Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy 🌐

হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্‌রাওয়ার্দী (Known as "Suhrawardy")
Prime Minister of Pakistan (1956–1957), Premier of Bengal (1946–1947), Founder of Awami League
Born 1892-09-08 🌐 Midnapore, Bengal, Historical India
Passed Away 1963-12-05 Beirut, Lebanon
Lifespan 71 years old
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Eminent statesman, constitutional jurist, and Premier of undivided Bengal who co-founded the Awami League, championed parliamentary democracy, and served as political mentor to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Biographical Record

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was born on September 8, 1892, in Midnapore into an aristocratic jurist family. Educated in civil law at St Catherine's Society, Oxford, and called to the Bar at Gray's Inn, Suhrawardy was a brilliant political organizer and constitutional lawyer.

As Premier of Bengal (1946–1947), he joined Sarat Chandra Bose in proposing the United Independent Bengal plan to preserve Bengal as an undivided sovereign nation. In 1949, he helped found the Awami Muslim League (later Awami League) to challenge Pakistani authoritarianism, serving as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957. Disqualified and imprisoned by Ayub Khan's military dictatorship, he died in exile in Beirut in 1963.

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Final Resting Place

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Mausoleum of Three Leaders (Suhrawardy Udyan)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
GPS: 23.7317, 90.3998
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