Khwaja Yusuf Jan

Nawab Khan Bahadur Khwaja Yusuf Jan (21 January 1850 – 8 November 1923), was a Kashmiri-Bengali politician and member of Dhaka Nawab family.[1]

Nawab Khan Bahadur

Khwaja Yusuf Jan
Born(1850-01-21)21 January 1850
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died8 November 1923(1923-11-08) (aged 73)
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
SpouseNurjahan Khanam
ChildrenKhwaja Muhammad Afzal
Parent
  • Hosaini Bibi (mother)
Relatives

Early life
Jan pictured with the Muslim elite of Dacca.

Jan was born on 21 January 1850 to a Kashmiri Muslim family in Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India. He studied Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and English from home tutors. He organized the Mohammedan Association in 1883.[2]

Career

From 1884 to 1923, Jan served as a member of Dhaka Municipality.[2] From 1897 to 1901, he was the chairman of Dhaka Municipality. He served as the vice chairman of Dhaka District Board from 1897 to 1905.[2] In 1903, he was awarded Certificate of Honor, in 1904 Khan Bahadur and in 1910 Nawab by the British Government.[2] In 1905, he attended a meeting in Northbrook Hall led by Nawab Salimullah in University of Dhaka, where the Mohammedan Association was transformed into the Mohammedan Provincial Union.[2]

Jan was made the secretary of the union. From 1901 to 1905 he was the vice chairman of Dhaka Municipality, and he served as the chairman of Dhaka Municipality between 1905 and 1916.[2] On 16 October 1910, he presided over the meeting of the Muslim League in Bengal. Jan supported the partition of Bengal. In 1913, a market in Naya Bazar was named after him. He was the chairman of the district board from 1921 to 1923. He served in the East Bengal Legislative assembly from 1907. He served as the Honorary magistrate of Dhaka for 28 years. Jan was the secretary of Lady Duffrein Hospital, Dhaka.[2][3]

Personal life and death

Jan was married to Nurjahan Khanam and they had a son, Khwaja Muhammad Afzal.[4]

Jan died on 8 November 1923 in Dhaka.[2]

References
  1. Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (2003). Dhaka: a study in urban history and development, 1840-1921. Academic Press and Publishers. p. 259. ISBN 9789843209597. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Yusuf Jan, Khwaja". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. Wing, Baṅgabhabana (Dhaka, Bangladesh) Press (2006). Hundred years of Bangabhaban, 1905-2005. Press Wing Bangabhaban. p. 40. ISBN 9789843215833.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Family Tree". www1.tribalpages.com. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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