Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury
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Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury was Nawab of Dhanbari of Tangail in East Bengal. He was one of the founders of Dhaka University. He was the first Muslim minister of united Bengal. He was minister of education. His grandson Muhammad Ali Bogra was third prime minister of Pakistan. His son Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury was minister of East Pakistan government and MP of the second Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangshad.
Meeting room of nawab estate. Lord Hardinge met Nawab Ali Chowdhury here. The room is decorated like the meeting date.
Gate of dhanbari Nawab institution founded on 1910
Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building, University of Dhaka
University of Dhaka
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The University of Dhaka is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1921 as University of Dacca and it is the oldest active university in Bangladesh.
DU Convocation of 1936, (from left) Sir Jadunath Sarkar (historian), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (writer), Sir John Anderson (Chancellor and Governor of Bengal), Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy (chemist), Sir A F Rahman (Vice Chancellor)
Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah was one of the founding fathers of the University of Dhaka, who played a pioneering role in establishing the university and donated 600 acres of land from his estate for this purpose.
Pohela Boishakh (Bengali new year) celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh