Title & tenure
Mover of the Lahore Resolution (1940); Premier of Bengal
Biography
A. K. Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla ("Tiger of Bengal"), was a Bengali politician and lawyer who led the Krishak Praja Party before allying with the Muslim League, and became the first Premier of undivided Bengal.
Achievements
- Moved the historic Lahore Resolution at the Muslim League's 1940 session, the document that first formally demanded separate, sovereign states for Muslims in the subcontinent, laying the foundation for the demand for Pakistan
- Served as Premier of Bengal (1937–1943), passing tenancy and debt-relief legislation for Bengali peasants
Key events
- Presided over the All-India Muslim League's Lahore session in March 1940 and formally moved the resolution that became known as the Lahore Resolution (and later, pejoratively, the "Pakistan Resolution")
- Later broke with Muslim League leadership and, after Partition, served as a minister and eventually Governor of East Pakistan
Legacy
Fazlul Huq is remembered chiefly for moving the Lahore Resolution, the founding document of the demand for Pakistan, even though his own later political path diverged from the Muslim League leadership that created the new state.
How it ended
Died of natural causes in Dhaka in 1962.