Motahar Uddin

Motahar Uddin Ahmed (; 24 August 1935 – 10 January 1974), popularly known as Motahar Uddin Master was a Bangladeshi teacher and Awami League politician. He was a member of parliament for Bakerganj-3.

Early life and family Motahar Uddin Ahmed was born on 24 August 1935 to a Bengali Muslim family in the Hawlader Bari of Gazaria (West Char Umed), Lalmohan in Bhola Island, then a part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Moulvi Sultan Ahmad, was a madrasa teacher and his mother, Asiya Khatun, was a housewife. He was the eldest child of his parents and had six younger sisters. He married Mahmuda Begum and they had two sons and one daughter.

Education Motahar Uddin studied at the Chandpur Middle School in Tazumuddin and then at the Bhola Government High School up until 1950. He then enrolled at the Brojomohun College where he passed first class in his HSC in 1951. Uddin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from the University of Dacca. He founded Surjamoni New Model Secondary School.

Death Motahar Uddin was assassinated by a family member on 10 January 1974 in Lalmohan.