The 61st death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed today (April 27). 

Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla or Huq Saheb, was born on October 26, 1873, at his maternal uncle's house at Saturia, a prosperous village in the southern part of Bakerganj upazila. But his ancestral house was at Chakhar, a village 14 miles away from Barisal town.
 
Huq was an eminent public leader who had held many high political posts, including the Mayor of Kolkata (1935), Chief Minister of undivided Bengal (1937-1943) and East Bengal (1954), Home Minister of Pakistan (1955) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956-58).

He passed away on April 27, 1962 and was buried on the grounds near Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.

BDST: 1012 HRS, APR 27, 2023
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