Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (Bengali: হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্রাওয়ার্দী, Urdu: حسین شہید سہروردی; September 8, 1892 - December 5, 1963) was a politician from Bengal in undivided India, and later in East Bengal, who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 until 1957. He is also known for his controversial role in the Direct Action Day of August 16, 1946. Following riots in Bengal during the last days of India's freedom struggle, he was considered a ...
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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (Bengali: হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্রাওয়ার্দী, Urdu: حسین شہید سہروردی; September 8, 1892 - December 5, 1963) was a politician from Bengal in undivided India, and later in East Bengal, who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 until 1957. He is also known for his controversial role in the Direct Action Day of August 16, 1946. Following riots in Bengal during the last days of India's freedom struggle, he was considered a favourite of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He is also considered to be the first populist leader in Pakistan's history. He is the founder of the Awami League, one of the two major political parties of Bangladesh.
Suhrawardy was born on 8 September 1892 to a prominent Muslim family in the town of Midnapore, now in West Bengal. He was the younger son of Justice Sir Zahid Suhrawardy, a prominent judge of the Calcutta High Court and of Khujastha Akhtar Banu (c. 1874 – 1919) a noted name in Urdu literature and scholar of Persian. Kujastha was the daughter...
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