Tajul Hossain was a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War and the first Health Secretary of Bangladesh.[1][2] He was a Trustee Board member of Independent University, Bangladesh.[1]

Early life

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Tajul Hossain was born in 1920 in Comilla District, British India.[3] He completed his medical studies in Kolkata and Dhaka in the early 1940s and was associated with M. N. Roy.[4][3]

Career

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Tajul Hossain did his post graduate studies at the New York University Medical Center.[5]

Tajul Hossain served in the Bangladesh Liberation War as an organizer.[6]

After the Independence of Bangladesh Tajul Hossain was appointed the First Health Secretary of the country.[6] He talked to The New York Times about the importance of birth control in Bangladesh when there seven births in every minute in the country.[5] He was a member of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, the one party government that ruled Bangladesh in the early 1970s.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "IUB pays tributes to its Trustee Freedom Fighters in Mujib Centenary". www.iub.edu.bd. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ Bangladesh News. Press and Information Division, Bangladesh High Commission. 1973. p. 11.
  3. ^ a b A Handbook of Oral History: Abstracts of Interviews Taken by the Oral History Project. Bangladesh National Museum. 1992. p. 96.
  4. ^ The Radical Humanist. Radical Humanist. 2006. p. 7.
  5. ^ a b Weinraub, Bernard (1 February 1974). "7 Births Every Minute: Bangladesh's Biggest Long-Range Problem". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b "IUB pays tribute to Trustee Freedom Fighters in Mujib Centenary". The Financial Express. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  7. ^ Bangladesh News. Press and Information Division, Bangladesh High Commission. 1973.