Nawajesh Ahmed

Nawajesh Ahmed
নওয়াজেস আহমদ
Food and Agriculture Minister of East Pakistan
In office 17 September 1971 – 14 December 1971
Governor	Abdul Motaleb Malik
Administrator	A. A. K. Niazi
Preceded by	unknown
Succeeded by	dissolved
Member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly for Nadia East
In office 14 August 1947 – 12 March 1954
Leader	Khawaja Nazimuddin Nurul Amin
Preceded by	himself
Succeeded by	dissolved
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly for Nadia East
In office 23 April 1946 – 14 August 1947
Leader	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Khawaja Nazimuddin
Preceded by	Aftab Hossain Joardar
Succeeded by	himself
Personal details
Born	1916 Nadia district, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	13 March 2000(2000-03-13) (aged 83–84) Chuadanga, Bangladesh
Political party	BML
Other political affiliations	CML (1962–1971) PML (1947–1962) AIML (pre-1947)
Residence(s)	Saran, Court Road, Chuadanga
Education	B.A., LL.M
Alma mater	Majdia Rail Bazar High School Krishnagar Government College University of Calcutta
Occupation	Lawyer

Nawajesh Ahmed (1916–2000) was a lawyer, politician, and civil servant. He served as food and agriculture minister of the then East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

Early life

Ahmed was born in 1916 in Shyamnagar, Ranaghat, Nadia district in the Bengal Presidency of British India. After passing the matriculation examination from Majdia Rail Bazar High School in 1928, he passed the intermediate examination two years later from Krishnagar Government College and obtained his bachelor's degree. He then earned his B.A. and a LL.M. degrees from Ripon College.

Career

He began practicing as a lawyer at the Ranaghat court from 1938. In the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he participated as a politician of the All-India Muslim League and elected as a member of the legislative assembly from the Nadia East constituency. Before the partition of India, he relocated with his family to Chuadanga subdivision's Bastupur in Nadia district (which later became part of Kushtia District). After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, he served as the first chairman of Kushtia District in the newly formed province of East Bengal (part of Pakistan), president of the Kushtia District School Board, and joint secretary of Pakistan Muslim League parliamentary group. In the 1960s, he became a member of the Council Muslim League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, he was appointed as a minister in the Malik ministry. After the independence of Bangladesh, on 24 December 1971, he was arrested by the government for collaborating with Pakistan during the war. On 30 November 1973, the government announced a general amnesty for detained cabinet members, and he was released. later, he served as the vice-president of the Bangladesh Muslim League. He worked at the Chuadanga court and was elected president of the Chuadanga Bar Association.

Personal life and death

His father's name was Monir Uddin. He had a zamindari estate comprising nine villages in Chuadanga. He was awarded the title of Khan Sahib by the British authorities, which he renounced in 1946 at the call of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the All-India Muslim League. Among his three sons and two daughters, the eldest son served as the chairman of the Housing and Public Works Department. His residence was situated at Court Road in Chuadanga, where he passed away on 13 March 2000.