Nawab Khwaja Habibullah | |
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Nawab of Dhaka | |
Reign | 1915–1958 |
Predecessor | Nawab Khwaja Salimullah |
Successor | Khawja Hassan Askari |
Born | Ahsan Manzil, Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) | 26 April 1895
Died | 21 November 1958 Shahbagh, Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) | (aged 63)
Burial | Begum Bazar, Dhaka |
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House | Dhaka Nawab Family |
Father | Nawab Khwaja Salimullah |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Military career | |
Allegiance | British Empire |
Service | British Indian Army |
Years of service | 1918–1920 |
Rank | Jemadar |
Unit | 49th Bengalee Regiment |
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Nawab Khwaja Habibullah Bahadur (Bengali: নবাব খাজা হাবিবুল্লাহ বাহাদুর; 26 April 1895 – 21 November 1958)[1] was a politician from East Bengal, soldier, social worker, and the fifth Nawab of Dhaka. He was the son of Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur. Under Habibullah's rule, the Dhaka Nawab Estate went into decline until its actual relinquishment in 1952 by the East Pakistan Estates Acquisition Act.