Maulana Akram Khan: Ahl-i-Hadith

Maulana Akram Khan was born in Hakimpur of District of 24 Parganas of West Bengal, India in 1868. He he was a student of Kolkata Alia Madrasa. He entered journalism at a very young age before getting involved in political activism.
He served Ahl-i-Hadith and the Mohammadi Akhbar as an young journalist and served as the Editor of Muhammadi and Al-Islam between 1908 and 1921. Maulana was once arrested for taking part in Oshahojog and Swedeshi Andolon in the early twentys.
He was an active prominent member of Khilafat Andolon from 1918 to 1924. Maulana later joined Muslim League and became the president of the erstwhile East Pakistan Muslim League till his retirement from politics in 1960. In October 1936, Akram published the revolutionary newspaper Azad, the only Bengali daily of that time which contributed greatly to generate support for the Muslim League.
He was a scholar of great eminence. His literary works include: Mostafa Charit (i.e. Life scetch of the Holy Prophet of Islam(sa), Tafseer-a-Quran (Commentary of the Holy Quran) in Bangla and Muslim Banglar Samajik Itihash (meaning the Social History of Muslim Bengal).
Mohammad Akram Khan died on 18 August 1969. He was buried at the Ahl-i-Hadith Bongshal mosque at Lalbagh PS in Dhaka. In 1981, he was awarded the Independance Day Award.