Shaikh Nazrul Bakar (21 December 1913 – 26 September 1966), also known as S. N. Bakar, was a prominent civil servant of
British India and later
Pakistan.
Education
He completed his schooling from St. Denny's High School in
Murree and went on to graduate with honours from
Punjab University Punjab University may refer to:
India
* Punjab Agricultural University, a state agricultural university in Ludhiana, Punjab
* I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, a State university in Jalandhar, Punjab
* Panjab University, a public collegia ...
in 1934. Subsequently, he secured a master's degree from
Oxford University.
Career
Bakar joined the elite
Indian Civil Service in 1935 and was initially posted in several major cities of
Bengal including
Dacca
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 ...
and
Calcutta. On the
Partition of India
The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...
in 1947, he opted for Pakistan and continued to serve in East Bengal as principal secretary to the chief minister. He later served as Deputy Secretary Interior in the Central government from 1949 to 1952 and officiated as Interior Secretary during the crucial period of the
Rawalpindi conspiracy
The Rawalpindi Conspiracy (also known as the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case) was an attempted ''coup d'état'' against the governments of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, in 1951. The conspiracy was the first of many subsequen ...
case. He remained Director General Civil Defence from 1952 to 1955 during which period he received in-service training in England for one year. Subsequently, he reverted to Dhaka and was assigned the civil supplies department, before being posted to Lahore. Bakar was assigned the pivotal position of Director General Civil Aviation in the Central government in 1957 during which period he took several strategic decisions to improve the position of the airports and airlines in the relatively new country. He was retired from service in 1959 owing to long standing animosity with fellow civil servant
Aziz Ahmed who emerged as Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator under President
Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced s ...
following the imposition of
martial law in October 1958. After his retirement, Bakar reverted to his family business.
Death
S N Bakar died at the relatively young age of 53 years in 1966 due to cardiac arrest, leaving behind his widow Sultana, whose father,
Khan Bahadur
Khan Bahadur – a compound of khan ('leader') and bahadur ('brave') – was a formal title of respect and honor, which was conferred exclusively on Muslim and other non-Hindu natives of British India. It was one degree higher than the title of K ...
Syed Ijaz Ali , was Regent of
Khairpur State, five children, Riaz, Niaz, Rumana, Farzana and Shahbaz. His wife was the sister of the late Zakia Kazi, who was married to another ICS officer
Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi
Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi ( ur, آفتاب غلام نبی قاضی; 6 November 1919 – 9 August 2016) , also known as AGN Kazi, was a Pakistani civil servant and a bureaucrat during the Cold War and during the post cold war. Kazi was born in ...
. Bakar was also closely related to a former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice
S. A. Rahman
Dr. Sheikh Abdur Rehman (Urdu language, Urdu, ) (4 June 1903 – 25 July 1990) was the Chief Justice of Pakistan, 5th Chief Justice of Pakistan. He did his MA from University of Punjab, BA Hons from Oxford University, Oxford and Ph.D. in L ...
, who was incidentally also an Indian Civil Service officer.
See also
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Civil Aviation Authority
A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register.
Role
Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, ...
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A G N Kazi
Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi ( ur, آفتاب غلام نبی قاضی; 6 November 1919 – 9 August 2016) , also known as AGN Kazi, was a Pakistani civil servant and a bureaucrat during the Cold War and during the post cold war. Kazi was born in Si ...
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S. A. Rahman
Dr. Sheikh Abdur Rehman (Urdu language, Urdu, ) (4 June 1903 – 25 July 1990) was the Chief Justice of Pakistan, 5th Chief Justice of Pakistan. He did his MA from University of Punjab, BA Hons from Oxford University, Oxford and Ph.D. in L ...
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Rawalpindi conspiracy
The Rawalpindi Conspiracy (also known as the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case) was an attempted ''coup d'état'' against the governments of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, in 1951. The conspiracy was the first of many subsequen ...
References
External links
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1913 births
1966 deaths
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Pakistani civil servants
Alumni of the University of Oxford
People from Wazirabad
Place of death missing