Abdur Rahman Siddiqui (; 1887 – 1953) was an

East Pakistani 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, wit ...

politician, businessman and journalist. He was the acting Governor of

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, wit ...

for three and a half months in 1952 while

Feroz Khan Noon Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon (7 May 18939 December 1970) , best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 16 December 1957, until being removed when the President Iskandar ...

was on leave.

Education

He graduated from

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Research university, research university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Kh ...

and travelled to

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for further education.

Career

After completing his education, Siddiqui joined ''

The Comrade ''The Comrade'' was a weekly English-language newspaper that was published and edited by Mohammad Ali Jauhar between 1911 and 1914. Mohammad Ali was a forceful orator and writer, contributing articles to various newspapers including ''The Times'', ...

'', a journal published by

Mohammad Ali Jouhar Muhammad Ali Jawhar (10 December 18784 January 1931) was an Indian politician and activist of the Indian independence movement. He was a co-founder of the All-India Muslim League and Jamia Millia Islamia. Born into an anti-colonial family, Ja ...

. He was the managing editor of the journal, which was published from

Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...

. Siddiqui involved himself in the

Khilafat Movement The Khilafat movement (1919–22) was a political campaign launched by Indian Muslims in British India over British policy against Turkey and the planned dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire after World War I by Allied forces. Leaders particip ...

and volunteered as a medic in the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans, Balkan states in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan states of Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg), Greece, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia, Kingdom of Montenegro, M ...

. He was one of the founding members of the

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 L ...

and a key participator of the

Pakistan Movement The Pakistan Movement was a religiopolitical and social movement that emerged in the early 20th century as part of a campaign that advocated the creation of an Islamic state in parts of what was then British Raj. It was rooted in the two-nation the ...

. Siddiqui contested in the 1937 Bengal legislative elections, winning in the Chamber of Commerce constituency. In 1940, he was elected Mayor of Calcutta. He preserved his seat at the 1946 Bengal legislative elections. He along with Khwaja Nooruddin initiated the publication of ''

The Morning News (Bangladeshi newspaper) ''The Morning News'' was a right-wing English language newspaper published from Dhaka. History ''The Morning News'' started as a weekly English language newspaper in Kolkata. It was owned by Khwaja Nooruddin who was a relative of the Nawab of Dha ...

'' in Calcutta of which he was the editor from 1942 to 1948. Siddiqui was also one of the founders of Eastern Federal Insurance Company.

Death

Siddiqui died in 1953.

References

Muhajir people 1953 deaths 1887 births Governors of East Pakistan Aligarh Muslim University alumni Mayors of Kolkata 20th-century mayors of places in India 20th-century Pakistani politicians Leaders of the Pakistan Movement {{Pakistan-bio-stub

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