Tafazzal Hossain Khan

Tafazzal Hossain Khan (known as T. H. Khan; 21 October 1920 – 16 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-1 constituency for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]

Tafazzal Hossain Khan
তোফাজ্জেল হোসেন খান
Member of Parliament
for Mymensingh-1
In office
2 April 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded byMd. Delwar Hossain
Succeeded byMd. Emdadul Haque
Personal details
Born(1920-10-21)21 October 1920
Haluaghat, Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
Died16 January 2022(2022-01-16) (aged 101)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Life and career

Khan was born on 21 October 1920[2] in Haluaghat Upazila of Mymensingh district.[3][4] He passed Matriculation from Phulpur High School in Mymensingh and Intermediate from Ananda Mohan College. He completed a law degree at Dhaka University.[5]

Khan was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.[6][7] He served as the president of Supreme Court Bar Association and the Nationalist Lawyers' Forum.[1]

Khan was married to Raushan Ara Jobaida Khanam.[8] They had three sons and one daughter.[5] Their eldest son Afzal H. Khan was also elected to parliament. Jobaida died in 2011 at the age of 69.[8]

Khan turned 100 in October 2020, and died from pneumonia in Dhaka on 16 January 2022, at the age of 101.[9] He was buried at Outi, his ancestral village in Haluaghat Upazila of Mymensingh District.[1]

References
  1. "SC's judicial functions suspended in honour of TH Khan". The Daily Star. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. "প্রবীণ আইনজীবী টি.এইচ.খানঃ বিচার ব্যবস্থা বিবর্তনের বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ সাক্ষী" [Veteran Lawyer TH Khan: Veteran Witness to the Evolution of the Judiciary] (in Bengali). BD Law News. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. "আজ বিচারপতি টি এইচ খানের জন্মদিন" [Today is Justice TH Khan's birthday]. Daily Nayadiganta (নয়া দিগন্ত) (in Bengali). 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "বিচারপতি টি এইচ খানের জন্মদিন পালিত" [Justice TH Khan's birthday was celebrated]. Daily Nayadiganta (নয়া দিগন্ত) (in Bengali). 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Azhar, Mahmoud (27 January 2016). "পঁচানব্বই বছরেও তারুণ্যে টি এইচ খান". Bangladesh Pratidin (বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন) (in Bengali). Retrieved 20 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. Lal, Shiv (1989). Polities in South Asia: Afghanistan ; Bangladesh. Election Archives. p. 353. ISBN 9788170510659.
  8. "টি এইচ খানের স্ত্রী জোবায়দা মারা গেছেন" [TH Khan's wife Jobaida has died]. bangla.bdnews24.com. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "বিচারপতি টি এইচ খান মারা গেছেন" [Justice TH Khan is dead]. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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