Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani place of birth Sirajganj District
Early life
Abdul Hamid Khan was born on 12 December 1880 to Bengali Muslim parents Haji Sharafat Ali Khan and Musammat Marijan Bibi in the village of Dhangara in Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal Presidency. After completing studies at the local school, he studied under Mawlana Abdul Bari Chishti at his madrasa in Sirajganj. In 1907, he enrolled at the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary for higher Islamic studies. His association with Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and other progressive Islamic thinkers inspired Bhashani to oppose British imperialism. After graduating from Deoband in 1909, he started his career as a teacher at the Kagmaree Primary School in Tangail.
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