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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Khan Tipu Sultan
|native_name = খান টিপু সুলতান
|native_name_lang = bn
|office = Member of Parliament for [[Jessore-5]]
|term_start = 1991
|term_end = 2001
|predecessor = [[Muhammad Wakkas]]
|term_start1 = 2009
|term_end1 = 2014
|successor1 = [[Swapan Bhattacharjee]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1950|12|13|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Khulna District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|08|19|1950|12|13|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
}}

'''Khan Tipu Sultan''' (13 December 1950 – 19 August 2017)<ref name=dies>{{cite news|title=Former Awami League lawmaker from Jessore Khan Tipu Sultan dies|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2017/08/20/former-awami-league-lawmaker-from-jessore-khan-tipu-sultan-dies|accessdate=31 March 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and three time [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Jessore-5]] constituency.

==Early life==
Sultan was born in Dhamalia, [[Dumuria Upazila]], [[Khulna District]] in the then [[East Bengal]], Pakistan.<ref name=dies/> He studied at the Sanmilani Institution in Jessore. He served as the General Secretary of [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]] unit of Jessore District.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former MP Khan Tipu Sultan buried at Dumuria|url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/22443/former-mp-khan-tipu-sultan-buried-at-dumuria|accessdate=31 March 2018|work=New Age|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Sultan was involved in the 1969 student protests. He also led protests against [[Nurul Amin]] visiting Jessore.<ref name=dies/> He was sued by the military government of Pakistan and imprisoned. He was released after [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] asked General Yahya Khan to release him following the 1970 general elections in Pakistan.<ref name=dies/> He was elected to parliament from Jessore-5 in 1991, 1996, and in 2008 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.<ref name="DailySun">{{cite news|title=Former Awami League MP Khan Tipu Sultan passes away|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/249122/Former-Awami-League-MP-Khan-Tipu-Sultan-passes-away|accessdate=31 March 2018|work=The Daily Sun|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Sultan was married to Prof. Dr. Jesmin Ara Begum and had two sons - Humayun Sultan (Shadab) and Jubaer Sultan (Pelob).<ref name=dies/> In November 2014, Sultan and Jesmin went into hiding after a murder case was filed against them in connection with the death of their daughter-in-law, Shamarukh Mahjabin, in their house in Dhanmondi. According to her husband Humayun, Mahjabin committed suicide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/ex-mp-wife-flee-home-50447|title=Ex-MP, wife flee home|date=2014-11-15|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> According to the verdict of supreme court of Bangladesh, Humayun Sultan was found NOT guilty after a years of legal battles and political attacks.

Sultan died on 19 August 2017 in Central Hospital in [[Dhaka]].<ref name="DailySun" /> He was buried in Dhamalia.<ref>{{cite news|title=AL former MP Khan Tipu Sultan dies|url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/22379/al-former-mp-khan-tipu-sultan-dies|accessdate=31 March 2018|work=New Age|language=en}}</ref>

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