36 Facts About Nurul Amin

Nurul Amin was a Pakistani politician and jurist who served as the eighth prime minister of Pakistan from 7 December to 20 December 1971.

Nurul Amin was the first and only Vice President of Pakistan from 1970 to 1972 and led Pakistan during the Bangladesh War of Independence.

Nurul Amin was born on 15 July 1893 in Shahbazpur, Sarail located in Tippera District of the Bengal Presidency.

Nurul Amin belonged to a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Bahadurpur in Nandail, Mymensingh District.

In 1920, Nurul Amin began at the University of Calcutta; he gained an LLB in Law and Justice in 1924, and passed the Bar exam the same year.

Nurul Amin started his career in law after joining the Mymensingh Judge Court Bar.

In 1929, Nurul Amin was appointed as a member of the Mymensingh Local Board, and later became a member of the Mymensingh District Board in 1930.

In 1937, Nurul Amin was appointed as the Chairman of Mymensingh District Board, an assignment he continued until 1945.

Nurul Amin became an early member of the All-India Muslim League led by Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

In 1945, Nurul Amin participated in the Indian general elections, securing a landslide victory.

Nurul Amin became a Member, and the following year was elected as the Speaker General of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Nurul Amin became a trusted lieutenant of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in East Bengal, fighting for the rights of Bengali Muslims in British India.

Nurul Amin took an active part in the Pakistan Movement, organising Bengali Muslims, while he continued to strengthen the Muslim League in Bengal.

Nurul Amin promised the Bengali nation that, he would build a democratic country.

Nurul Amin worked for the Muslim League in East Bengal, while continuing his relief programme for the population.

Nurul Amin was elected as a member of the Pakistan National Assembly from 1947 until 1954.

Nurul Amin assumed the office of Chief Minister in a few weeks.

Historians have noted that Nurul Amin's government was not strong enough to administer the provincial state; it was completely under the control of the central government of Nazimuddin.

Nurul Amin's government did not enjoy enough power, and lacked vision, imagination and initiatives.

Nurul Amin failed to counter the Communist Party's influence in the region, which widely took the credit for turning the language movement in 1952 into a large unified mass protest.

Public dissatisfaction with Nurul Amin had grown since October 1951, when Nazimuddin became prime minister.

Nurul Amin expelled dissidents from within the ranks of the Muslim League, but doing so simply strengthened opposition to the party.

Nurul Amin served as the president of the East Pakistan Muslim League, and worked to improve its standing.

Nurul Amin ran as a candidate in the 1965 presidential elections in East Pakistan, winning the majority vote in the Parliament of Pakistan.

Nurul Amin was elected president of the PDP at its first convention.

Nurul Amin was one of only two non-Awami League candidates elected to the National Assembly that year from East Pakistan.

Nurul Amin, long dedicated to a united Pakistan, opposed the separatist movement in his home province of East Pakistan.

Two days later, Nurul Amin was appointed as Vice President of Pakistan, the only person to have held this post.

Nurul Amin was sworn into the post again on 23 April 1972 after the interim constitution came into effect and martial law was lifted.

Nurul Amin continued to hold the post until the office was abolished with the entry into force of the new constitution on 14 August 1973.

Nurul Amin stayed in West Pakistan, while his home region achieved independence as the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Nurul Amin died of cardiac arrest aged 81 in Rawalpindi on 2 October 1974 and was given a public state funeral by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Nurul Amin was buried in Jinnah Mausoleum, next to Jinnah.

Nurul Amin's tomb was specially designed, made of Italian white marble, with golden letters for his name and contributions.

Nurul Amin was a trusted lieutenant of Quaid-i-Azam and a valiant fighter for the Pakistan Movement, and for Pakistan.

Nurul Amin proved himself to be a crusader of solidarity and earned for himself the highest pedestal by dint of his efforts, intelligence, and his struggle.