Khwaja Nooruddin

Khwaja Nooruddin was a member of the Dhaka Nawab family, journalist and politician.[1][2] He was the founder of The Star of India, The Musalman, and The Morning New.[3][4] He was a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[5] He along with Abdur Rahman Siddiqui and Abul Hassan Isphani were considered the most trusted lieutenants of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, in Bengal.[6][7] He was one of the organizers of Mohammedan SC (Kolkata).[8]

Biography

Nooruddin was born in 1900.[9] His cousin and brother-in-law was Khwaja Nazimuddin.[10]

Nooruddin was elected to the Council of the Bengal Provincial league Council and served as an alderman of Kolkata.[9]

In 1938, Nooruddin was the chairman of the board of trustees of the Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) who oversaw the construction of the field of the club.[11]

Nooruddin created two English language newspapers, The Musalman, and The Morning New.[12] They were the first English language newspapers in India to represent the Muslim community.[12]

From 1946 to 1947, Nooruddin was a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[5] He moved the publication of Morning News to Dhaka after the Partition of Bengal in 1948.[9]

References

  1. ^ Singh, Prakash K. (2009). Encyclopaedia on Jinnah. Anmol Publications. p. 351. ISBN 978-81-261-3779-4.
  2. ^ Barque, Ali Mohammad (1962). Barque's Who's who in Pakistan. Barque. p. 225.
  3. ^ 梨恵, OKUNO, Rie / 奥埜 (2020-06-08). Muslims and the Politics of the 1940s in India: What the native press announced and How Muslims became refugees by the partition. Design Egg Inc. p. 52. ISBN 978-4-8150-1987-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Ispahani, Mirza Abol Hassan (1966). Qaid-e-Azam Jinnah as I Knew Him. Forward Publications Trust. p. 73.
  5. ^ a b Tirmizi, S. A. I. (1998). The Paradoxes of Partition, 1937-47: 1937-39. Centre for Federal Studies, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University). p. 217. ISBN 978-81-86562-48-2.
  6. ^ Harun-or-Rashid (1987). The Foreshadowing of Bangladesh: Bengal Muslim League and Muslim Politics, 1936-1947. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. p. 100.
  7. ^ Jinnah, Mahomed Ali (1976). M. A. Jinnah--Ispahani Correspondence, 1936-1948. Forward Publications Trust.
  8. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2013-09-13). Why Minorities Play or Don't Play Soccer: A Global Exploration. Routledge. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-317-98952-3.
  9. ^ a b c "Appendix 7. Khwaja Nooruddin". "Lest I Forget" an autobigraphy by Khwaja Sayeed Shahabuddin. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  10. ^ Ispahani, Mirza Abol Hassan (1967). Qaid-e-Azam Jinnah, as I Knew Him. Forward Publications Trust. p. 3.
  11. ^ Ray, Rishav (2024-07-19). A Game of Two Halves: The Story of the Golden Era of Indian Club Football. Exceller Books. p. 92.
  12. ^ a b Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi (2014-05-27). The Defining Moments in Bengal: 1920–1947. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908934-5.