Biography of Sher-e-Bengla A.

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Full name: Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq

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Birthdate: October 23, 1873 i i i

Birthplace: Bakerganj, Jhalokati, Bangladesh i i i

Died: April 27, 1962 i i i

Death Place: Dhaka, Bangladesh i i i

Education: University of Calcutta i i i

Occupation: Politician, Lawyer i i

Spouse (s): Khurshid Begum, Jannatunissa Begum, Mussammat Khadija

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Religion: Islam i

Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq was a famous Bengali legislator, politician, and
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statesman. He was one of the paramount political leaders in British India and
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i later in Pakistan. Fazlul Huq is best known around the Bangladesh as

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‘Shre-e Bangla’. He comes to the timeline when officially introduced Lahore

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Resolution in 1940. He became the member of Bengal Legislative Council in

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193 from Dacca and served on the council for 21 years.

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Fazlul Huq Early Life: i i i

A K Fazlul Huq was born on October 23, 1873, in Bakerganj, British India
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(now Jhalokati, Bangladesh). He was born into a middle-class Muslim Family

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to Muhammad Wazid and Sayedunnessa Khatun. His father Wazid was a

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reputed lawyer of the Barisal Bar. Huq’s paternal grandfather was a scholar of
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Arabic and Persian. Following the initial homeschooling, he admitted into the
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i Barisal District School and passed FA Examination in 1980.

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Later he moved to Calcutta perusing higher education. In 1894, Huq sat for his
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bachelor’s degree exam. He received triple honors in chemistry, mathematics,

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and physics from the Presidency College. In 1896, he achieved master’s

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degree in mathematics from the University of Calcutta. Then Huq obtained

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i Bachelor in Law from the University Law College in Calcutta in 1897.

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Fazlul Huq Career: i i

A K Fazlul Huq became Prime Minister, being a member of the Bengal

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i Legislative Assembly. During the 1950s, he was Home Minister of i i i i i i i i i

Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. He boycotted knighthood provided by the

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i British Government. Huq strived for curving the influence of zamindars and
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notable for his English oratory.

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In 1913, Fazlul Huq became the secretary of the Bengal Provincial Muslim
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i League. He was General Secretary of the Indian National Congress from 1916
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to 1918. Huq was the Chief Minister of East Bengal in 1954. He was fluent in
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i Bengali, English and Urdu and working knowledge of Arabic and Persian.
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Personal Life: i

At first, A K Fazlul Huq married Khurshid Begum with whom he had two
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daughters. The relationship ended in divorce. Then he married Musammat

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Jannatunissa Begum who was from Howrah, West Bengal, by this second
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marriage he had no children. Huq tied a knot with Khadija who was from
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Meerut, Uttar Pradesh for third times, together they had a son.
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He died on April 27, 1962, in Dacca, East Pakistan and buried at the
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Mausoleum of Three Leaders. The Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium and The

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Sher-e-Bangla Nagar an area of Dhaka named after him.

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