12 Facts About Rehman Sobhan

Rehman Sobhan was awarded the Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest civilian honour, in 2008.

Rehman Sobhan was part of the first Planning Commission of Bangladesh and he later served as the planning adviser for the first caretaker government of Bangladesh.

Rehman Sobhan's father, Khandker Fazle Rehman Sobhan, was a graduate of Presidency College, Kolkata and one of the first Muslims to qualify to attend Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Rehman Sobhan went to St Paul's School, Darjeeling at the age of seven and completed his Senior Cambridge examination in 1950.

Rehman Sobhan then attended Aitchison College in Lahore for two years.

Rehman Sobhan went on to Cambridge University to earn his bachelor's degree.

In late 1966, Rehman Sobhan went to the LSE for his graduate studies but returned, without completing his degree, to Dhaka in March 1969 after the fall of the Ayub regime.

Rehman Sobhan joined as a faculty member of the department of economics at the University of Dhaka in October and served until 1971.

Rehman Sobhan quit and left the country when he, along with others, fell from the grace with Sheikh Mujib in 1975.

Rehman Sobhan has authored several books, including the notable Untranquil Recollections, which is a series that documents the history of Bangladesh from British rule to the early years of independent Bangladesh.

Rehman Sobhan was the first woman barrister in Pakistan, an academic and human rights activist.

Rehman Sobhan's younger brother, Farooq Rehman Sobhan, is a former diplomat and the current President of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, a private-sector think-tank of Bangladesh.