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Khawaja Nazimuddin

Sir
Khawaja Nazim-ud-din
KCIE
خواجہ ناظم الدین
খাজা নাজিমুদ্দীন
Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan.JPG
2nd Governor-General of Pakistan
In office
14 September 1948 – 17 October 1951
Acting until 11 November 1948
Monarch George VI
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan
Preceded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Succeeded by Malik Ghulam Muhammad
2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office
17 October 1951 – 17 April 1953
Monarch George VI
Elizabeth II
Governor-General Malik Ghulam Muhammad
Preceded by Liaquat Ali Khan
Succeeded by Muhammad Ali Bogra
Chief Minister of East Bengal
In office
15 August 1947 – 14 September 1948
Governor Sir Frederick Chalmers
Preceded by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Succeeded by Nurul Amin
Prime Minister of Bengal
In office
29 April 1943 – 31 March 1945
Governor Richard Casey, Baron Casey
Preceded by A. K. Fazlul Huq
Succeeded by H. S. Suhrawardy
Personal details
Born (1894-07-19)19 July 1894
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died 22 October 1964(1964-10-22) (aged 70)
Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan
(now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Resting place Mausoleum of three leaders, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality British Indian (1894-1947)
Pakistani (1947-1964)
Political party Muslim League
Alma mater Aligarh Muslim University
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Religion Sunni Islam

Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin, KCIE (Urdu: خواجہ ناظم الدین‎; Bengali: খাজা নাজিমুদ্দীন; 19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964) was a conservative Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 15 October 1951 to 1953.

Born into the Dhaka Nawab Family, Nazimuddin was educated at M.A.O. College and later at the Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was elected as the chair of the Dacca Municipality in 1922 and served until 1929 before moving to the provincial Education Minister of Bengal in 1929 during which he piloted the Bengal Rural Primary Education Bill in 1930, in 1937, he was appointed as the Home Minister under the government of A. K. Fazlul Huq. On 24 April 1943, Nazimuddin became the Prime Minister of Bengal during the British Raj and later the chief minister of East Bengal.

After the establishment of Pakistan, he became the second Governor-General of Pakistan in 1948, following the death of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. After the assassination of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951, Nazimuddin assumed office as the second Prime Minister of Pakistan. His government lasted only two years, but saw civil unrest and foreign challenges that led to their final dismissal. In response to the 1953 Lahore riots, Nazimuddin was the first to declare martial law in Punjab, under Major-General Azam Khan and Colonel Rahimuddin Khan, initiating a massive repression of the right-wing sphere in the country.


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