Fakir Abdul Mannan

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Fakir Abdul Mannan was the former Minister of Agriculture of East Pakistan and lawyer.[1]

Early life[]

Mannan was born in 1901 in Gazipur.[2][3]

Career[]

Rahman was involved in the Pakistan Movement as a leader of the Muslim League.[4]

In 1960, Rahman was the Secretary of the Provincial Muslim League.[5]

Mannan was the Minister of Food and Agriculture of East Pakistan from 1965 to 1968.[3][6][7] He is a former Provincial General Secretary of East Pakistan Muslim League.[8] He also served as the President of East Pakistan Provincial Muslim League and had called Bengalis "crooks that is why they respond to the leadership of a crook".[9]

Rahman ran against Tajuddin Ahmad and lost to him by 13 thousand votes [10][11]

Personal life[]

Mannan' son, Hannan Shah, was a former Minister of Bangladesh and his other son, Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman, was a justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[3]

Death[]

Mannan died in 1994.[2] He is buried in Chala Bazar, Gazipur.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Sen, Rangalal (1986). Political Elites in Bangladesh. University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-8364-2170-5.
  2. ^ a b Khan, Mohammad Ayub (2007). Diaries of Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, 1966-1972. Oxford University Press. p. 571. ISBN 978-0-19-547442-8.
  3. ^ a b c d "BNP leader, former minister Hannan Shah dies at 74". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Division, Bangladesh Ministry of Cabinet Affairs Establishment (1969). Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Dacca. Bangladesh Government Press. p. 77.
  5. ^ Services, East Pakistan (Pakistan) Directorate of Livestock (1961). Report. East Pakistan Government Press. p. 20.
  6. ^ Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan. Pakistan Herald Publications. 1966. p. 39.
  7. ^ Proceedings. May 13-14, 1966. Atomic Energy Centre. 1967.
  8. ^ Pakistan Affairs. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. 1959.
  9. ^ Khan, Mohammad Ayub (2007). Diaries of Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, 1966-1972. Oxford University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-19-547442-8.
  10. ^ The Journal of Social Studies. Centre for Social Studies. 2001. p. 77.
  11. ^ Yusuf, Ananta (2016-07-23). "Portrait of a leader". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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