Abdul Wahed Bokainagari

Abdul Wahed Bokainagari (; 1876–1968) was a Bengali politician.

Early life Abdul Wahed was born in to Muhammad Taqi Husayn and Begum Mehrunnesa in Joyshidh, Netrokona, which was then a part of the Mymensingh district of the Bengal Presidency.

Career Bokainagari entered politics in 1905, initially affiliating with the Congress party and later with the Krishak Praja Party founded by A. K. Fazlul Huq. He participated in the Khilafat Movement. Bokainagari was re-elected for a second term following the 1946 elections. Speeches in Bengali language were forbidden in the assembly. When Bokainagari started to speak in Bengali in the session, the Speaker kept forbidding him to speak in Bengali. Ignoring that, he gave the entire speech in Bengali. He advocated for the right to deliver speeches in Bengali in the Bengal Legislative Assembly.

After the Partition of Bengal in 1947, he transferred to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was re-elected at the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election as a Nizam-e-Islam Party politician.

He was elected as the chairman of Gouripur Municipality in 1949, and led the Bengali language movement in Gouripur. Bokainagari played a leading role in the establishment of the Gouripur Girls High School and College. He was the founding president of the Gouripur College's first governing board.