Asad Ali (politician)

Mawlana Asad Ali (Bengali: আছাদ আলী; died 14 November 2007) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician, teacher and rebel.

Asad Ali was born in the 20th century to a Bengali family in the village of Baneshwar in Madhabpur, Habiganj subdivision, Sylhet district, British Raj (now Bangladesh).

[1] He was a father to five sons and two daughters including former state minister Md.

Ali completed his Bachelor of Arts from the Presidency College in Calcutta, and received his Master of Arts from the University of Calcutta.

[2] Ali became the president of the Awami League's Habiganj branch.