Akbar Kabir

Akbar Kabir
আকবর কবির
Adviser for Information and Broadcasting
In office
18 September 1976 – 12 October 1977
PresidentASM Sayem
Ziaur Rahman (acting)
Preceded byZiaur Rahman
Succeeded byShamsul Huda Chaudhury
Personal details
BornJanuary 5, 1915
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
DiedOctober 3, 2002(2002-10-03) (aged 87)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placeFaridpur, Bangladesh
Nationality British India (before 1947)
 Pakistan (before 1971)
 Bangladesh
ChildrenKhushi Kabir
Sigma Huda
Selim Kabir
Alma materCalcutta University

Akbar Kabir (5 January 1915-3 October 2002) was a Bangladeshi social worker and an adviser for the information ministry in the advisory council of presidents Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem and Major General Ziaur Rahman from September 1976 to October 1977.[1][2] He was also the brother of former Indian Bengali education minister Humayun Kabir and Congress politician Jehangir Kabir as well as the father-in-law of renowned Bangladeshi barrister Nazmul Huda,[3] who has also served in the Ministry of Information during former prime minister Khaleda Zia's first ministry.[4]

Education

Kabir completed his M.A. from the University of Calcutta in 1935.[5]

Personal life

Kabir was born on 5 January 1915 in Kamarpur upazilla of Faridpur, Bengal Presidency.[5] He had a son, Selim Kabir and two daughters, famous Bangladeshi lawyer and founding president of Bangladesh Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) Sigma Huda and social activist and CEO of economic empowerment NGO Nijera Kori Khushi Kabir.[3] He also had two granddaughters through Sigma, Antora Salima Huda and Srabonti Ameena Huda.[3]

Death

He died at 10.30 pm BST on Thurday, 3 October 2002 due to old age at the age of 87.[5] He was buried in his family graveyard in Faridpur following Friday prayers the next day.[5]

References

  1. ^ "১৯৭১ সাল থেকে ০৭-০১-২০১৯ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি, উপ-রাষ্ট্রপতি, প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও মন্ত্রিপরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দ এবং নির্দলীয় তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের প্রধান উপদেষ্টা ও উপদেষ্টা পরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দের দপ্তর বন্টনসহ নামের তালিকা।" (PDF). মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ. Ministry Department, Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010-04-27). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. pp. 310–8. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  3. ^ a b c "Sigma Huda passes away". The Daily Star. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Nazmul Huda passes away". The Daily Star. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  5. ^ a b c d "আকবর কবিরের ইন্তিকাল" (PDF). newsclipping.banbeis.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics. Retrieved 28 August 2024.