Nawab Ali (1902–1977) was a Bangladeshi physician and academic. He was an elected member of East Pakistan provincial assembly. He was also principal of

Dhaka Medical College Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (abbreviated DMCH) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It houses medical school as well as a tertiary care hospital on one campus. The country's first ev ...

Early life

He was born at Matlab Uttar of Chandpur in the then undivided India (now in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

) in 1902.

Education and career

Ali passed entrance from Munshiganj High School and HSC from

Dhaka College Dhaka College ( bn, ঢাকা কলেজ also known as DC) is the oldest secular educational institution of Bangladesh located in Dhaka. It offers higher secondary education ( HSC). It has Honours and Masters programs as well which are aff ...

. He passed MBBS from

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in 1927. He obtained MRCP in 1944. He received FRCP in 1958. Ali was a renowned professor of medicine who served as the head of the department of medicine and principal of

. He was also the dean of the faculty of medicine of

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

. He was the president of the organization that was then known as the All Pakistan Medical Association. He founded a diarrhoeal disease hospital under

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. He was elected as a member of East Pakistan legislative assembly in 1962.

Death

Ali died on August 4, 1977, in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

Honors

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of B ...

passed an obituary reference on him in 2003 and the postal department issued a first-day cover and stamp in his honour in 2005.

References

{{Reflist 1902 births 1977 deaths People from Matlab Uttar Upazila 20th-century Bangladeshi physicians Principals of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata alumni Dhaka College alumni 20th-century Pakistani medical doctors