Abdul Monem Khan

Abdul Monem Khan (28 July 1899 – 14 October 1971) was a Bengali politician of East Pakistan who was the longest-serving governor of East Pakistan from 1962 until 1969. He was assassinated in 1971 at aged 72.

Early life and education Khan was born in Humayunpur village of Bajitpur Upazila, Kishoreganj to Kamar Ali Khan and Nasima Khatun. He studied in Mymensingh Zilla School graduating in 1916. He went on to Dhaka College and earned his bachelor of law degree from University of Calcutta in 1922. He got another law degree from the University of Dhaka in 1924.

Career In 1927, Khan joined the Mymensingh District Bar. He was part of the Muhammadan Sporting Club of Mymensingh. In 1930, he worked with Subhas Chandra Bose to carry out aid operations after a flood in North Bengal. In 1932, he became the assistant secretary of the Mymensingh Anjuman-i-Islamia. He became the founding secretary of Mymensingh branch of the All India Muslim League in 1935. Khan would then be appointed Assistant Secretary of the Mymensingh district Muslim League. In July 1967, he converted Dighapatia Palace into Dighapatia Governor's House.

While the governor of East Pakistan, Khan remained loyal to the Ayub regime, making him unpopular to the people of East Pakistan.

Death In the Bangladesh Liberation War, Khan supported the Pakistan army. On 13 October 1971, he was shot at his Banani residence by a Mukti Bahini member named Mozammel Hoque and died the following day. He later died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. In November 2016, Dhaka North City Corporation demolished structures on a land in Banani occupied, as per the order of the then mayor Annisul Huq, for over five decades by the family of Khan.

In July 2016, during a raid by Dhaka Metropolitan Police in the Kalyanpur area of Dhaka, nine suspected militants were killed. Among them, Aqifuzzaman Khan, was identified as the grandson of Monem Khan.

In January 2017, the Mymensingh District administration shut down a school, run by Nasreen Monem Khan, a daughter of Monem Khan. It was established at his house at Notun Bazar Saheb Ali Road in Mymensingh town in 1996.

In July 2017, Khan's nameplate was removed from Uttara Ganabhaban.