Zahid Suhrawardy

Sir Zahid Suhrawardy (27 November 1870 – 2 January 1949), also known as Zahidur Rahman,[2] was an Indian Bengali jurist who served a judge in the Calcutta High Court between 1921 and 1931. He was the father of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, a former Prime Minister of Pakistan, and linguist Hasan Shaheed Suhrawardy.

Zahid Suhrawardy
Suhrawardy in Kolkata, 1937
Judge, Calcutta High Court
In office
25 February 1921 – 27 November 1931
Personal details
Born
Zuhad Rahim Zahid Suhrawardy

27 November 1870[1]
Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died2 January 1949(1949-01-02) (aged 78)
Calcutta, India
SpouseKhujista Akhtar Banu
Children

Biography

Suhrawardy was born in Midnapore, Bengal, the son of lawyer Sardar Maulana Mobarak Ali Suhrawardy.[1][3] He was educated at Dacca and Calcutta. He began legal practice after obtaining a degree in law from the University of Calcutta. Beginning his career as a pleader at the district court of 24 Parganas in the Bengal Presidency, he later began practicing as an advocate at the Calcutta High Court.[4] He then qualified for the bar from the Lincoln's Inn as a barrister-at-law, before returning to India.[2] He subsequently commenced practice at the Calcutta High Court again and proved successful, before being elevated as judge at the same court. He resigned from service ten years later, in November 1931.[5] He was knighted in 1928.[6]

In 1888, Suhrawardy married Khujista Akhtar Banu (c.1874–1919), the daughter of educationist Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy. Their children included linguist Hasan Shaheed Suhrawardy (1890–1965) and Prime Minister of Pakistan Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892–1963).[1]

Suhrawardy died in Calcutta on 2 January 1949, aged 78.[7]

References
  1. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2921–2922.
  2. Gangopadhyay, Sunil (3 April 2010). "Forgotten pride of our subcontinent". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. Talukdar, Mohammad H. R., ed. (2009) [First published 1987]. Memoirs of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy with a Brief Account of His Life and Work (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-19-547722-1. Retrieved 14 June 2018. Shaheed Suhrawardy's paternal grandfather, Maulana Mobarak Ali Suhrawardy, a famous lawyer and Sadar-i-ala
  4. Ikram, S. M. (1995). Indian Muslims and Partition of India. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd. p. 321. ISBN 9788171563746. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. "Puisne justices, Calcutta High Court" (PDF). calcuttahighcourt.nic.in. p. 244. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. "No. 33369". The London Gazette. 23 March 1928. p. 2130.
  7. "Zahid Suhrawardy Dead". The Indian Express. Associated Press of India. 3 January 1949. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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