Abdul Hakeem (17 August 1901 – 13 January 1968) was a Bengali politician and speaker of the
East Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Hakeem was born on 17 August 1901 in Tona,
Kalia Upazila,
Jessore District
Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Distr ...
,
Bengal Presidency,
British India.
He graduated from Kalia Public High School in Khulna.
He did his undergraduate and graduate studies in English Language from the
University of Calcutta,
after which he completed a law degree from the University of Calcutta.
Career
Hakeem worked with
A. K. Fazlul Huq
Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who present ...
,
Ashutosh Mukherjee
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (anglicised, originally Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee) (29 June 1864 – 25 May 1924) was a prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician. He was the first student to be awar ...
,
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, and
Subhas Chandra Bose
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in Kolkata and became involved in politics.
In 1937, he was elected to Bengal Legislative Assembly from Khulna.
In 1947, he moved to East Bengal following the
Partition of India
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. He was elected to the Khulna Bar Association.
He founded Pallimangal High School and City Law College, Khulna.
In 1954, he was elected to the East Bengal Provincial Assembly from the
United Front and made the speaker of the assembly.
On 23 September 1958,
Shahed Ali Patwary
Shahed Ali Patwary ( bn, শাহেদ আলী পাটোয়ারী; 1899– 26 September 1958) was a lawyer and prominent politician. He was elected as member of East Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Patwary was born in 1899 i ...
announced that an
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The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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motion, petition by Dewan Mahbub Ali, declaring the speaker Abdul Hakeem to be of 'unsound mind' had been carried. This resulted chaos in the East Pakistan Assembly and physical fights between legislators. One of them hurled a paper weight which hit Shahid Ali in his head. He was injured and died four days later.
[Rafiq Zakaria Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong? 2004 - Page 150 "The Assembly reconvened, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Speaker, Shahid Ali. But as soon as it ... And the Deputy Speaker who tried to control the situation was hit badly and he succumbed to his injuries and passed away four days later "]
Death
Hakeem died on 13 January 1968.
References
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1901 births
1968 deaths
University of Calcutta alumni
Bengali lawyers
Bengali politicians
People from Jessore District