaman
| office = [[Minister of Industries (Bangladesh)|Minister of Industries]]
| term_start = 25 January 1975
| term_end = 15 August 1975
| predecessor = [[Syed Nazrul Islam]]
| successor = [[Sultan Mahmud (officer)|Sultan Mahmud]]
| primeminister = [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]]
| office1 = 5th [[Awami League#President and general secretary of the AL, 1949–present|President of Bangladesh Awami League]]
| 1blankname1 = General Secretary
| 1namedata1 = [[Zillur Rahman]]
| predecessor1 = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
| successor1 = [[Syeda Zohra Tajuddin]]
| term_start1 = 18 January 1974
| term_end1 = 24 February 1975
| office2 = Member of [[Jatiya Sangsad]]
| term_start2 = 7 April 1973
| constituency2 = Rajshahi
| term_end2 = 18 January 1974
| predecessor2 = ''Constituency established''
| successor2 =
| office3 = 1st [[Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Minister of Home Affairs]] <small>(in exile)</small>
| president3 = {{ubl|Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Syed Nazrul Islam (acting)}}
| term_start3 = 10 April 1971
| term_end3 = 12 January 1972
| primeminister3 = [[Tajuddin Ahmed]]
| predecessor3 = ''Office established''
| successor3 = [[Abdul Mannan (politician, born 1929)|Abdul Mannan]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|06|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Natore]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|11|3|1926|06|26|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Old Dhaka Central Jail|Dacca Central Jail]], [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| occupation = Politician, minister
| party = [[Awami League]]
| children = [[A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton]]
| awards = [[Independence Award]]
}}

'''Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman'''{{efn|{{langx|bn|আবুল হাসনাত মোহাম্মদ কামারুজ্জামান}}}} (26 June 1926 – 3 November 1975)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-03 |title=What we lost on November 3, 1975 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/tribute/what-we-lost-november-3-1975-1485592 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi politician, government minister, and one of the founding leaders of Bangladesh. While serving as the Home Minister to [[Mujibnagar Government]], Qamaruzzaman was murdered along with [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]], and [[Tajuddin Ahmed]] in the [[Jail Killing Day|jail killings]] in [[Dhaka Central Jail]] on 3 November 1975 by a group of army officers on the instruction of President [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad|Mostaq]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Mamoon |first=Muntassir |year=2012 |chapter=Qamaruzzaman, Abul Hasnat Mohammad |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Qamaruzzaman,_Abul_Hasnat_Mohammad |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Qamaruzzaman was born on 26 June 1926 in the city of [[Bagatipara Upazila]], [[Natore]], [[Bengal]] (now in Bangladesh). He obtained degrees in economics from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1946, and a law degree from the [[Rajshahi University]] in 1956. He began practising after his induction into the [[Rajshahi District]] bar association. As a student, Qamaruzzaman became active in the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] and worked for the [[Pakistan movement]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

== Political career ==
Qamaruzzaman joined the [[Awami League]] in 1956. He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in 1962, 1965, and again in 1970. He rose to national party leadership posts in the late 1960s. During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], Qamaruzzaman served as the minister of relief and rehabilitation in the provisional government of Bangladesh formed at [[Mujibnagar]]. After the creation of Bangladesh, he won election to the national parliament from Rajshahi in 1973. He resigned on 18 January 1974 to serve as president of the Awami League. In 1975, Qamaruzzaman was appointed minister of industries and a member of the executive committee of [[BAKSAL]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering the Four Leaders |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/remembering-the-four-leaders/ |work=The Daily Star |date=8 November 2013 |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-date=21 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621172711/http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/remembering-the-four-leaders/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Death and legacy ==
After the [[assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] on 15 August 1975, Qamaruzzaman was arrested by the regime of the new president, [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]], and imprisoned in the Dhaka Central Jail with [[Tajuddin Ahmed]], [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], and [[Mansur Ali]]. These four senior Awami League politicians were killed on 3 November 1975, by army officers who were responsible for Mujib's death.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Manik |first1=Julfikar Ali |title=Freed of stigma, nation mourns |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=150794 |work=The Daily Star |date=15 August 2010 |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713174111/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=150794 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Qamaruzzaman's son, [[A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton]], is an Awami League politician and the mayor of [[Rajshahi|Rajshahi City]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/als-liton-leads-bnp-s-bulbul-by-huge-margin-in-rajshahi-mayor-race |title=AL's Liton beats Bulbul of BNP in Rajshahi mayor race by huge margin |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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Oantree at 05:58, 25 November 2025