16 Facts About Ibrahim Suhrawardy

Ibrahim Suhrawardy was an Indian educationist, author and linguist from Balasore, Odisha.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy achieved high distinction in English studies in British India and taught many generations of students and scholars how western languages could be pursued to great educational advantage.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy was one of the active Satyagrahis during the Inchudi Satyagraha movement in 1930.

Qazi Syed Ibrahim Khalil Ullah Alqadri Suhrawardy was born into the Qadi family of Balasore to Qazi Syed Abdul Sattar Alqadri and his wife Muner un nisa Akhtar.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy's father was the Mukhtar of Balasore, while his mother, Begum Muner un nisa was the first cousin of Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy and Hassan Suhrawardy.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy attended school at St Xavier's Collegiate School in Calcutta and later finished his intermediate education from Calcutta Madrasa.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy joined as a teacher in Calcutta Madrasa in the Anglo Persian department.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy was then appointed as the headmaster of Beadaon Madrasa in 1919.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy became the first muslim from Orissa province to qualify the prestigious Indian Civil Services Examinations in 1921, after which he was posted in Derhadun as a sub-divisional magistrate.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy later resigned from his post in response to Gandhiji's call for boycotting the posts of British government during the non-cooperation movement.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy served as the headmaster of George High School, Sambalpur from 1928 to 1934.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy later joined the nationalist movement and remained a close associate of Raja Baikuntha Nath Dey.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy realised that the native Odia students faced a lot difficulties in understanding the nuances of English language as it was completely alien to them.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy had participated in the 1930 salt satyagraha at Inchudi led by Gopabandhu Choudhury and had extended a helping hand to the nationalist workers during the civil disobedience movement.

In Balasore, Ibrahim Suhrawardy started a library named Bazm e Ikhlaq meaning: An Assembly of Morality, he held daily gatherings in the library for ethical discourse.

Ibrahim Suhrawardy married twice; firstly to Sahibzadi Syeda Ehsana Akhtar, the daughter of Umdatunnissa, Nawab Begum of Kharui and after her untimely death in 1932, he got remarried to Syeda Nahida Begum.