Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy’s 117th Birthday Today

Today is the 117th birth anniversary of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. Different socio-political organizations have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the anniversary of birth of Suhrawardy, a pioneer in establishing rule of law in the sub-continent.



A politician from the days of undivided Indian Subcontinent, Suhrawardy was elected the Prime Minister of United Bengal (1946-47). He was also nominated to become the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.



Upon the formation of Pakistan, Suhrawardy maintained his work in politics, continuing to focus on East Bengal as it became after the partition of India. On return to Dhaka he joined Awami Muslim League to join Maulana Bhashani formed.

Suhrawardy was a significant figure along with other leading Bengali leaders A.K. Fazlul Huq and Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, formed a political alliance in the name of Jukta Front which won a landslide victory in 1954 general election of East Pakistan.



His father Justice Sir Zahid Suhrawardy has been a prominent judge of the Calcutta High Court.



Suhrawardy graduated at St. Xavier's College and completed masters at the University of Calcutta.



Later he moved to the United Kingdom to attend St. Catherine's College, Oxford University from where he obtained a BCL degree. On leaving Oxford, he was called to the bar at Gray's Inn. He then started his practice at Calcutta High Court.



He died in Lebanon in 1963.



Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka and Khayaban-e-Suhrawardy in Islamabad in modern days, are named after him.