14 Facts About Nawab Salimullah

Sir Nawab Salimullah was a key patron of education for the Eastern Bengal.

Nawab Salimullah was one of the founders of the University of Dhaka and the prestigious Ahsanullah School of Engineering.

Sir Nawab Salimullah was a staunch supporter of the Partition of Bengal and was a member of East Bengal and Assam Legislative Council from 1906 to 1907.

Nawab Salimullah was a member of Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1913 till his death in Calcutta in 1915 at the age of 43.

Nawab Salimullah was the founder President of Bengal Muslim League in 1907.

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Nawab Salimullah began his career in government service in 1893 as Deputy Magistrate, a position he held until he departed in 1895 to start his business in Mymensingh.

On 16 October 1905, the day the Bengal Province was parted, Nawab Salimullah presided over a meeting of Muslim leaders from all over East Bengal in Northbrook Hall where a political front called Mohammedan Provincial Union was formed.

On 14 and 15 April 1906, Nawab Salimullah organized and was named president at the first convention of East Bengal and Assam Provincial Educational Conference at Shahbag, Dhaka.

Two years later, in December 1908, Nawab Salimullah would speak out for free speech in educational institutes and rights for Muslims to separate elections.

Nawab Salimullah served as the chairman at the 22nd Convention of the All India Mohammedan Educational Conference at Amritsar in December 1908.

On 2 March 1912, Nawab Salimullah chaired a meeting at which the two Muslim Leagues of the Bengal were combined into the Presidency Muslim League and the two Muslim Associations were combined into the Bengal Presidency Muslim Association.

Nawab Salimullah was the grandson of Nawab of Dhaka, Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani.

Nawab Khwaja Salimullah was born at the Ahsan Manzil Palace on 7 June 1871.

Nawab Salimullah had player a major role in bringing freedom to Bangladesh.