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'''Khandakar Muhammad Illyas''' (1923–1995) was a writer, left-wing politician, and supporter of ties between Bangladesh and the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=একুশের কবিতায় আগুনের ফুলকি|url=https://www.jaijaidinbd.com/todays-paper/first-page/36381/একুশের-কবিতায়--আগুনের-ফুলকি|access-date=2021-12-13|website=jjdin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=সিরাজুদ্দীন হোসেন|url=https://gunijan.org.bd/?p=7081|access-date=2021-12-13|language=bn-BD}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Illyas was born on 3 May 1923.<ref name="goodreads">{{Cite web|title=Khondakar Mohammad Elias|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17890611.Khondakar_Mohammad_Elias|access-date=2021-12-13|website=www.goodreads.com}}[[Project:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>

== Career ==
Illyas toured China with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1952 as part of a government tour.<ref>{{Cite web|title=আমাদের শিল্প-সাহিত্য বিশ্ব দরবারে পৌঁছে দিতে চাই: প্রধানমন্ত্রী|url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/first-page/274212/আমাদের-শিল্পসাহিত্য-বিশ্ব-দরবারে-পৌঁছে-দিতে-চাই-প্রধানমন্ত্রী|access-date=2021-12-13|website=Jugantor|language=en}}</ref>

Illyas was a leader of the Bangladesh-USSR society.<ref name="google">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5ZWAAAAYAAJ&q=Khandakar+Muhammad+Illyas|title=USSR and Third World|date=1976|publisher=Central Asian Research Centre|pages=5|language=en}}</ref> He served as a member of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, the one party government established by Awami League in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BANGLADESH KRISHAK SRAMIK AWAMI LEAGUE - Bongobondhu Information & Research Center|url=http://bongobondhuinfocenter.com/political-life/baksal/baksal|access-date=2021-12-13|website=bongobondhuinfocenter.com|language=en-gb}}</ref>

After the [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in the [[15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état]] Illyas was arrested by the new military regime in 1976.<ref name="google"/>

Illyas wrote a book about the time [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]] spent in exile in Europe titled ''Jokhon Bashani Europe-eh'' in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|last=প্রতিবেদক|first=নিজস্ব|title=যে বই বাজেয়াপ্ত হয়েছিল দুবার|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/যে-বই-বাজেয়াপ্ত-হয়েছিল-দুবার|access-date=2021-12-13|website=Prothomalo|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Book List of PIB Library|url=http://pib.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/pib.portal.gov.bd/page/c3947f20_e0d0_4e00_9b63_2526fcc79b94/Libray%20Book%20list%20_A-Z%20Final_.pdf|access-date=2021-12-13|website=PIB}}</ref> He also wrote the Mujibbad. He served as the editor and publisher of [[Desher Dak]], the newspaper founded by Bhashani, and friend of [[Tassduq Ahmad]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ahmed|first=Faruque|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AoV0AgAAQBAJ&dq=%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0+%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6+%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8&pg=PA29|title=Bengali Journals and Journalism in Britain (1916-2007)|date=2009-03-20|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-557-05113-7|pages=29|language=en}}</ref> He was considered part of the Bhashani group.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Jyoti Sen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GHQ9AAAAMAAJ&q=Khondokar+Mohammed+Elias|title=Eclipse of East Pakistan: Chronicles of Events Since Birth of East Pakistan Till October, 1963|date=1963|publisher=RENCO|pages=340|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Jyoti Sen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DedtAAAAMAAJ&q=Khondokar+Mohammed+Elias|title=History of Freedom Movement in Bangladesh, 1943-1973: Some Involvement|date=1974|publisher=Naya Prokash|pages=121|language=en}}</ref>

Illyas wrote Bangladesher Samaj Biplobe Bangabandhur Darshan about the impact of the philosophy of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] on socialism in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Alam|first=S. M. Shamsul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A5ykCgAAQBAJ&dq=Khondokar+Mohammed+Elias&pg=PT212|title=Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh|date=2016-04-29|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-52603-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hafiz|first1=M. Abdul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nextAAAAMAAJ&q=Khondokar+Mohammed+Elias|title=Nation Building in Bangladesh: Retrospect and Prospect|last2=Khan|first2=Abdur Rob|date=1986|publisher=Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies|pages=48|language=en}}</ref>

== Death ==
Illyas died on 17 November 1995 at the [[BIRDEM]] hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref name="goodreads"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:1995 deaths]]
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[[Category:Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members]]

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