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Shamsuddin Sikder
Shamsuddin Sikder () was a Member of the List of members of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan, 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of East Pakistan. Early life Sikder was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Sikdar, Shiqdars in Patuakhali District, Patuakhali, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency. Career Sikder was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947), Bengal Legislative Assembly for Patuakhali South constituency after succeeding at the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1946 elections. Sikder was a Member of the List of members of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan, 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan representing Bakerganj-II. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sikder, Shamsuddin Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965 People from Patuakhali district Politicians from Barisal Division Bengal MLAs 1946–1947 East Bengal MLAs 1947–1954 Year of birth missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Pakistan
The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assembly has a maximum membership of 336, of which 266 are directly elected by an adult universal suffrage and a First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system to represent their respective List of constituencies of Pakistan, constituencies, while 60 are elected on reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. Members hold their seats for five years or until the house is dissolved by the President of Pakistan, President on the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister. The house convenes at the Parliament House, Islamabad, Parliament House, Red Zone (Islamabad), Red Zone, Islamabad. Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage, representing electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947)
The Bengal Legislative Assembly () was the largest legislature in British India, serving as the lower chamber of the legislature of Bengal (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). It was established under the Government of India Act 1935. The assembly played an important role in the final decade of undivided Bengal. The Leader of the House was the Prime Minister of Bengal. The assembly's lifespan covered the anti-feudal movement of the Krishak Praja Party, the period of World War II, the Lahore Resolution, the Quit India movement, suggestions for a United Bengal and the partition of Bengal and partition of British India. Many notable speeches were delivered by Bengali statesmen in this assembly. The records of the assembly's proceedings are preserved in the libraries of the Parliament of Bangladesh and the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. History The assembly was the culmination of legislative development in Bengal which started in 1861 with the Bengal Leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patuakhali District
Patuakhali District (; ) is a district in south-central Bangladesh in Barisal Division. This district is the main entrance for the beach of Kuakata. History The early history of Patuakhali is little known. In medieval times, the northern part of the district was part of the Chandradwip, Chandradwip Kingdom, also called Bakla. The kingdom had its capital at Kachua in present Bauphal Upazila. Beginning in the middle 16th century, the kingdom began facing attacks from Portuguese and Magh pirates, so the kings shifted to Madhabpasha in present Barishal district. After the conquest of Bakla, Akbar's administrator Todar Mal, Todarmal sent the quanungo Jimmak Khan to survey the region. He split up the still mainly forested southern part of Barisal as Bazuhadba, and later the region was split up into three parganas: Salimbada, Bajuk Umedpur and Uranpur. This southern part of Barisal region, which was still largely uninhabited, was colonized by Muslim pirs who introduced the local popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backergunge District
Backergunge, Backergunje, Bakarganj, or Bakerganj is a former district of British Bengal, East Pakistan and Bangladesh. It was the southernmost district of the Dacca Division. The district was located in the swampy lowlands of the vast river delta, delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers. Backergunge District was established in 1760 under the Bengal Presidency. In 1947 the district became part of East Pakistan. The area of the former Backergunge district is now covered by the Barisal Division of Bangladesh. The current administrative division also contains a Barisal District and a Bakerganj Upazila. History In 1582, under Rājā Todar Mal, the region was included in the ''Sarkar (administrative division), sarkar'' of Bākla, but subsequent Mahammadan rulers placed it in the province of Dacca (Dakha). In the 17th century, Shah Shuja (Mughal prince), Shāh Shujāh, the brother of Aurangzeb, had built a fort at Shujābād, five miles southwest of Barisāl. Early in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal until 1937, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British India during Company rule in India, Company rule and later a Provinces of India, Province of British India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia. Bengal proper covered the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal (present-day Bangladesh and the West Bengal, Indian state of West Bengal). Calcutta, the city which grew around Fort William, India, Fort William, was the capital of the Bengal Presidency. For many years, the governor of Bengal was concurrently the governor-general of India and Calcutta was the capital of India until 1911. The Bengal Presidency emerged from trading posts established in the Bengal Subah, Bengal province during the reign of Emperor Jahangir in 1612. The East India Company (EIC), a British Indian monopoly with a royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The 3rd National Assembly Of Pakistan
The 3rd Parliament of Pakistan (1962–1964) was the unicameral legislature of Pakistan formed after the 4 years of 1958 Pakistani military coup, martial law (1958–1962). There were 156 seats of members of Parliament, including 78 from East Pakistan and 78 from West Pakistan. East Pakistan Note: The election constituencies from the general election of 1965 are listed below, they do not link to the most recent election constituencies because they have been completely altered. Elected members for Reserved Seats for Women West Pakistan Note: The election constituencies from the general election of 1962 are listed below, they do not link to the most recent election constituencies because they have been completely altered. Elected members for Reserved Seats for Women See also * List of members of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan * List of members of the 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan * List of members of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan * List of members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, with a coastline on the Bay of Bengal. East Pakistanis were popularly known as "Pakistani Bengalis"; to distinguish this region from India's state West Bengal (which is also known as "Indian Bengal"), East Pakistan was known as "Pakistani Bengal". In 1971, East Pakistan became the newly independent state Bangladesh, which means "country of Bengal" or "country of Bengalis" in Bengali language. East Pakistan was formed with West Pakistan at the reorganization of One Unit Scheme orchestrated by 3rd prime minister of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali of Bogra, Mohammad Ali. The Constitution of Pakistan of 1956 replaced the Pakistani monarchy with an Islamic republic. Bengali politician H.S. Suhrawardy served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan between 1956 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Muslim
Bengali Muslims (; ) 'Mussalman'' also used in this work./ref> are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising over 70% of the global Bengali population, they are the second-largest ethnic group among Muslims after Arabs. Bengali Muslims make up the majority of Bangladesh's citizens, and are the largest minority in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. They speak or identify the Bengali language as their mother tongue. The majority of Bengali Muslims are Sunnis who follow the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. Due to its extensive trade contacts, Bengal has had a Muslim presence in the region since the early 8th century CE, but conquest of the Bengal region by the Delhi Sultanate brought Muslim rule to Bengal. The governors of the region soon broke away to form a Bengal Sultanate, which was a supreme power of the medieval Islamic East. European traders identified the Bengal Sultanate as "the richest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikdar
Sikdar, Sikder or Shikdar is a Bengali surname. ''Sikdar'' means owner of one ''siki'' (one quarter) of land. Notable people with surname Sikdar * Abbas Ullah Shikder (1955–2020), Bangladeshi producer, actor and politician * Abdul Hye Sikder (born 1957), Bangladeshi poet * Abdul Mannan Sikder (born 1931), Bangladeshi politician * Abdul Quader Sikder (1956-2021), Bangladeshi politician * Abul Basar Sikder, Bangladeshi politician * Altaf Hossain Sikdar, Bangladeshi politician * Anwar Uddin Shikdar, Bangladeshi politician * Asmat Ali Sikder (1939–2001), Bangladeshi lawyer and politician * Jakir Hussain Sikdar (born 1981), Assam politician * Nurul Islam Sikder, Bangladeshi politician * Sadat Ali Sikder (died 2017), Bangladeshi politician * Shamim Sikder (1952–2023), Bangladeshi sculptor * Shamsuddin Sikder, Bangladeshi politician * Sikdar Aminul Haq (1942–2003), Bangladeshi poet * Sikder Group family ** Zainul Haque Sikder (1930–2021), Bangladeshi businessma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative assembly elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly were held in January 1946 as part of the 1946 Indian provincial elections. Seats The allocation of 250 seats in the assembly was based on the communal award. It is illustrated in the following. * General elected seats- 78 * Muslim electorate seats- 117 ** Urban seats- 6 ** Rural seats- 111 * Anglo-Indian electorate seats- 3 * European electorate seats- 11 * Indian Christian electorate seats- 2 * Commerce, Industries and Planting seats- 19 ** Port of Calcutta ** Port of Chittagong ** Bengal Chamber of Commerce ** Jute Interest ** Tea Interest ** Railways ** Traders Associations ** Others * Zamindar seats- 5 * Labour representatives- 8 * Education seats- 2 ** University of Calcutta- 1 ** University of Dacca The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Reed (British Politician)
Sir Herbert Stanley Reed (28 January 1872 – 17 January 1969) was an important figure in the media of India in the early 20th century who later became a Conservative Party politician in the UK. He was conservative member for the Aylesbury division of Buckinghamshire. Reed was the longest serving Editor of ''The Times of India'' from 1907 until 1924. He received correspondence from the major figures of India such as Mahatma Gandhi. In all he lived in India for fifty years. He was respected in the United Kingdom as an expert on Indian current affairs. He christened Jaipur as 'the Pink City of India'. Reed was returned as Conservative member of parliament (MP) for Aylesbury in a by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ... in 1938. He was re-elected at the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965
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 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
