Mirza Mehdy Ispahani (also known as Sadri Ispahani; 1923–2004), son of
Mirza Ahmad Ispahani
Mirza Ahmad Ispahani (1898–1986) was a Perso-Bengali businessman based in Chittagong and the patriarch of the Ispahani family. He was the founder of Orient Airways and the first chairman of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). He was the ch ...
, was Chairman of
M.M. Ispahani from 1949 until 2004.
Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, son of Mirza Mehdy Ispahani was elected as the Chairman of M.M. Ispahani in 2004.
Business policy
In 1947,
M.M. Ispahani moved its corporate headquarters in Chittagong with Mirza Ahmed's son Mirza Mehdy Ispahani at the helm of the businesses. After partition, the group made significant investments into tea-plantations in Sylhet. During this period the group was also the largest jute exporter in the Indian Sub-continent.
Career
Sadri was made chairman of the Ispahani Group at the age of 26. He continued to support different charitable institutions and organizations engaged in social welfare activities. In 1987, after the death of his father, Sadri founded a school in Pahartali,
Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
named
Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School
Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School ( bn, মির্জা আহমেদ ইস্পাহানি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a school in Pahartali Thana, Chittagong, Bangladesh, for nursery through class X.
History
The scho ...
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Mirza Mehdy Ispahani also played a political role in Bangladesh. He was the founder treasure of
National Awami Party
The National Awami Party (NAP), translated from Urdu to English as National People's Party, was the major left-wing political party in East and West Pakistan. It was founded in 1957 in Dhaka, erstwhile East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), by A ...
in 1957.
Death
He died on 20 January 2004 in Bumrungrad Hospital,
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
from cardiac arrest, leaving behind his wife, five sons, three daughters.
See also
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Yar Mohammad Khan
Yar Mohammad Khan (September 9, 1920 – August 29, 1981) was one of the founders of the Bangladesh Awami League.
He was the founder treasurer of the Awami League. His residence at 18, Karkun Bari Lane, Dhaka was the first party office of the Ba ...
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Ispahani family
The Ispahani family, also known as the House of Ispahani are a Perso-Bengali business family. In Bangladesh, they own and manage M. M. Ispahani Limited, one of the country's leading conglomerates and Ispahani Advisory and Surrey International i ...
References
Mirza Mehdy
20th-century Bangladeshi businesspeople
People from Chittagong
1923 births
2004 deaths
National Awami Party politicians
Bangladeshi chairpersons of corporations
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