Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani [SEP] country of citizenship
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (, 12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976), shortened as Maulana Bhashani was an Islamic scholar and political leader in British India (now Bangladesh). His political tenure spanned the British colonial India, Pakistan and Bangladesh periods.
Maulana Bhashani is popularly known with the honorary title Mazlum Jananeta (Leader of the Oppressed) for his lifelong stance for the poor suffered by establishment. He gained nationwide mass popularity among peasants and helped to build East Pakistan Peasant Association. Owing to
said to have originated during a speech by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani on 23 November 1970 in Paltan Maidan, Dhaka. The speech happened only a few days after the 1970 Bhola cyclone, the deadliest natural disaster to ever be recorded in history. The Government of Pakistan was heavily criticised for its slow reactions in relief operations following the storm by Bhashani and he recommended that East Pakistan should separate and become its own independent country. He ended the speech by replacing the Pakistani slogan of Pakistan Zindabad with ""Purbo Pakistan Zindabad""