14 Facts About Khwaja Habibullah

Nawab Khwaja Habibullah Bahadur was a politician from East Bengal, soldier, social worker, and the fifth Nawab of Dhaka.

Khwaja Habibullah was the son of Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur.

Khwaja Habibullah's father was Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur of the Dhaka Nawab family.

Khwaja Habibullah went to school at St Paul's School in Darjeeling, and later continued his education in England.

In 1918, Khwaja Habibullah joined the Bengali Platoon of the British Indian Army.

Khwaja Habibullah served in the British mandate of Mesopotamia as an honorary lieutenant.

Khwaja Habibullah served in Dhaka district board and Dhaka municipality board.

Khwaja Habibullah was the representative of Dhaka in the Bengal legislative council from 1924 till 1932.

Khwaja Habibullah had supported the 1932 Communal Award proposal of the British Raj.

Khwaja Habibullah joined the second cabinet of Haq against the wishes of the Muslim League for which he was suspended from the league till 1946.

Khwaja Habibullah presided over the committee that organized the Pakistan Independence Day celebrations in Dhaka, and, on 15 August 1947, raised the flag of Pakistan at Lalbagh Fort.

Khwaja Habibullah had a total of five sons and two daughters.

Khwaja Habibullah left the Ahsan Manzil Palace and resided in another of the royal residences, Green House, in Dhaka's Paribagh.

Khwaja Habibullah died on 21 November 1958 and was buried alongside his father at the Nawab family graveyard in Begumbazar in Dhaka.