Fakir Abdul Mannan

Fakir Abdul Mannan (1901, Gazipur - 1994)[1][2] was a Bangladeshi lawyer and the former Minister of Agriculture of East Pakistan.[3]

Career

Mannan was involved in the Pakistan Movement as a leader of the Muslim League.[4] He stood for one of the Dhaka seats in the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election, but lost to law student Tajuddin Ahmad by 13 thousand votes.[5] In 1960, Mannan was the secretary of the Provincial Muslim League.[6]

Mannan was the Minister of Food and Agriculture of East Pakistan from 1965 to 1968.[2][7][8] He is a former Provincial General Secretary of East Pakistan Muslim League.[9] 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".[10]

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.[2]

Death

Mannan died in 1994. He is buried in Chala Bazar, Gazipur.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d "BNP leader, former minister Hannan Shah dies at 74". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ^ Sen, Rangalal (1986). Political Elites in Bangladesh. University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-8364-2170-5.
  4. ^ Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Dacca. Bangladesh Government Press. 1969. p. 77.
  5. ^ Kashem, Abul (January–March 2003). "Trends in East Bengal Student Movement, 1952-1958". The Journal of Social Studies (99): 77.
  6. ^ Services, East Pakistan (Pakistan) Directorate of Livestock (1961). Report. East Pakistan Government Press. p. 20.
  7. ^ "Rest of the News". Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan. 25 September 1966. p. 39. [photo caption:] receiving the 1st Prize (Fish Aquarium) from Food and Agriculture Minister of East Pakistan, Mr. Fakir Abdul Mannan.
  8. ^ Proceedings. May 13-14, 1966. Atomic Energy Centre. 1967.
  9. ^ Pakistan Affairs. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. 1959.
  10. ^ Khan, Mohammad Ayub (2007). Diaries of Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, 1966-1972. Oxford University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-19-547442-8.