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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dewan Farid Gazi
| office = Member of Bangladesh Parliament
| term_start =
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|3|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Devapara, Nabiganj, Habiganj District, Assam, British Raj.
| death_date = {{date of death and age|2010|11|19|1924|3|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
| resting_place = [[Shah Jalal Dargah|Shah Jalal Dargah Cemetery]]
| father = Dewan Muhammad Hamid Gazi
| party = [[Awami League]]
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| mainwidth =
| image = Dewan Farid Gazi.jpg
| children = [[Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz]]
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'''Dewan Farid Gazi''' ({{lang-bn|দেওয়ান ফরিদ গাজী}}; 1 March 1924– 19 November 2010)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-162874|title=Farid Gazi passes away|date=2010-11-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi politician born in [[Devpara]], [[Nabiganj Upazila]], [[Sylhet]]. He was elected as Member of [[Jatiyo Sangshad|Parliament]] for the [[Habiganj-1]] (Nabigonj-Bahubal) constituency in 1996, 2001 and 2008, representing the [[Awami League]], of which he was an Advisory Council member. He served as chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the [[Ministry of Primary and Mass Education]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dewan Farid Gazi passes away |url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=117821&date=2010-11-20 |work=The Financial Express (Bangladesh) |date=20 November 2010 |accessdate=27 December 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45076|title=Gazi quits but consensus still far away in AL|date=2008-07-10|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en}}</ref> Following the liberation war, he organized the whole Awami League party. He was a close confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and had been an instrumental figure during the war, liberation and formation of Bangladesh.

== Early life ==
Gazi was born on 1 March 1924 in Devapara, [[Nabiganj Upazila|Nabiganj]], [[Habiganj District]], [[Assam]], [[British Raj]]. He was born into a [[Bengali Muslim]] family. His father, Dewan Muhammad Hamid Gazi was a [[zamindar]] in Dinarpur Pargana and was the 15th descendant of Shah Qazi Tajuddin Qurayshi - a disciple of [[Shah Jalal]]. He studied in [[Moulvibazar]] Junior Madrasa, Sylhet Aliya Madrasa, and graduated from Sylhet Rasamoy Memorial High School in 1945. He graduated in 1947 from [[Murari Chand College]] and in 1949 from [[Madan Mohan College]]. He joined the Assam Muslim Student Federation as a student. He campaigned against the [[Bangal Khedao]] (Oust Bengalees) movement of the Assamese people which sought to remove Bengali people from Assam. He helped organise the [[1947 Sylhet referendum|Sylhet referendum]] in 1947. He carried out campaigns in 1950 to stop religious violence in Sylhet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Gazi,_Dewan_Farid|title=Gazi, Dewan Farid|last=Khan|first=Muazzam Hussain|date=|website=Banglapedia|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-10-31}}</ref>

== Career ==
Gazi joined the Rasamoy Memorial High School as a teacher and then worked in Sylhet Government High School. He joined Awami League in 1952 and was elected joint secretary of the [[Sylhet district]] Awami League. From 1952 to 1955 he worked in the Bengali Jugabhery weekly and the English Eastern Herald weekly. He was elected Topkhana union parisad chairman and [[Sylhet City|Sylhet municipality]] commissioner. He was involved in the [[Six point movement|six-point program]] of Awami League and was jailed for it in 1967. He campaigned against military dictator General [[Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)|Ayub Khan]] in 1969. In 1970 he was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from Sylhet as an Awami League candidate.<ref name=":0" />

Gazi was involved in the Awami League lead [[Non-cooperation movement (1971)|Non-Cooperation movement]] in 1971 in Sylhet. In the [[Bangladesh Liberation war]] he was an advisor of Sector 3 and 4 of the [[Mukti Bahini]] on civil affairs. He was elected to [[Jatiya Sangsad|Bangladesh Parliament]] in 1973 from Sylhet. He served in the cabinet of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] as State Minister of the [[Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives|Ministry of Local Government and Cooperative]] and afterwards he served as the State Minister of Commerce. He had helped introduced the wage earners scheme policy. After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he joined the cabinet of [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad|Khondakar Mostaq Ahmad]] in 1975. He campaigned for the removal of military dictator [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]] in 1990. He was elected to parliament from Habiganj-1 in 1996, 2001, and 2008.<ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
Gazi died on 19 November 2010 in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=":0" /> He was buried in [[Shah Jalal Dargah|Shah Jalal Dargah Cemetery]] in Sylhet.<ref name=News>{{cite news|date=2010-11-20|title=Farid Gazi buried at Sylhet|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2010/11/20/farid-gazi-buried-at-sylhet|work=bdnews24.com|language=en|access-date=2020-09-25}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:State Ministers of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives]]
[[Category:State Ministers of Commerce (Bangladesh)]]
[[Category:1st Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi people of Arab descent]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members]]

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