Mohammad Farhad

Mohammad Farhad Badal (5 July 1938 – 9 October 1987), popularly known as Comrade Farhad, was a Bangladeshi guerrilla force commander during the Bangladesh Liberation War, President of the Communist Party of Bangladesh and a member of Bangladesh Parliament.

Early life

Farhad was born on 5 July 1938 to a Muslim family in the village of Jamadarpara in Boda, Jalpaiguri district, Bengal Presidency (now part of Panchagarh District, Bangladesh). He was the penultimate child among the six children of schoolteacher Ahmed Shafaqat al-Bari and Tayyab-un-Nisa. The family were descended from Sufi pir Qadam Ali Shah. Farhad was educated in Dinajpur, and was proficient in Bengali, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English. He matriculated from Dinajpur Zila School in 1953 and received his master's degree in political science from the University of Dacca in 1961. Mohammad Farhad was elected as a member of Bangladesh Parliament in 1986 from his home district Panchagarh, which he held until his death. was established, twinning his name with that of Communist Party founding member Comrade Moni Singh, now serving as a center for intellectuals in Bangladesh.