Khawaja Shahabuddin
Khawaja Shahabuddin | |
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5th Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar | |
Succeeded by | Qurban Ali Khan |
2nd Minister of Interior | |
In office 8 May 1948 – 26 November 1951 | |
Prime Minister | Liaquat Ali Khan |
Preceded by | Fazl-ur-Rehman |
Succeeded by | Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 May 1898 |
Died | 9 February 1977 (aged 78) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Spouse | |
Children | |
Khawaja Shahabuddin (31 May 1898 – 9 February 1977) was a politician of Kashmiri-Bengali descent from East Pakistan who was a minister in the Government of Pakistan and member of the Dhaka Nawab family. He was the younger brother of
Early life
Khawaja Shahabuddin was born on 31 May 1898. His father was Khwaja Nizamuddin, who was a zamindar.[4]
He served as the municipality commissioner of Dhaka from 1918 to 1921. In 1921 he joined the Dhaka district board. He became the chairman of the board in 1923 to 1924.[4] From 1928 to 1944 he was the president of Dhaka district Muslim League.[4]
Career
In 1936 he was a member of the executive council of the Governor of Bengal Presidency. From 1930 to 1938 he was the treasurer at the University of Dhaka. He was elected to the Bengal legislative assembly from Narayanganj in 1937.[4] He was the Chief Whip in the A K Fazlul Haq government in Bengal from 1937 to 1941. He was the Minister of Commerce, Labour and Industry in Khwaja Nazimuddin’s government from 1943 to 1945.[4]
Shahabuddin was also involved in the movement for the creation of Pakistan. In 1947 he became the Chief whip in
Death
He died on 9 February 1977 in Karachi, Pakistan.[4]
References
- ^ Huda, Sigma (25 November 2011). "In remembrance: Alamgir M. A. Kabir". The Daily Star.
- ^ "Khwaja Zakiuddin passes away". The Daily Star. 18 January 2003.
- ^ Alamgir, Md. (2012). "Wasiuddin, Lt General Khwaja". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Alamgir, Mohammad. "Shahabuddin, Khwaja". Banglapedia. Retrieved 10 March 2016.