Humayun Khan Panni

Humayun Khan Panni (died:11 May 2006) was a Bangladeshi politician and the former deputy Speaker of Parliament.[1][2]

Humayun Khan Panni
Member of 5th and 6th Jatiya Sangsad
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byMorshed Ali Khan Panni
Succeeded byAbdul Kader Siddique
ConstituencyTangail-8
Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
Personal details
Born1920-1921
Died(2006-05-11)May 11, 2006 (aged 85)
Apollo Hospital Dhaka,  Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
RelativesWajed Ali Khan Panni (great grandfather), Morshed Ali Khan Panni (nephew), Wajid Ali Khan Panni (nephew)

Early life and family

Humayun Khan Panni was born in the early 1920s, to the Bengali Muslim family known as the Zamindars of Karatia. His ancestors were Pashtuns belonging to the Panni tribe, and had migrated from Afghanistan to Bengal in the 16th century where they became culturally assimilated.[3]

Career

During the 1991 Bangladeshi general election, Panni successfully won a seat at the Tangail-8 constituency as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate. He served for a second term after the February 1996 Bangladeshi general election.[4]

Panni's wife was murdered on 19 May 2003 in their residence in Dhanmondi.[5]

Death

Panni died on 11 May 2006 at the Apollo Hospital Dhaka in Bangladesh.[6]

References
  1. "List of Deputy Speakers". parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. Islam, Shaikh Nazrul. "Looking back at 2003 May". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. Mahbub, Khan (2012). "Karatia Zamindari". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. Islam, Shaikh Nazrul (2 January 2004). "Looking back at 2003". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. "Humayun Khan Panni passes away". The Daily Star. BSS. 12 May 2006.


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