Nawab Sirajul Islam

Nawab Sirajul Islam (1845-1923)[1] was a Bengali lawyer during the British rule of India, a Muslim activist, and education reformer.[2][3][4]

Early life

Islam was born in 1845 in the village of Pearakandi, in what is now Nabinagar Upazila, Brahmanbaria District.[1] In 1867, he graduated from Dhaka College.[1]

Career

Islam joined the Pogose School as an assistant headmaster.[1]

Islam became a Calcutta High Court lawyer after completing his law degree in 1873.[1][5] He became the assistant secretary of the Central National Muhamedan Association.[1] In 1875, he was elected commissioner of the Calcutta Municipality. In 1887, the British Raj awarded him the title of Khan Bahadur.[1][6] He was a support of Begum Rokeya and her campaign for the education of Muslim women.[7]

Islam was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1893 to 1902.[1] He was a member of the syndicate body of the Calcutta University. He had opposed the partition of Bengal in 1905 but later changed his mind.[1] He initially opposed the University of Dhaka.[8] Islam was awarded the title Nawab in 1911.[1]

Death

Islam died in 1923 in Kolkata, West Bengal.[1] His family collection was donated to the University of Dhaka Library.[9] Nawab Sirajul Islam Lane in Kolkata is named after him.

References
  1. Bhuihan, Golam Kibria. "Islam, Nawab Sirajul". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  2. Khan, Muhammad Mojlum (2013-10-21). The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Kube Publishing Ltd. p. 332. ISBN 978-1-84774-062-5.
  3. Gupta, Nilanjana; Banerjee, Himadri; Mukherjee, Sipra (2009). Calcutta Mosaic: Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta. Anthem Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-81-905835-5-8.
  4. Rahim, Muhammad Abdur (1981). The History of the University of Dacca. University of Dacca. p. 7.
  5. Taifoor, Syed Muhammed (1965). Glimpses of Old Dhaka: A Short Historical Narration of East Bengal and Aassam [sic] with Special Treatment of Dhaka. S.M. Perwez. p. 34.
  6. Who's who in India. Newul Kishore Press. 1914. p. 16.
  7. Amin, S. N. (1996). The World of Muslim Women in Colonial Bengal, 1876-1939. BRILL. p. 158. ISBN 978-90-04-10642-0.
  8. "Musalman opinion on the proposed Dacca University". The Modern Review. 1912. p. 453.
  9. The Independent Yearbook, Bangladesh. Beximco Media Limited. 1998. p. 80.
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