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Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury
Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury (; – 30 September 1981) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and the former Nawab of Dhanbari. He served as a Minister for Commerce and Industry in East Pakistan after being elected in 1962 elections. Early life Chowdhury was born in to a Bengali ''zamindar'' family known as the Nawabs of Dhanbari. His father Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury was one of the founders of Dhaka University and the first Muslim minister of United Bengal. Career Chowdhury entered politics by joining A. K. Fazlul Huq's Krishak Sramik Party. He contested for the party in the 1937 Bengal legislative elections, winning in the Tangail North ( Madhupur- Gopalpur) constituency. In 1962, he was made Minister for Commerce and Industry of East Pakistan. After the Bangladesh Liberation War, he contested as a Bangladesh National Party candidate from the Tangail-1 ( Madhupur- Dhanbari) constituency in the second Bangladeshi parliamentary election held on 18 February 1979. He was the All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nawab
Nawab is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of Prince. The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kingdom of Saxony, Kings of Saxony to the German Emperor. In earlier times the title was ratified and bestowed by the reigning Mughal emperor to semi-autonomous Muslim rulers of subdivisions or princely states in the Indian subcontinent loyal to the Mughal Empire, for example the Nawabs of Bengal. "Nawab" usually refers to males and literally means ''Viceroy''; the female equivalent is "Begum" or "''Nawab Begum''". The primary duty of a Nawab was to uphold the sovereignty of the Mughal emperor along with the administration of a certain province. The title of "nawabi" was also awarded as a personal distinction by the paramount power, similar to a British peerage, to persons and families who ruled a princely state for various services to the Government of British Raj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
