Prime Minister of Bengal

Prime Minister of Bengal in the British Indian Empire
Style	The Honorable
Appointer	Governor of Bengal
Formation	1 April 1937
First holder	A. K. Fazlul Huq
Final holder	H. S. Suhrawardy
Abolished	14 August 1947

The Prime Minister of Bengal also called Premier or Chief Minister of Bengal was the chief executive of the Government of Bengal, one of the most significant provinces in the British Empire in India. The office was created with the Government of India Act 1935. The Chief Minister was also the in the Bengal Legislative Assembly. The position was dissolved upon the Partition of Bengal in 1947 between Pakistan and India.

In 1937, elections were held in British India. In Bengal, the All India Muslim League and the Krishak Praja Party (KPP) won 40 and 35 seats respectively. Leading politician A. K. Fazlul Huq, the leader of the KPP, became the Premier of Bengal with the support of the League, the Europeans (25 seats), the Independent Scheduled Castes (23 seats) and the Independent Caste Hindus (14 seats). His chief opposition was the Indian National Congress and the Hindu Mahasabha. In 1940 Huq moved the Lahore Resolution which called for the creation of a sovereign state in the eastern British India. Huq's tenure was marred by instability and controversies. The Bengal famine of 1943 took place during World War II; and Chittagong wad bombed by Japanese air raids. The Huq Ministry collapsed in 1943 as the KPP began to disintegrate and legislative support diminished. He was succeeded by Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin, a member of the Dhaka Nawab Family. Nazimuddin was a conservative leader of the Muslim League and earlier served as education minister. His premership saw growing communal divisions.

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