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Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin (Bengali: খাজা নাজিমুদ্দীন; Urdu: خواجہ ناظِمُ الدّین‎; 19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964) KCIE was a Bengali conservative politician and one of the leading founding fathers of Pakistan. He is noted as being the first Bengali leader of Pakistan who ruled the country first as the governor-general (1948–51), and later as the second prime minister (1951–53).

Born into an aristocratic Nawab family in Bengal in 1894, he was educated at the Aligarh Muslim University before pursuing his post-graduation studies at the Cambridge University. Upon returning, he emabarked on his journey as a politician on the platform of All-India Muslim League. Initially, his political career revolved around advocating for reforms and development regarding education in Bengal. However, later on he started supporting the cause for a separate Muslim homeland under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

He held the office of Prime Minister of Bengal from 1943 to 1945.His tenure saw the Bengal famine of 1943 which his administration disastrously handled. After Partition he became the first Chief Minister of East Bengal, an office he held until his ascension to Governor-General in 1948, following the death of Jinnah. In 1951, he relinquished the post of Governor-General to Sir Malik Ghulam and took control of the Federal Government as Prime Minister after the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan.

As prime minister, he struggled to run the government effectively on the internal and foreign fronts, and thus his tenure was short-lived. On the home front, he struggled to maintain law and order in the country and instructed the military to impose martial law in Lahore due to religious riots and stagnation. He also faced a populist language movement in his native Bengal that eventually led to the shutdown of its provincial government. On the foreign front, diplomatic relations with

Nazimuddin, Khwaja (1894-1964) politician, Prime Minister of undivided Bengal and Governor General and Prime Minister of Pakistan. Son of Khwaja Nizamuddin and Nawabzadi Bilkis Banu, his paternal grand father was Khwaja Fakhruddin and maternal grand father was Nawab Khwaja ahsanullah.

Khwaja Nazimuddin received education from a house tutor in his adolescence and then at Aligarh College and Danstable Grammar School in London. He completed MA from Trinity Hall in Cambridge and Bar at Law from Middle Temple.

As chairman of the Dhaka Municipality during the years 1922 to 1929 Khwaja Nazimuddin took initiative to introduce compulsory primary education in the municipal area. At that time he was a member of the Executive Council of Dhaka University.

He was elected a member of Bengal Legislative Assembly from Barisal (Muslim) constituency in 1923, 1926 and 1929 and was the Education Minister of undivided Bengal from 1929 to June 1934. He took active part in passing the Compulsory Primary Education Bill in 1930. From 1934 to 1936 he was a member of the Executive Council of the Government of Bengal. He took initiative for the enactment of 'Bangiya Rin Salishi Board' Bill in 1935 and 'Bangiya Palli Unnayan' Bill in 1936.

In the election of 1937 Khwaja Nazimuddin, a muslim league candidate, was defeated by ak fazlul huq, the krishak praja party leader, in the Patuakhali constituency. But later on he won from the North Calcutta constituency vacated by huseyn shaheed suhrawardy. He assisted mohammed ali jinnah in reorganising the Muslim League and became known as a high ranking party leader. In 1937 he was appointed Home Minister in Huq's coalition ministry. On 1 December 1941 he resigned from the cabinet because of dissension between Huq and Jinnah. During the Shyama-Huq coalition (1942 to 1943) he acted as the Leader of the Opposition. On 24 April 1943 Muslim League formed the ministry with Nazimuddin as the Prime Minister on the fall of Shyama-Haque coalition on

Governor-General and Prime Minister of Pakistan (1894–1964)

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Sir Khawaja NazimuddinKCIE (19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as t