Native name এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া Occupation Nuclear scientist | Name M. Wazed Role Scientist | |
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Born February 16, 1942 ( 1942-02-16 ) Fatehpur, Pirganj, Rangpur District, British Raj (now Bangladesh) Resting place Pirganj, Rangpur, Bangladesh Parent(s) Abdul Quader Miah (father)Moyzunnessa (mother) Children Sajeeb Wazed, Saima Wazed Hossain Putul Books FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROMAGNETICS Similar People Died 9 May 2009 (aged 67) Dhaka, Bangladesh Nationality Bangladeshi | ||
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M. A. Wazed Miah (6 February 1942 – 9 May 2009) was a Bangladeshi nuclear scientist, the writer of a number of texts in physics and some political history books, a former Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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- Talk show on dr m a wazed miah anchor baizid khoorshid riaz
- Dr M A Wazed Miahs Biography
- Early life
- Political career
- Professional career
- Personal life
- Death
- Legacy
- Publications
- References
Dr. M. A Wazed Miah's Biography.
Early life
Wazed Miah was born on 16 February 1942 in the village of Fatehpur (Miah Bari) at Pirganj, Rangpur District. His father was Abdul Quader Miah and mother was Moyzunnessa. He was the youngest among three sisters and four brothers. To get the best education, from Class Five he was sent to board at Rangpur Zila School, from where he ultimately passed Matriculation in First Division with Distinction.
After passing the HSC exam, in 1958, he followed in the footsteps of his eldest sister's son, physicist Abdul Qayyum Sarker and took admittance into the Department of Physics, Dhaka University. In 1961 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics and in 1962 he finished his Master of Science. He completed the Diploma of Imperial College London Course in 1963–64 from Imperial College London, London. In 1967 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics from Durham University, England. His thesis was on bootstrap hypothesis in theoretical particle physics, and he worked under Prof. E.J. Squires.
Political career
From 1961 to 1962 he was the Vice-President of the Chhatra League of the Fazlul Haque Hall Student Union in University of Dhaka. He was arrested for movement against education commission and was imprisoned in 1962. He never played any active official role in the Awami League after his marriage to Sheikh Hasina.
Professional career
Miah joined in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission on 1 April 1963. In 1969 Miah got the Associate-ship of Italy-based International Centre for Theoretical Physics of Pakistani Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam. In the same year, he returned home to Pakistan and continued with the Atomic Energy Research Centre. Between 1975 and 1982, he was involved in research at the laboratory of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, located in New Delhi. This period coincided with the exile of the remaining members of the Mujib family following the coup d'état on 15 August 1975. Upon his return to Bangladesh, he became affiliated with the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, where he ascended to the position of chairman, retiring in 1999.
Personal life
Miah married Sheikh Hasina, eldest daughter Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 17 November 1967. They have a son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and a daughter Saima Wazed Putul.
Death
Miah died on 9 May 2009. He had for long suffered from high blood pressure, heart disease, renal failure, diabetes and asthma. He had a bypass operation a few years earlier and angioplasty in Singapore only a few months before his death. He was buried at a family graveyard in his native village at Pirganj, Rangpur.
Legacy
A science and technology building is named after him in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. An academic building is built in his memory in Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University.