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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}{{other people5||Amirul Islam (disambiguation)}}
{{infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Barrister
| name = M Amir-ul Islam
| image =
| native_name = এম আমীর-উল ইসলাম
| native_name_lang = bn
| nationality = [[British India]]n {{small|(1936–1947)}}<br>[[Pakistani]] {{small|(1947–1971)}}<br>[[Bangladeshi]] {{small|(1971–)}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|01|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kushtia District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| spouse = Jahanara Amir
| website = {{URL|www.aalabd.com}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
}}

'''M Amir-ul Islam''' ({{lang-bn|এম আমীর-উল ইসলাম}}; born 2 January 1936) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He drafted the [[Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence|proclamation of independence]] of [[Bangladesh]] in 1971<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2016|title=Genesis of Bangladesh's Constitution|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/genesis-bangladeshs-constitution-1209718|access-date=2021-03-25|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> and was a member of the drafting committee of Bangladesh Constitution in 1972.<ref name=firm/> He served as the [[Ministry of Food (Bangladesh)|Minister of Food]] of the [[Government of Bangladesh]] during 1973–74.<ref>{{Cite news|author-last=Khan|author-first=Anwar A.|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/236839/Barrister-M.-Amirul-Islam:-His-PortraitHangs-In-the-Place-of-Honour|title=Barrister M. Amir-ul Islam: His Portrait Hangs In the Place of Honour|work=Daily Sun|date=29 June 2017|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Islam passed his matriculation in 1952 from Kushtia Muslim High School and intermediate exam in 1954 from [[Jagannath College]], [[Dhaka]].<ref name=tube>{{Citation|last=Bangladesh Television|title=Barrister M Amirul Islam at "Keertymaner Galpokatha" programme on BTV.|date=11 February 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrHhDrrqb7Y|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> Islam completed his bachelor's degree in political science, economics and general history from the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1956.<ref name=firm>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aalabd.com/content/headofchambers/detailsamirulislam.php|title=Amir & Amir Law Associates|publisher=Amir & Amir Law Associates|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> He was called to the bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]], London in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barristersbd.com/member_batch_list.php?DID=1961|title=Year of Call 1961|access-date=21 September 2017|publisher=Barristers' Association of Bangladesh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622195903/http://barristersbd.com/member_batch_list.php?DID=1961|archive-date=22 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Bangladesh Liberation War==

The [[1970 Pakistani general election|1970 general election]], the first of its kind in Pakistan after years of military rule, was held on 7 December 1970. The [[Awami League]], led by [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], secured 160 out of 300 seats, becoming the majority in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]]. On 1 March, Yahya Khan postponed the inaugural session of the National Assembly on 3 March, indefinitely. According to him, "it was imperative to give more time to the political leaders to arrive at a reasonable understanding on the issue of Constitution making".{{sfn|Hossain|1985|p=177}}{{sfn|Sobhan|1985|p=265}} Awami League president Sheikh Mujib immediately called for non-cooperation by his people, effectively taking control of East Pakistan.{{sfn|Sobhan|1985|pp=265–266}} Mujib kept issuing regular directives to people and party workers. Amir-ul Islam, along with [[Tajuddin Ahmad]], the general secretary of Awami League, and [[Kamal Hossain]], were put in charge of drafting the directives.{{sfn|Hossain|1985|p=178|ps=: "It was decided that directives should be issued centrally. Mr. Tajuddin, Amirul Islam and myself [Hossain] were entrusted with the task of drafting directives and issuing them after having these approved by Sheikh Mujib and party leaders."}}

On the night of 25 March, Amir-ul Islam and Tajuddin Ahmad left their homes and families and went into hiding.{{sfn|Islam|1985|pp=57–58}} They secretly left Dhaka on 27 March for neighbouring India.{{sfn|Islam|1985|p=62}} After a perilous journey, mostly on foot through [[Kushtia]] and [[Chuadanga]], they crossed the Indian border on 30 March.{{sfn|Islam|1985|pp=62–67}} At the border outpost the regional head of the Indian border security force ([[Border Security Force|BSF]]), Golok Majumdar received them.{{sfn|Islam|1985|p=67}} Majudmar immediately transported them to Kolkata with him. There, on the night of 30 March and the next day, Islam and Tajuddin had discussions with BSF chief [[Khusro Faramurz Rustamji|Rustamji]], who had come from [[Delhi]] after learning of their arrival.{{sfn|Islam|1985|p=68}} On 1 April, Islam and Tajuddin, accompanied by Majumdar, left for Delhi aboard a military cargo plane.{{sfn|Islam|1985|p=69}}

In Delhi, Tajuddin met with India's Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]], on 4 April.{{sfn|Islam|1985|p=71}} At their second meeting the following day, Gandhi informed him that Sheikh Mujib had been arrested and transported to Pakistan though Pakistan had not made this official yet.{{sfn|Islam|1985|p=73}} Asked about the Bangladesh government, he replied, as Amir-ul Islam advised the day before, that a provisional government had been formed with Sheikh Mujib as its president with the senior Awami League leaders who had attended the Mujib-Yahya talks as cabinet members.

Islam drafted the [[Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence|proclamation of independence]], which was reviewed by [[Subrata Roy Chowdhury]], a lawyer at the [[Calcutta High Court]],{{sfn|Islam|1985|p=79–80}}<ref>{{Cite book |author=Ridwanul Hoque |year=2021 |chapter=The founding and making of Bangladesh's constitution |editor1=Kevin Tan |editor2=Ridwanul Hoque |title=Constitutional foundings in South Asia |publisher=Hart Publishing |page=100 |isbn=978-1-5099-3027-2 |oclc=1192304407 |quote=The Proclamation was drafted by ... M Amir-Ul Islam ... [fn58] Amirul, by virtue of his qualifications as a barrister, took on the substantive responsibility for preparing the [proclamation] and with subsequent inputs from some senior lawyers in Kolkata, such as Barrister Subroto Roy Chowdhury, completed [it].}}</ref> and read during the oath taking ceremony on 17 April at [[Mujibnagar]].{{sfn|Islam|1985|p=81–82}}

==Personal life==
Islam is married to Jahanara Amir. Eldest of their three children is their daughter Barrister Tania Amir. They have two sons, Adil Islam a banker, and Zaid Islam a photojournalist. <ref name=tube/>

==References==
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==Sources==
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*{{Cite book|last=Islam|first=Barrister Amir-ul|author-link=M Amir-ul Islam|chapter=৯: ব্যারিস্টার আমিরুল ইসলাম (সাক্ষাৎকার)|trans-chapter=9: Barrister Amir-ul Islam (Interview)|pages=51–110|editor-last=Rahman|editor-first=Hasan Hafizur|editor-link=Hasan Hafizur Rahman|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ: দলিলপত্র|trans-title=History of Bangladesh War of Independence: Documents|volume=15|language=bn|publisher=Ministry of Information, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh|year=1985|isbn=9844330912|location=Dhaka|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/Bharatpedia/commons/b/b1/বাংলাদেশের_স্বাধীনতা_যুদ্ধ_দলিলপত্র_%28পঞ্চদশ_খণ্ড%29.pdf}}
*{{Cite book|last=Hossain|first=Doctor Kamal|author-link=Kamal Hossain|chapter=১৮: ডক্টর কামাল হোসেন (সাক্ষাৎকার)|trans-chapter=18: Doctor Kamal Hossain (Interview)|pages=143–193|editor-last=Rahman|editor-first=Hasan Hafizur|editor-link=Hasan Hafizur Rahman|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ: দলিলপত্র|trans-title=History of Bangladesh War of Independence: Documents|volume=15|language=en|publisher=Ministry of Information, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh|year=1985|isbn=9844330912|location=Dhaka|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/Bharatpedia/commons/b/b1/বাংলাদেশের_স্বাধীনতা_যুদ্ধ_দলিলপত্র_%28পঞ্চদশ_খণ্ড%29.pdf|editor-mask=2}}
*{{Cite book|last=Sobhan|first=Rehman|author-link=Rehman Sobhan|chapter=৩৬: রেহমান সোবহান (সাক্ষাৎকার)|trans-chapter=36: Rehman Sobhan (Interview)|pages=263–293|editor-last=Rahman|editor-first=Hasan Hafizur|editor-link=Hasan Hafizur Rahman|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ: দলিলপত্র|trans-title=History of Bangladesh War of Independence: Documents|volume=15|language=en|publisher=Ministry of Information, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh|year=1985|isbn=9844330912|location=Dhaka|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/Bharatpedia/commons/b/b1/বাংলাদেশের_স্বাধীনতা_যুদ্ধ_দলিলপত্র_%28পঞ্চদশ_খণ্ড%29.pdf|editor-mask=2}}

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