Rahul Quddus was a former bureaucrat of Bangladesh. He is the first and only secretary general of the

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and the first Principal Secretary of the Prime Ministers' Office. Quddus was an accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case along with future

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Career

Quddus joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1949. He served as the chief magistrate of

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. Quddus was accused in the ''

Agartala Conspiracy Case The Agartala Conspiracy Case was a sedition case in Pakistan during the rule of Ayub Khan (general), Ayub Khan against Awami League, brought by the government of Pakistan in 1968 against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then leader of the Awami Lea ...

'' along with

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in 1968. Along with him, two other civil servants were charged in the case Ahmed Fazlur Rahman and

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who were Bengalis. He was defended by Khan Bahadur Mohammad Ismail. Quddus was the secretary general of the

. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was tasked with taking over the bureaucracy of East Pakistan. After the

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ended, he went to Dhaka Airport on 18 December 1971 to receive the government of Bangladesh in exile.

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accompanied him, and they were the highest government authority in Dhaka till the return of the government in exile. He chaired the first cabinet meeting of Bangladesh on 23 December. After Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to Bangladesh, Quddus was appointed Principal Secretary of the Prime Ministers' Office and the post of secretary general of the Cabinet of Bangladesh was abolished. He represented Bangladesh in negotiations with India.

Personal life

Quddus's daughter is Dr. Rezina Quddus.

References

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