Alimuddin Ahmad

Syed Alimuddin Ahmad (Bengali: সৈয়দ আলীমুদ্দীন আহমদ; 1884 - 1920), also known as Master Saheb (Bengali: মাস্টার সাহেব), was an underground Bengali activist and revolutionary who participated in the anti-British independence movement.

Syed

Alimuddin Ahmad
সৈয়দ আলীমুদ্দীন আহমদ
Born1884
Dacca, Bengal Presidency
Died1920 (aged 35–36)
MovementAnti-colonial independence movement

Early life and family

Syed Alimuddin Ahmad was born in 1884 to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds in Jamadar Lane, Dhaka. His father, Syed Amiruddin, was a tailor by profession and owned a small tailoring shop. Following his father's death, he started working as a home tutor. Ahmad was a devout Sunni Muslim.[1]

Activism

The start of Ahmad's activism roughly coincided with the 1905 Partition of Bengal movement. As an accomplice of Hemchandra Ghosh, he joined Ghosh's underground organisation. During World War I, many revolutionaries and activists were caught by the British though many, such as Ahmad, continued to organise themselves underground. Ahmad provided shelter for numerous rebels and assisted them with weaponry. He continued his anti-imperial activities in hiding to avoid police arrests. The colonial police were never able to capture him.

Death

Alimuddin Ahmad died of tuberculosis in his early thirties in 1920.[2] Alimuddin Street in Calcutta was named after him.[1]

See also
  • Ali Muhammad Shibli

References
  1. "তাঁর নামেই নামকরণ হয় 'আলিমুদ্দিন স্ট্রিট', বিস্মৃতির অন্তরালে সেই বাঙালি বিপ্লবী". prohor.in (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  2. Sengupta, Subodha (November 2013). Bose, Anjali (ed.). সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.


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