Mahimal

[citation needed] Traditionally, the Mahimals are localised on the banks and nearby areas of rivers and other natural water bodies owing to their customary occupation of fishing.

The Maimal welfare society of Assam was established by a group of youngman led by Nazmul Hasan of kathakal, hailakandi, in January, 2000.

The migration was the aftermath of the developmental tasks undertaken by Kalidas Pal, the erstwhile Hindu zamindar of Panchakhanda.

Abdul Majid was questioned by some people on why he dared to approach the Mahimal community (which is generally seen as a neglected lower-class Muslim social group) for aid.

The designated monthly meeting spot for the Society was situated at Sikandar Ali's store, Anwara Woodworks, in Sheikhghat.

Following Ali's death, poet Aminur Rashid Chowdhury wrote a lengthy editorial tribute in the Weekly Jugabheri.

The latter, which hosts a science laboratory, is one of the most advanced and successful Madrasas in Bangladesh in terms of recent test results.

Notable Mahimals in the education field include: The community has also gave horizon to government secretaries such as Akmal Husayn bin Danai Haji Saheb of Dighli, Govindaganj and Zamir Uddin of Ita.

[2] During the early 1960s, in an attempt to emancipate this downtrodden community from the curse of socio-economic backwardness some great leaders of this community like Morhum Maulana Mumtaz Uddin, Hazrat Muhammad Ali (popularly known as Raypuri Saheb or Raypuri Huzur), Mr. Sarkum Ali (Master of Krishnapur, Hailakandi), Morhum Maulana Shamsul Islam, Morhum Foyez Uddin (Master Saheb of Tinghori-Bihara), Morhum Haji Sayeed Ali of Srikona (Cachar), and few others, formed an organisation called Nikhil Cachar Muslim Fishermen Federation, with an area of operation of the old Cachar district (now split into Cachar and Hailakandi).

This organisation led the society to give a socio-political identity and was successful to obtain the Other Backward Classes status for the Mahimals.

Large groups of Mahimals led by the likes of Najmul Hasan, Maharam Ali (Hailakandi), Fakhar Uddin Ahmed and Abdul Noor Ahmed (Cachar) travelled across the Barak Valley, organising meetings and initiating a wave of self-identity among Mahimal youths.