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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi language activist and politician}}<br />
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|name=MA Wadud<br />
|native_name=এম এ ওয়াদুদ<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1925|8|1}}<br />
|birth_place=Rarirchar village, [[Chandpur District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|occupation=politician<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|1983|8|28|1925|8|1}}<br />
|children=[[Dipu Moni]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''MA Wadud''' (August 1, 1925 – August 28, 1983) was a Bangladeshi [[language activist]] and politician. He was one of the founding members of Awami Muslim League (later [[Bangladesh Awami League]]).<ref name=anniv>{{cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/08/01/language-movement-veteran-ma-waduds-90th-birth-anniversary-observed |title=Language movement veteran MA Wadud's 90th birth anniversary observed |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=August 1, 2015 |access-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2013 posthumously by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] for his involvement in [[Bengali Language Movement]] in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/ |script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ |website=Ministry of Cultural Affairs |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn |access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref> He was the father of [[Dipu Moni]], the current [[Ministry of Education (Bangladesh)|Education Minister of Bangladesh]].<ref name=anniv/><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Wadud was the founder member of Gonotrantik Jubo League in 1948, East Pakistan Muslim League in 1948, East Pakistan Awami Muslim League in 1949, ''Weekly Ittefaq'' in 1949, ''[[The Daily Ittefaq]]'' in 1953 and Kendrio Kachi Kachar Mela in 1956.<ref name="star">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-152617 |title=Death anniversary of MA Wadud |work=The Daily Star |date=August 28, 2010 |access-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref><br />
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Wadud was imprisoned for involvement in language movement in 1948 and 1952 and again for refusing the charge of the ministry of military government in 1978.<ref name=star/><br />
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He was the general secretary of the student political organization [[Bangladesh Chhatra League|East Pakistan Chhatra League]] from 1953 to 1954.<ref name=anniv /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
His daughter [[Dipu Moni]] also a politician and minister who is a Doctor by profession. His son Jawadur Rahim Wadud Tipu, a diabetic foot surgeon in profession.<ref name=anniv/><br />
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