{{Short description|Islamic scholar, lawyer and politician (1905 – 1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Muhammad Sanaullah | native_name = মহম্মদ ছানাউল্লাহ | native_name_lang = bn | parliament = Bangladesh | term_start = 7 April 1937 | term_end = 14 May 1946 | predecessor = | successor = [[Farid Ahmad Choudhury]] | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|03|01}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1963|02|13|1905|03|01}} | birth_place = North Madarsha, [[Hathazari Upazila|Hathazari]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Bengal Presidency]] | death_place = [[Dacca]], [[East Pakistan]] | relatives = [[Anisul Islam Mahmud]] (grandson) | module = {{Infobox religious biography|embed=yes|religion=[[Islam]]|denomination=[[Sunni]]|jurisprudence=[[Hanafi]]|movement=[[Deobandi]]|education=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]]<br>[[Mazahir Uloom]]<br>[[Darul Uloom Hathazari]]|influences=[[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]]}} | office = Member of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947)|Bengal Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) | party = [[Krishak Praja Party]] | alma_mater = [[University of London]]<br>[[University of Cambridge]]<br>[[Presidency College Calcutta]] | education = [[Chittagong College]] }} '''Muhammad Sanallah''' ({{Langx|bn|মহম্মদ ছানাউল্লাহ}}; 1 March 1905 – 13 February 1963) was an [[Islamic scholar]], [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] from what was then [[East Pakistan]]. He was a member of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947)|Bengal Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) in [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Members of Parliament, Hathazari |url=https://hathazari.chittagong.gov.bd/bn/site/page/xZaZ-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A3 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=[[Bangladesh National Portal]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-02-13 |title=ড. ছানাউল্লাহ ব্যারিস্টার: এক অনন্য মনীষী |url=https://dainikazadi.net/%E0%A6%A1-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=[[Dainik Azadi]] |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Bengal Legislative Council Proceedings. |date=1921 |pages=v4 |language=en}}</ref>
== Birth and early life == Sanaullah was born on 1 March 1905 in North Madarsha village of [[Hathazari]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Bengal Presidency]]. He is the only child of his father Anar Ali and mother Rafeya Khatun. His father was an officer under the British in [[Akyab]], present-day Myanmar.<ref name=":0" /> He studied at [[Darul Uloom Hathazari]] and obtained a degree in Dawrae Hadith (Title) from [[Mazahir Uloom|Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, India]]. Graduated from [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1926.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
In 1927, he passed matriculation from Hathazari Parvati High School. Passed I.A from [[Chittagong College]] in 1929. He passed BA from [[Presidency College Calcutta]] in 1931. After that he passed MA from [[University of Cambridge]]. He obtained his [[Bar-at-law|Bar-at-Law degree]] from [[Lincoln's Inn]] University in 1934. He obtained his PhD degree from the [[University of London]] in 1935.<ref name=":0" />
==Career== Sanaullah passed the Indian Civil Service Examination twice in 1932 and 1933. He started his career as a teacher at the [[University of Calcutta]] and served as the Chief Examiner in the Department of Arabic, Persian and Islamic History for 12 years. In 1942, the Indian PSC nominated him to various higher and important posts. He was last nominated as 'Professor' (equivalent to ICS) in the Senior Educational Service of West Bengal. In 1947, he also served as Federal Public Commissioner in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. For eight years, he was the Chairman of the Chittagong District Board and President of the School Board. He worked as a Gazetted Judicial Officer, First Class, in the [[Calcutta High Court]].<ref name=":0" />
In 1958, he was appointed Additional Claims Commissioner to the Central [[Government of Pakistan]] and served as an important officer. He served as the Administrator General of the [[Dhaka High Court]] until his death.<ref name=":0" />
Sanaullah joined [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]] and started his political career. He played a supporting role in the anti-British movement with the All India Congress Party led by [[Mohandas Gandhi]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. He was elected MLA twice from the North Chittagong constituency of the Bengal Provincial Council of undivided India in 1937 and 1945.<ref name=":0" />
==Death== Sanaullah died on 13 February 1963 in [[Dacca]], [[East Pakistan]]. He was buried at his family graveyard in North Madarsha, Chittagong. MP [[Anisul Islam Mahmud]] is his grandson.<ref name=":0" />
== References == {{Reflist|2}} {{Hanafi scholars}}
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