NAZIMUDDIN, KHWAJA PAKISTAN

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2000
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NiZ.DTUDDIN, Khwaja PAKISTAN
Personal date: Born'July 19, 1894; son of the late Khwaja Nazimuddin;
married Shah Banoe, daughter of K.M, Ashruf, a zamindar,
Education: Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh; Dunstable Grammar
School, England and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Languages: English, Urdu, Bengali and probably various Indo-Pakistani
dialects.
Honors and decorations: Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, 1926;
Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, 1934; renounced in 1946.
Career:
1922-1929 Chairman, Dacca Municipality,
1923-1929 Member, Executive Council, Dacca University.
1929-1934 Minister of Education (successfully piloted Compulsory
Primary Education Bill in Bengal. Council, 1930)-
1934 Member, Government of Bengal Executive Council,
1936 Performed the Haji (Pilgrimage to Mecca.)
1938 Home Minister, Government of Bengal.
1941 Resigned from the Cabinet.
1943-1945 Chief Minister, Government of Bengal;
Leader, Muslim League Parlimentary Party, Bengal, and
leader of the opposition in Bengal Legislative Assembly.
1947 Elected, Constituent Assembly of Pakistan;
Prime Minister, and Home Minister, Government of East Bengal;
Elected, East Bengal Muslim League leader.
1948 Appointed Acting Governor-General;
1948-1951 Appointed Governor-General, November 12.
1951 Appointed interim Prime Minister to succeed the late
Liaquat All Khan.
Remarks:
Khwaja Nazjmuddin, the former Governor-General, now 3*o1ding
the post of Prime Minister, is reported to be a capable, though not
brilliant administrator. 1] In the past he has shown that he lacked the
intellectual capacity to grasp the essentials and the will to execute
policies which were required at the momenta He is also reported to lack
the power to decide issues when confronted with them and he has disclosed
no aptitude to lead his colleagues. Little in the way of farsighted
leadership may therefore be expected from him.
As Governor-General Nazi.muddints function was purely ceremonial,
Liaquat All Khan completely dominated the political scene. Naz$muddin 3-1
is
accepted by all however, as a good and honest man, J and he is liked
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