Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (Bengali: হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্রাওয়ার্দী; Urdu: حسین شہید سہروردی; 8 September 1892 – 5 December 1963) was a major statesman in British India and Pakistan (including present-day Bangladesh) during the 20th-century. Born in Bengal to a prominent Sufi family, Suhrawardy was an Oxford-trained lawyer who served as the third and last Prime Minister of Bengal until the Partition of India; and later in the 1950s as the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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8 September 1892 Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India
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Died |
5 December 1963 (aged 71) Beirut, Lebanon
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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