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Bengali bodybuilder, activist and wrestler

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Munshi SyedAlimuddin Ahmad
সৈয়দ আলীমুদ্দীন আহমদ
Born	1884 Dacca, Bengal Presidency
Died	1920 (aged 35–36) Calcutta, British India
Movement	Anti-colonial independence movement

Syed Alimuddin Ahmad (Bengali: সৈয়দ আলীমুদ্দীন আহমদ; 1884 - 1920), popularly known as Master Saheb (Bengali: মাস্টার সাহেব), was a Bengali bodybuilder and wrestler. He participated in the anti-British independence movement as an underground activist and revolutionary, as a part of the Dhaka Mukti Sangha organisation. Ahmed rose to prominence after the organisation was absorbed into Subhas Chandra Bose's Bengal Volunteers during the mayorship of Chittaranjan Das in Calcutta.

Early life and family

Syed Alimuddin Ahmad was born in 1884 to a Bengali Muslim family in Ashiq Jamadar Lane, Dhaka. His father, Syed Amiruddin, was a tailor by profession and owned a small tailoring shop. He and his siblings were educated in the local primary school and then at madrasas, which was why he was often referred to by the titles of Munshi or Moulvi by his comrades. Ahmad then enrolled at the Dhaka College. Following his father's death, he started working as a home tutor. Ahmad was a devout Sunni Muslim.

Activism

The start of Ahmad's activism roughly coincided with the 1905 Partition of Bengal movement. As an accomplice of Hemchandra Ghosh, he joined Ghosh's organisation, the Dhaka Mukti Sangha. During World War I, many revolutionaries and activists were arrested by the British Army though others such as Ahmad continued to keep the organisation alive underground. Ahmad provided shelter for numerous rebels and assisted them with weaponry. He prevented communal riots in Dacca during his leadership and had recruited many young people in the city. Among his notable disciples was Abdul Jabbar (revolutionary)|Abdul Jabbar. Ahmad continued his anti-imperial activities in hiding to avoid police arrests. The colonial police were never able to capture him.

Death and legacy

Alimuddin Ahmad died of tuberculosis in his early thirties in 1920, which was a major setback for the Mukti Sangha.

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