Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani - WPAP

Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (Bengali: মাওলানা ভাসানী;12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976) was a popular Islamic scholar and political leader in British India (now Bangladesh). He remained a rural-based politician renowned for selflessness and solidarity with the oppressed. His long political tenure spanned the British colonial India, Pakistan and Bangladesh periods.

He gained popularity among peasants and helped establish the East Pakistan Peasant Association. Owing to his leaning to the left, often dubbed "Islamic Socialism", he is also called "The Red Maulana".