Hamiduddin Ahmad Khan

Khan Bahadur
Hamiduddin Ahmad Khan
হামিদুদ্দিন আহমদ খাঁ
Provincial Minister of East Bengal
In office
1950–1953
LeaderNurul Amin
PortfolioAgriculture
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byYusuf Ali Chowdhury
Personal details
BornHamiduddin Ahmad
1898 (age 127–128)
Boalia, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency, British India
PartyPML
Other political
affiliations
AIML
Alma materRipon College
OccupationLawyer

Khan Bahadur Maulvi Hamiduddin Ahmad Khan (1898 – date of death unknown) was a Pakistani lawyer and politician who served as Provincial Minister of Agriculture of East Bengal from 1950 to 1953. Born in the Mymensingh District of Bengal Presidency, he was a member of the All-India Muslim League and later the Pakistan Muslim League. He served as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1947 and held several administrative and parliamentary positions during both the British and early Pakistani periods.

Early life and education

Hamiduddin Ahmad Khan was born in 1898 in Boalia, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency, British India, in the area corresponding to present-day Katiadi Upazila, Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh.[1] He passed the matriculation examination in 1916 and obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Calcutta in 1920.[2] In 1925, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from Ripon College, Calcutta, following which he entered the legal profession.[2]

Career

In 1930, Hamiduddin Ahmad Khan became a member of the Mymensingh District Board.[3] He was elected a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1937 and served in that capacity until 1947.[1] In 1940, he was appointed chairman of the Bajitpur Municipality, a position he held until 1950. He retired from the legal profession in 1943.[1][2]

During the First Nazimuddin ministry in 1943, he served as parliamentary secretary of the Local Autonomy Department of Bengal Province under British administration. In 1947, during the Suhrawardy ministry, he served as parliamentary secretary of the province's Home and Revenue Departments.[2]

Following the independence of Pakistan, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture of East Bengal in 1950 as a member of the Amin ministry.[3][1] He served in that role until 1953.[1]

Legacy

Khan donated land in Mymensingh for Mymensingh City College and was associated with its renaming in honour of its founder Anandamohan Bose in 1908.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hossain, Faruk (7 September 2023). "কেন ঐতিহ্যবাহী উপজেলা বাজিতপুর? জেনে নিন সংক্ষিপ্ত ইতিহাস". amarkagoj.com (in Bengali). The Daily Amar Kagoj. Archived from the original on 5 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Khan, Tahawar Ali (1955). Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Lahore: Biographical Research Institute Pakistan. p. 23.
  3. 1 2 "জনাব হামিদুদ্দিন ও মিঃ বারোরীর শপথ গ্রহণ". The Azad (in Bengali). 13 June 1950. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "ময়মনসিংহের সেরা ৫ শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠান". ourislam24.com (in Bengali). Our Islam. 5 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
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