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| name = Khaleque Nawaz Khan<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|03|26|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|02|1926|03|26|df=y}}<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]] (2008)<br />
| party = [[Awami League]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Khaleque Nawaz Khan''' (26 March 1926 – 2 October 1971) was a Bangladeshi language activist, politician and lawyer belonging to [[Awami League]]. He was a member of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. He was conferred with [[Ekushey Padak]] posthumously in 2008 for his contribution to the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moca.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/moca.portal.gov.bd/page/7e22de29_5250_4bed_bd62_a032ea740a55/Ekushe%20Padak%20list%20up%20to%2018.pdf|title=একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=16 January 2020|language=bn|website=Ministry of Cultural Affairs}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Khan was born on 26 March 1926 at Achargaon in [[Nandail Upazila|Nandail]] of [[Mymensingh District|Mymensingh]].<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2015/10/02/54049.php|date=2 October 2015|accessdate=16 January 2020|newspaper=Bhorer Kagoj|language=bn|title=স্মরণ : ভাষাসৈনিক খালেক নওয়াজ খান<br />
}}</ref> His father Elahi Nawaz Khan was a sub deputy magistrate and his mother Altafunnesa was a housewife. He completed matriculation from Nandail Chandipasha High School in 1942.<ref name=a/> Later, he completed intermediate studies from [[Maulana Azad College|Islamia College]] in 1944. After that, he got admitted into [[Dhaka University]] graduated from there in 1948. Later, he received LLB degree from there in 1952.<ref name=a/> During his student life he was elected as the vice president of [[Baker Hostel]] Students' Union in 1944. He was the founding general secretary of [[Bangladesh Chhatra League|East Pakistan Muslim Chhatra League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ছাত্রলীগের ৭০তম প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী আজ|url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/ছাত্রলীগের-৭০তম-প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী-আজ/59994<br />
|date=4 January 2019|accessdate=16 January 2020|website=Ekushey Television|language=bn<br />
}}</ref><br />
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Khan took part in the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]]. He was a member of the [[Rastrabhasa Sangram Parishad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2015/02/04/17451.php<br />
|title=নাজিমুদ্দিনের ঘোষণায় মায়ের ভাষার মর্যাদা রক্ষার নতুন শপথ<br />
|date=4 February 2015|accessdate=16 January 2020|newspaper=Bhorer Kagoj|language=bn<br />
}}</ref> He took part in picketing on 11 January 1948 as a part of [[hartal]] and he was arrested for this.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2017/03/11/135951.php<br />
|title=ঐতিহাসিক ১১ মার্চের আন্দোলন ও বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান<br />
|date=11 March 2017|accessdate=16 January 2020|newspaper=Bhorer Kagoj|language=bn<br />
}}</ref><br />
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Khan also took part in the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]] in February 1952. An arrest warrant was issued against him on 28 February 1952.<ref name=a/> Later, he was arrested. He was released in January 1953.<ref name=a/><br />
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Khan was elected as a member of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in 1954. He beat then [[Chief Minister of East Bengal]] [[Nurul Amin]] in the election.<ref>{{cite book |last=Zaman|first=Habibuz|date=1999|title=Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent<br />
|publisher=Janus Publishing Company Limited|isbn=1-85756-405-7|page=182}}</ref><br />
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Khan died on 2 October 1971 at the age of 45.<ref name=a/> After his death he was conferred with [[Ekushey Padak]] posthumously in 2008 for his contribution to the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]].<br />
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