Mahbubul Alam Tara
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Mahbubul Alam Tara (Bengali: মাহাবুবুল আলম ; 1939–2014) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the Member of Parliament for constituency Feni-3 from 1991 to 1996. With a background of leading students' rights movements, Tara mia became a popular political personality in Bangladesh. He has lived a simple personal life exemplifying an honest and dedicated national level political leadership.
Biography
1939 : Born in Faradnagar village at Feni. His father was Late Munshi Shafiuddin and his mother was Late Hafeza Khatun.
1945 – 1958 : Schooling at Khaiyara School, Faradnagar & Chittagong Collegiate School
1960 : HSC from Chittagong College; Got elected General Secreatary of Students’ Union, Chittagong College
1962 : Got elected Vice President of Students’ Union, Chittagong College President, East Pakistan Chhatra Union (EPSU), Chittagong Jila Shakha
Actively participated & led movement against Ayub Khan & Shikkha Commission. Mr. Tara became a leading student leader and a popular personality in the greater Chittagong region.
1963-64 : Student of Dept of Economics, University of Dhaka; Office Secretary (Daptor Shompadok), Central Committee, East Pakistan Chhatra Union
(EPSU)
Vice President, East Pakistan Chhatra Union (EPSU), Dhaka Hall Unit
Working Committee Member of Chittagong Jila & Shahar National Awami Party (Moulana Bhashani)
Working Committee Member of Feni National Awami Party (Moulana Bhashani) 1966-68 : Led movements as NAP activist
1969 : Participated in mass movements as NAP activist.
1970 : Actively Participated in mass movement against Yahya
1971 : Actively organized & helped the freedom fighters in both Feni & Dhaka;
1972-85 : Established Printing Press and converted that into a leading Packaging Factory of Bangladesh; Established NCC Bank Limited, Eastland Insurance Company Limited
1985-90 : Organized & established Feni Jila Shamity; Got elected as Vice President of the same
Established Mahbubul Huq High School at Faradnagar, Feni
1991-1996 : Got elected as Member of Parliament in the 5th National Assembly
2000 onwards : President Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal Central Committee; Organized Krishak Dal in different areas of Bangladesh
Got elected several times as Chairman of the NCC Bank Limited
2014 : Died at National University Hospital at Singapore. He was suffering from lungs problems.