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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician and journalist}}
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| name = Ahmadul Kabir
| honorific_suffix = Manu Miah
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|2|3}}
| birth_place = [[Ghorashal]], [[Palash Upazila|Palash]], [[Narsingdi District|Narsingdi]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
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| death_place = Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| party = [[National Awami Party]], Independent, [[Communist Party of Bangladesh]]
| title = Member of [[Jatiya Sangsad]] ([[Narsingdi-2|Dhaka-25/Narsingdi-2]])
| term = 1979-1988
| predecessor = Mosleh Uddin Ahmed
| successor = [[Delwar Hossain Khan]]
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| spouse = Laila Rahman Kabir
| children = Nihad Kabir, Altamash Kabir, Ardashir Kabir
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'''Ahmadul Kabir''' ({{lang-bn|আহমেদুল কবির}}), also known as '''Manu Miah''' ({{lang-bn|মনু মিঞা}}), was a Bangladeshi politician and journalist. He was the founding General Secretary of the Ganatantri Party and part of the [[Independent University, Bangladesh]]'s Governing and Trustee Board.

==Early life==
Kabir was born on 3 February 1923 in [[Ghorashal]], [[Palash Upazila]], [[Narsingdi District]], [[East Bengal]], [[British India]]. He belonged to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of [[zamindar]]s, and his father was Abu Yusuf Lutful Kabir Fenu Miah and mother was Sufia Khatun.

Kabir enrolled at the [[University of Dhaka]] where he studied economics. He served as the Sports Secretary for the [[Salimullah Muslim Hall|Salimullah Muslim Hall Students' Union]] from 1942 to 1943. In 1945, he was elected to be the vice-president of the [[Dhaka University Central Students' Union]].<ref name="ka">{{cite Banglapedia|author=Mohanta, Sambaru Chandra|article=Kabir, Ahmadul}}</ref>

==Career==
Kabir worked at the [[Reserve Bank of India]] after completing his education. After the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, he served as the head of East Pakistan Foreign Exchange Department. He resigned from government service in January 1954 to start his business. He was a founding director of [[Eastern Mercantile Bank]]. He also founded [[IFIC Bank]], [[Bengal Beverage Company]], Essential Industries, and a bottling plant of Vita Cola.<ref name="ka" />

Kabir worked at [[The Sangbad]] from its start in 1951. He was elected to the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]] in 1965 as a [[National Awami Party]] candidate, and supported autonomy for [[East Pakistan]]; writing about it in the Sangbad. He was arrested after the start of [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and the publication of the newspaper was stopped after the office was burnt down by the authorities. The publication resumed after the [[independence of Bangladesh]] and he became its editor on 9 January 1972.<ref name="ka" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Assembly |first1=East Pakistan (Pakistan) |title=Assembly Proceedings; Official Report |date=1971 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7h4dAAAAIAAJ&q=Ahmadul+Kabir |language=en}}</ref>

Kabir was independently elected to the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in 1979 for the Dhaka-25 constituency. He was re-elected in 1986 for the same constituency (renamed to [[Narsingdi-2]]), again as an independent candidate. He served as the treasurer of Krishak Samiti. In 1990, he became the founding president and founding general secretary of the [[Ganatanri Party]]. Kabir was also the chairman of [[Commonwealth Press Union]]'s Bangladesh unit, which led to him travelling across the world to places such as [[Glasgow]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[The Bahamas]].<ref name="ka" />

==Death and legacy==
Kabir died on 24 November 2003 in Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. He left behind a wife, Laila Rahman Kabir, a daughter, Nihad Kabir and two sons, Altamash Kabir and Ardashir Kabir. His residence has become a popular tourist site.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.poriborton.news/post/40338/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE|title=মনু মিয়ার জমিদার বাড়ি, নরসিংদী|language=bn|trans-title=Manu Miya's Zamindar Residence, Narsingdi|date=15 March 2017|author=Burhanur Rahman|website=Paribartan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/132677/a-palace-of-narsingdi|website=Daily Asian Age|title=Monu Mia Zamindar Bari: A palace of Narsingdi|date=28 July 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1923 births]]
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[[Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:3rd Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Communist Party of Bangladesh politicians]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi journalists]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi businesspeople]]
[[Category:20th-century Pakistani businesspeople]]
[[Category:20th-century journalists]]
[[Category:People from Palash Upazila]]

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