Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. T ...

Hassan Farid Didi (1901–1944) was a Maldivian royal and a statesman. He was the Minister for Home Affairs, Finance, Minister of State and Plenipotentiary Representative in Ceylon. Born as the younger son of Prince Abdul Majeed Didi, later Sultan Elect of the Maldives and Princess Veyoge Ruqia Don Goma, the daughter of Sultan

Hassan Nooraddeen II Sultan Sir Hassan Nooraddeen Iskandar II, KCMG ( dv, ސުލްޠާން ޙަސަން ނޫރައްދީން ދެވަނަ) was Sultan of the Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republ ...

, his elder brother Muhammad Fareed Didi was the last sultan. Educated at the Royal College, Colombo in Ceylon, he returned to

Malé Malé (, ; dv, މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 252,768 and an area of , it is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located at the southern ...

in the 1920s. He was appointed treasurer and

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from 1932 to 1942, and the Minister for Home Affairs from 1934 to 1939. During

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, he served as Maldive's Plenipotentiary Representative in Ceylon from 1942 to 1944. He was killed while en route to Colombo when his ship, the 249-ton British

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HMS ''Maaløy'', was torpedoed by , on 27 March 1944.

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