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{{Infobox person
| name =M Sirajul Islam
| image =M_Sirajul_Islam.jpg
| organization =Bakul Group Limited
| birth_date =March 18, 1935
| death_date =January 27, 2013
| spouse =Begum Jinnat Islam
}}

'''M Sirajul Islam''' was a businessman and [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] politician. He was elected Member of the National Assembly from [[Dacca]] in the [[1970 Pakistani general election|Pakistan general election of 1970]].<ref>{{cite news |title=M Sirajul Islam's Qul Khwani Held |url=http://business.highbeam.com/409623/article-1P3-2881003441/m-sirajul-islam-qul-khwani-held |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202183941/http://business.highbeam.com/409623/article-1P3-2881003441/m-sirajul-islam-qul-khwani-held |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-02 |newspaper=The New Nation |date=2013-02-02 |access-date=2014-02-01 |via=HighBeam Business |url-access=subscription }}</ref> After the outbreak of the [[Bangladesh liberation war]], the elected members of the National Assembly from [[East Pakistan]] and the members of the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]] transformed themselves into a constituent assembly.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ahamed |first=Emajuddin |year=2012 |chapter=Constitutional Development |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Constitutional_Development |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> The constituent assembly drafted the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]], and he was one of the signatories.<ref name="holiday">{{cite news |title=New office-bearers of UCEP-Bangladesh |url=http://www.weeklyholiday.net/2005/020905/mis.html |newspaper=Holiday |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104170530/http://www.weeklyholiday.net/2005/020905/mis.html |archive-date=2007-01-04 |access-date=2014-02-01}}</ref>

==Early life==
M Sirajul Islam was born in Alur Bazar, Dhaka. He completed his graduation from Jagannath University. After completing his graduation he joined M M Ispahani group's cotton section. He worked and served Ispahani Group for several years. Later he quit his job and started doing his own business and so he formed [http://bakulgrp.com Bakul Group].

==Political career==
Being a younger brother of [[Yar Mohammad Khan]] he followed his footsteps and joined politics from student life. M Sirajul Islam was very active in politics of Bangladesh. He was arrested during the ''[[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]]'' in 1952. However Yar Mohammad Khan finally took necessary steps to release his brother from the Jail.<ref>[[Bengali language movement#Agitations of 1948]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}}
After getting nomination from Bangladesh Awami League, M Sirajul Islam was elected A Member of the National Assembly from [[Dacca]] in the [[1970 Pakistani general election|Pakistan general election of 1970]]. He quit politics in 1973.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

==End of political career==
He was requested by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to perform the election in 1973 from the same constituency [[Dacca]] from which he won in 1970, but M Sirajul Islam refused by saying the country is now independent and it is under the safe hand of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], therefore if the country needs him to fight he will get back as long as Bangabandhu wants him.

==Contributions==
He was the governor of Lions Bangladesh, founder member of National Medical College Hospital and president of Dhaka Mahanagar Samity. He was the life member of Bangladesh Lions Foundation, Anjuman Mofidul Islam, Bangladesh Family Planning Association, Bangladesh Diabetic Association, National Heart Foundation, [[Bangladesh Red Crescent Society]], Life- Member, Bangladesh Tuberculosis Society, Liver foundation of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shishu Hospital.
He was also the chairman of education for Emancipation Trust<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lionsclubs315b2.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=86 |title=Past District Governor |publisher=Lions Clubs District 315 B2, Bangladesh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203054236/http://lionsclubs315b2.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=86 |archive-date=2014-02-03 |access-date=2014-02-01}}</ref> and Lions PDG Forum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/06/25/d506251016101.htm |title=The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 383 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2005-06-25 |accessdate=2014-02-01}}</ref>
Sirajul Islam joined Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs (UCEP)-Bangladesh as an associate member in 1990. He was chairperson of the UCEP Board of Governors from 2005 to 2006.<ref name="holiday" />

==Honours==
In 2005, he was awarded the "Ambassador of Goodwill" by [[Lions Clubs International]] in recognition of his services to the less fortunate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sirajul Islam receives Lions Int'l award |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/07/25/d50725101692.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=July 25, 2022}}</ref>

==Death==
At the age of 77, M Sirajul Islam died on January 27, 2013, at the Apollo Hospitals Dhaka, living behind his wife and three sons Ehsan Islam, [[M Faizul Islam]] and Shahed Islam, a host of relatives and admirer.

==See also==
* [[Yar Mohammad Khan]]
* [[List of national constitutions]]

==References==
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