Khabeeruddin Ahmed

Khabeeruddin Ahmed খাবীরুদ্দিন আহমেদ
Khabeeruddin Ahmed (1870–1939)
Member of the Central Legislative Assembly
In office 1920–1939
Monarch	Edward VIII
Succeeded by	Shah Abdul Hamid
Constituency	Rajshahi
Provincial Official of the Central Legislative Assembly
In office 1920–1923
Succeeded by	Muhammad Abdul Mumin
Constituency	Bengal Presidency
Personal details
Born	1870 Biswanathpur, Nawabganj, Malda district, Bengal Presidency
Died	March 1939(1939-03-00) (aged 68–69) New Delhi, British India
Nationality	British Indian
Political party	All-India Muslim League
Alma mater	University of Cambridge

Khabeeruddin Ahmed (also spelled Kabeeruddin, Kabiruddin or K. Ahmed; 1870 – March 1939) was a politician, lawyer, and a member of Central Legislative Assembly of British India.[1][2] He was a founding member of the all India independent Democratic Party,[3] and later became a leader of the All-India Muslim League.[4]

Early life and education

Ahmed was born in 1870 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Biswanathpur in Nawabganj (now in Bangladesh), then part of the Malda district of the Bengal Presidency. He was admitted to the University of Cambridge, and trained as a barrister at the Gray's Inn in London.[5][6]

Career

Upon his return to British India, he enrolled at the Calcutta High Court, and took an interest in British Indian national politics.[7] In addition, he practiced law at the Federal Court of India when it was established in New Delhi. Khabeeruddin died in New Delhi in March 1939.[8] He was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly until he died.[9]

A portrait of Khabeeruddin Ahmed c.1939

References

1. Legislative Assembly Debates, Simla Feb 3 1921, p800-810
2. Legislative Assembly Debates, Vol III, Part I, p570, Government Central Press, 1922
3. "A New Party for Assembly". The Indian Express. 21 September 1936.
4. Major Elections, 1920–45, Schwartzberg Atlas, p222
5. John Venn and J. A. Venn, The Book of Matriculations and Degrees 1901–1912, the University of Cambridge, 2015
6. "Archive of The Honorable Society of Gray's Inn". Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
7. Legislative Assembly Debate, Vol 6, 1936, p334, New Delhi
8. একটি ঐতিহ্য সংরক্ষণের আহবান [Khabeeruddin family pleads for preservation of history]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 24 December 2018.
9. The Indian Annual Register, Vol 1, 1939, pp84, Gian Publishing House