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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (8 September 18925 December 1963) was an East Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 to 1947. In both Pakistan and Bangladesh, Suhrawardy is regarded as a patron of Two-Nation Theory, separate homeland for the Muslims, especially for Bengali Muslims, for which he is revered as one of the List of Pakistan Movement activists, founding statesmen of Pakistan. Born in 1892 at Midnapore, Suhrawardy was a scion of one of Bengal Presidency, British Bengal's most prominent Muslim families, the Suhrawardy family. His father Zahid Suhrawardy, Sir Zahid Suhrawardy was a judge of the high court in Bengal. Suhrawardy studied law in University of Oxford, Oxford. After returning to India, he joined the Indian independence movement during the 1920s as a trade union leader in Calcutta. He was initially associated with the Swaraj Party. He join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Bengal
The prime minister of Bengal was the head of government of Bengal Presidency, Bengal Province and the Leader of the House in the Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947), Bengal Legislative Assembly in British India. The position was dissolved upon the partition of Bengal (1947), Partition of Bengal during the partition of India in 1947. History The office was created under the Government of India Act 1935, which granted Bengal a bicameral legislature, including the British Bengal Legislative Council, Bengal Legislative Council and the Bengal Legislative Assembly. The prime minister was in charge of the executive branch. The prime minister of Bengal played an important role in pan-Indian politics, including proclaiming the Lahore Resolution and dealing with Japanese attacks during World War II. The Indian National Congress, Congress party boycotted the office due to its anti-British policy. The office was held by three Muslims. The first premier was A. K. Fazlul Huq, the leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iskandar Ali Mirza
Iskander Ali Mirza (13 November 189913 November 1969) was a Bengali politician, statesman and military general who served as the Dominion of Pakistan's fourth and last Governor-General of Pakistan, governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956, and then as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan's first president of Pakistan, president from 1956 to 1958. Mirza was educated at the University of Bombay before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After military service in the British Indian Army, he joined the Indian Political Service and spent the most of his career as a Political officer (British Empire), political agent in the North-West Frontier Province (1901–55), Western region of British India until elevated as Cabinet Secretary of India, joint secretary at the Ministry of Defence (India), Ministry of Defence in 1946. Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947 as a result of the Partition of British India, Mirza was appointed as the first Defence Secretary of Paki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangladesh, he led the country as its President of Bangladesh, president and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, prime minister from 1972 until his Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, assassination in a 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état, ''coup d'état'' in 1975. His nationalist ideology, socio-political theories, and political doctrines are collectively known as Mujibism. Born in an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family in Tungipara, Mujib emerged as a student activist in the Bengal Presidency, province of Bengal during the final years of the British Raj. He was a member of the All India Muslim League, All-India Muslim League, supported Muslim nationalism in South Asia, Muslim nationalism, and advocated for the Pakistan Movement, establishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ashby
Rashid Suhrawardy (1940 – 7 February 2019), known professionally as Robert Ashby, was a British actor. He worked on stage, television and film. Early life and career Ashby was born in London 1940 as Rashid Suhrawardy to East Pakistani Bengali politician Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and a Russian mother of Polish descent, actress Vera Alexandrovna Tiscenko Calder. He received his early education at Charterhouse School and graduated from the University of Oxford. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Described by '' Pakistan Today'' as "the quintessential theatre actor", on screen he was known for playing Jawaharlal Nehru in the film '' Jinnah'' (1998) and a ''Doctor Who'' villain, the Borad, in the serial '' Timelash'' (1985). Politics In politics, Ashby was deeply committed to the people of Bangladesh. Where Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy's daughter, Begum Akhtar Sule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begum Akhtar Sulaiman
Begum Akhtar Sulaiman (née Akhtar Jahan Suhrawardy) (1922–1982) was a Pakistani-Bengali social worker, political activist and the daughter of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (8 September 18925 December 1963) was an East Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 to ..., the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan. Begum Akhtar Suleiman, went out on a limb to support the Yahya Khan regime during the war of 1971. She started actively supporting the activities of the Yahya Khan government. She gave a number of statements at that time on behalf of the Suhrawardy family saying her father believed in Pakistan. Her daughter Shahida Jamil served as the first female Pakistani Federal Minister for Law. Family Begum Sulaiman was married to Shah Ahmed Sulaiman (son of Justice Sir Shah Sulaiman and the Karachi manager of a large British expor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Alexandrovna Tiscenko Calder
Vera Alexandrovna Tiscenko (28 August 1902 – 13 October 1983) was a Russian actress of Polish descent and member of the Moscow Art Theatre who lived through four revolutions: the 1905 Russian Revolution, the Russian Revolution (1917), the Spanish Civil War, the Direct Action Day & Indian Independence Movement, and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (also known as the First Kashmir War). In India, her divorce from her first husband, Eugene Tiscenko, has achieved the status of a constitutional precedent that has been deployed repeatedly by the Supreme Court of India. She was the second wife of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy who was the last Prime Minister of Bengal until the Partition of India (April 1946- August 1947) and subsequently became the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan (1956–1957). They had a son Robert Ashby was born as Rashid Suhrawardy, who worked in the British and American film industry. Life The second of three sisters, she pursued acting as a child against her p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swaraj Party
The Swaraj Party, established as the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party, was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922. Chauri Chaura The Swaraj Party was formed on 1 January 1923 by Indian politicians and members of the Indian National Congress who had opposed Mahatma Gandhi's suspension of all civil resistance on 12 February 1922 in response to the Chauri Chaura tragedy, where policemen were killed by a mob of protestors. Gandhi felt responsible for the killings, reproached himself for not emphasizing non-violence more firmly, and feared that the entire Non-Cooperation Movement could degenerate into an orgy of violence between the British-controlled army and police and mobs of freedom-fighters, alienating and hurting millions of common Indians. He went on a fast-unto-death to convince all Indians to stop civil resistance. The Congress and other nationalist groups disavowed all activities of disobedience. However, many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Muslim Party
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All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was a political party founded in 1906 in Dhaka, British India with the goal of securing Muslims, Muslim interests in South Asia. Although initially espousing a united India with interfaith unity, the Muslim League later led the Pakistan Movement, calling for a Two-nation theory, separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. The party arose out of the need for the political representation of Muslims in British Raj, British India, especially during the Indian National Congress-sponsored Swadeshi movement, massive Hindu opposition to the 1905 partition of Bengal. During the 1906 annual meeting of the All India Muslim Education Conference held in Ahsan Manzil, Israt Manzil Palace, Dhaka, the Nawab of Dhaka, Khwaja Salimullah, forwarded a proposal to create a political party which would protect the interests of Muslims in British India. He suggested the political party be named the 'All-India Muslim League'. The motion was unanimously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslim League (Pakistan)
Muslim League may refer to: Political parties British India *All-India Muslim League, led the demand for the partition of India resulting in the creation of Pakistan ** Punjab Muslim League, a branch of the organization above **Unionist Muslim League or Unionist Party (Punjab), the autonomous Punjab unit of the All India Muslim League, under the leadership of Sikandar Hayat Khan ** All-India Jamhur Muslim League, formed in 1940 to counter the All-India Muslim League's plans for a separate Pakistan Pakistan ;;Historical * Muslim League (1947–1958), the original successor to the All-India Muslim League in Pakistan, lasting from independence to 1958 * Convention Muslim League, a brief discontent faction of the Pakistan Muslim League, formed in 1962 ** Council Muslim League, a brief discontent faction of the Convention Muslim League * Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum), a political party formed in 1970 * Pakistan Muslim League (J) (Junejo), a political party from 1988 to 2004, foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Front (Pakistan)
National Democratic Front was a Pakistani coalition founded in 4 October 1962. It was the first political alliance to oppose the military regime of Ayub Khan in Pakistan. History In 8 June 1962, the second constitution of Pakistan was promulgated by president Ayub Khan. In 4 October 1962, politician Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (8 September 18925 December 1963) was an East Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 to ... formed a political alliance with opposition leaders from several political parties of Pakistan named National Democratic Front. The front stated that their goal was to bring democracy in the country as the constitution neglected democratic values. As of the Political Parties Act, politicians disqualified under Public Office Disqualification Order and Election Bodies Disqualification Order were barred from j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistani
Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family ( Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies). Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure resides in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis). Ethnic subgroups Ethnically, Indo-Aryan peoples comprise the majority of the population in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
