Khawaja Ahmed

Khawaja Ahmed was a Bangladeshi politician and journalist. He participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War and served in the 1st National Parliament of Bangladesh.

Early life and education Ahmed was born in 1920, to a Bengali Muslim family in the Saudagar Bari of Rampur, Feni, located under the Noakhali District of the Bengal Presidency. His parents were Aslam Mia Mukhtar and Aisha Khatun. While only ten years old, he joined the Congress's independence movement. On 26 January 1930, he was assaulted by the police and fell down on the street. He studied at the Feni High School. In 1934, he was elected as a member of the Noakhali District Farmer Society's executive committee. He became entirely dedicated to social work with the establishment of the Khademul Islam Bayam Samiti in 1936. At sixteen years old, he participated in the Khaksar movement from Feni. He later moved to the Bashpara Quarter of Feni.

Career Ahmed joined the All-India Muslim League, which advocated for the Pakistan Movement, and was elected as the secretary-general of its Feni branch in 1940. In 1941, he was home arrested first in his village and later in his own home for organising protests against the Huq-Syama coalition. Ahmed was arrested under the Indian Protection Act in 1942 and released in 1944. In 1946, the Weekly Sangram magazine was published from Feni under his editorship. In the same year, Ahmed was elected as a member of the Barahipur Union Council. On 17 July 1975, he was appointed as the Governor of Feni Subdivision under the BAKSAL regime. He was the founding president of the Dilpur Khawaja Ahmed High School and the Rampur Girls' High School. Ahmed was also the president of Feni Government Girls High School, Assistant Pilot High School, He was a chairman of the Feni College governing board.

Death Ahmed died on 29 May 1976 at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.