Muhammad Hashim Gazdar
Muhammad Hashim Gazdar | |
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محمد ہاشم گذدر | |
Muhammad Tamizuddin Khan | |
Succeeded by | C. E. Gibbon (as Deputy Speaker)[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 February 1893 All India Muslim League |
Alma mater | Sindh Madressah-tul-Islam College of Engineering, Pune |
Muhammad Hashim Gazdar (
Early life
Gazdar was born in 1895 in
Gazdar started his academic career from Sindh Madressah-tul-Islam, Karachi, and completed Intermediate in 1911. He also studied civil engineering, earning a degree from the College of Engineering, Pune in 1916.[2]
He was involved in an uplift project for the lower caste in Bombay, but this was unsuccessful. He and a number of other people were dismissed from this project.[5]
Political life
After losing his job in Bombay he returned to Karachi where he performed his services as an engineer, in District Local Board, Karachi. However, during the subsequent four years, differences on policy matters arose with G. M. Syed, who was then the president of Board; Gazdar resigned.
Later, he joined politics. He was elected a member of the Bombay Legislative Council from Sindh constituency in 1934 election. During his subsequent political career, he was also elected the Mayor of Karachi for the term from May, 1941 to May, 1942.
During his tenure as a member of the
Gazdar was among the legislating members who represented Sindh in the first session of Pakistan's first Constituent Assembly, and convened for the purpose of legislation in Sindh Assembly Building, Karachi on 10 August 1947, four days before Pakistan's independence and formation was imminent. Other members included Pirzada Abdul Sattar Abdul Rehman, Muhammed Ayub Khoro, and J. Ram Das Doulat Ram.
Gazdar's role as a former Pakistani politician is highly acknowledged. Being an honest legislator, a steadfast Muslim League politician, his role was significant with a view to turning the stream of politics to a new era.
He died in 1968.[2]
See also
- List of mayors of Karachi
- Gazdarabad
References
- ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan".
- ^ a b c "In memoriam: Remembering Hashim Gazdar". In Paper Magazine. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ Ahmad, Syed Nur (14 August 1985). "From Martial Law to Martial Law: Politics in the Punjab, 1919-1958". Vanguard Books – via Google Books.
- ^ "Pakistan". The Commonwealth Relations Office List 1952. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1952. p. 171.
- ^ "Muhammad Hashim Gazdar – Dawn". Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.