Prof Ghulam Azams Short Family History- Prof Ghulam Azam was born on 7th November’1922 at his maternal grandfather’s Laxmibazar home in Dhaka. He hails from a well- respected family of religious scholars. Laxmibazar is a well-known hub of spiritual practice and his maternal grandfather Shah Sayed Abdul Monaem was the Shah Shaheb (spiritual leader) at that time. His ancestoral home is Maulvi Bari (house of religious scholars), Birgaon village, Nabinagor sub- district, district of Brahminbaria. His great grandfather, Munshi Shahabuddin, was known as the most prominent religious scholar on the east of the Meghna River. Prof Azam’s father was Maolana Ghulam Kabir and mother was Sayeda Ashrafunnisa. In 1950 his father purchased land in Moghbazar, Dhaka. Prof Azam has been resident there since then. His father was an Islamic and modern man. He was the teacher of a high school and also the first marriage registrar (Kazi) of Dhakacity soon after partition of India. Prof Azam has 3 brothers and 5 sisters (1 brother & 1 sister remain living), and he is the eldest. He and his siblings displayed exceptional academic excellence. He was consistently among the highest achieving from his academic peers and went on to complete a degree in Arabic, English and Political Science in 1946 from Dhaka University. He then completed his masters in Political Science in 1948 also from Dhaka University. Prof Azam was a student activist, and particularly active in the Bangla Language Movement. He was the elected General Secretary (GS) of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union , DUCSU during 1947-48 and remained so during 1948-49. He went on to join Rangpur Carmichael College as Lecturer then Professor of Political Science. After nearly 5 years, he left his post of head of the department and started full time politics. Of his brothers, the first, Prof Dr. Ghulam Muazzam, passed his M.B.B.S degree from Calcutta Medical College. He was a gold medalist in his batch in which national professor Nurul Islam was also his batchmate. He was the principal of Sylhet and Rangpur Medical colleges and professor of Acra Medical College in Ghana through Commonwealth invitation. He rose to become the leading Pathologist in Bangladesh and wrote several books. Two of the books are Science in the Quran and The Quran and Medical Science (written in Bangla). The second brother was an electrical engineer and Chief Engineer in a division of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC). His third brother, Prof Dr Mahdi Uzzaman was also an Electrical Engineer from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Later, he was a professor in BUET and a research fellow at the University of Manchester, UK. Prof Azam’s sisters were educated women for their time; among them, one was a lecturer in Bangla Literature. Husbands of the sisters include Advocate Moshihur Rahman, Maolana Alauddin Al-Azhari (the first Bangladeshi graduate of Al-Azhar University and author of Bangladesh’s key textbook in Arabic Language) and Maolana Kazi Shariatullah (retired President of Bangladesh Kazi Association). Prof Azam is married to Sayeda Afifa Azam, daughter of Maolana Mir Abdus Salam of Bogra, on 28th December’1951. They have six sons and no daughter. His eldest son completed his honours and masters in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK. He is now working as a senior executive in Islami Development Bank, Jeddah. His second son is a businessman in UK, third son works for a company also in UK. His fourth son is an ex Brigadier General and an award winning officer of the Bangladesh Army. During commissioning, his performance has been an all time record from the Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA). He was awarded the President’s Sword of Honour for his outstanding all round performance in BMA. He also received gold medal for becoming 1st Class 1st in degree examination in 1981. Despite having a stellar performance, Azmi was dismissed from Bangladesh Army, without any explanation, offence, allegation, investigation or trial, by the current Awami League government upon their rise to power. Prof Azam’s fifth son is a education and management consultant in UK, and his youngest son is a faculty member in Liverpool Hope University, UK, after completing his honours, master and doctorate degrees from Aligarh University, India, having secured 1st Class 1st position all through and being the recipient of a gold medal. May Allah grant him highest place in Jannah with Anbia, Saleheen and Shuhda. (Ameen) (S.Adeel Mujahid Msgs Srvcs)
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