Suhrawardy’s birth anniversary observed
The 127th birth anniversary of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, one of the most powerful political leaders of the Indian sub-continent, was observed in a befitting manner yesterday.
Marking the day, different socio-political and cultural organisations arranged various programmes. Bangabandhu and Muktijoddha Club of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur held a discussion at BRUR liaison office in Dhaka on Saturday.
According to Banglapedia, Suhrawardy was deputy mayor of Calcutta city in 1924; labour and commerce minister in AK Fazlul Huq’s Praja-League coalition government; and civil supplies minister in Khwaja Nazimuddin’s cabinet during 1943-1945.
He was also chief minister of undivided Bengal during 1946-1947; law minister in Mohammad Ali’s cabinet in Pakistan during 1954-1955; and finally, prime minister of Pakistan for 13 months during 1956-1957.
Born into an illustrious Bangalee Muslim family in Midnapore on September 8, 1892, Suhrawardy was educated in Kolkata and was trained as a barrister in Oxford where he practiced law at the Gray’s Inn in Great Britain.
He died on December 5, 1963 at the age of 71 in Lebanon.
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