Khwaja Habibullah

Nawab Khwaja Habibullah
Nawab of Dhaka
Habibullah in 1947
Reign1915–1958
PredecessorNawab Khwaja Salimullah
SuccessorKhawja Hassan Askari
Born(1895-04-26)26 April 1895
Ahsan Manzil, Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died21 November 1958(1958-11-21) (aged 63)
Shahbagh, Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Burial
Begum Bazar, Dhaka
Spouses
  • Ajmiri Begum
  • Shahryar Khanam
  • Khurshidi Begum
  • Amirun Bibi
  • Ayesha Begum
HouseDhaka Nawab Family
FatherNawab Khwaja Salimullah
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
Allegiance British Empire
Service / branchBritish Indian Army
Years of service1918–1920
Rank Jemadar
Unit49th Bengalee Regiment
Battles / wars

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.

  1. ^ Punekar, S. D.; Varickayil, Robert; Savur, Manorama; Dighe, Sunil; Ganesh, Kamala; Research, Indian Council of Historical (1988). Labour Movement in India: 1937-1939. Indian Council of Historical Research. p. 1117. ISBN 9788173071065.