We are please to inform that Mehran M.Choudhury son of Aniza and Mahmood Chowdhury( Kumar) of Paribagh and Grandson of Saghira/Nurul Husain Bhaduri got Four A+ in A level Examination held recently.We convey our heartiest Congratulation to Mehran. He is a good sportsmen too.
Reaz Salim
Mehran’s family tree http://www1.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=gupshup1&view=70&pid=1544&rand=352121847
Congratulations to Khwaja Saifullah(s/o Khwaja Hafizullah) and his daughters Tarana and Natasha. They both appeared for the HSC exams this year in Dhaka and passed with flying colours. They both attend Dhaka Women University College, Uttara.
For their graduate studies they plan to attend either University of Dhaka or Jahangirnagar University.
They received the following grades.
Tarana Saif (A-) from the arts group
Natasha Saif (A) from the commerce group.
Family Tree http://gupshup1.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=gupshup1&view=50&pid=319&rand=919613595
Khwaja Kutubuddin, also known as Chota Saab to some of his dearest relatives, passed away in London, 12 August 2007.
He is survived by his wife Nargis Begum and two daughters Samia and Suma. A quiet, generous and gentle person, he will be remembered for his hospitality and kindness.
Having moved to the UK in the early 70s, he joined the famous BCCI Bank in London as a banker and was witness to its rise and fall. Our heart goes out to his loved ones and we pray to Allah to forgive his and our sins and give us all a place in Jannat-ul-Firdaus.
Khwaja Qutubuddinn died of pancreas cancer at the age of 72. He was buried at High Wycombe cemetery 29 miles west-north-west of London,Kullu-Nafsin-Zaika-tul-Mawt (Quran) and so the cycle continues till the Day of Judgement…
Assalamualaikum,
I am working on soldier life of Nawab Habibullah. Can any one of you help me giving information, photos, documents or any other thing regarding Habibullah for my research? I shall remain obliged. Stay well.
Allah Hafiz
Lt Col Muhammad Lutful Haq (retd) lutful55@gmail.com
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During the First World War (1914-18), Nawab Habibullah volunteered and was granted an honorary commission as Lieutenant in the 49th Bengal Regiment and sent to Mesopotamia to serve with the British Indian Army there. (Dawn: (http://www.dawn.com/events/pml/review29.htm)
As per Banglapedia he joined the British Army In 1918. (Banglapedia: http://banglapedia.net/HT/H_0005.HTM) The joining date mentioned above is wrong, as we know he had to assume the responsibility of Nawab of Dhaka on 10the of June, 1915.
He joined the 1st world war at the age of 19 in the year of 1914. He was posted in Baghdad and Mesopotamia. He spent some time at Kutul Amra (!) in this regard. (Daily Azad 22 Nov 1958 Editorial). He had earned fame as a fearless fighter to the Brithish authority. (Abuz Zoha Nur Ahmed, Ashwin/Kartik, 1373, page 669: Dhakar Koyek Jon Muslim Sudhi by Dr Mohammed Abdullah)
Muntasir Mamun in his “Dhaka Somogro-Part3” (page 129 and 130) has detailed some aspect s of Nawab habibullah’s military life. I have some reservations on couple of his assertions. At that time Habibullah was earning monthly rs 300 from his father’s property and rs 2,500 as a Motawalli. Due to economic hardship he joined the British Army as a private soldier. He was popular among the Bengali soldiers. Subedar M B Singh in his autobiography wrote “After finishing duty one afternoon while passing by Jamadar Nawab Sahib’s tent, I came across Subedar Bhupen Ghosal along with couple of officers and NCO. Each was carrying either new pair of socks, handkerchief, t-shirt, or cigarette cans. Bhupen told me that an auction is taking place inside the tent. After entering the tent I found out the reality. Nawab had received a parcel earlier. Sitting on the packing box he was disbursing the gifts among fellow soldiers. Almost every month he used to receive parcel and gave away the stuffs. (M.B.Singh, Soinik Bangali, Calcutta 1939, Dhaka Prokash)
After the 1st World the 49th Bengal Regiment was disbanded in 1920.
FYI, Nawab Khwaja Askari son of Nawab Khwaja Habibullah joined as commissioned officer in the Tank Brigade of the Indian army in 1944 and was posted in the Burma sector. Having been seriously wounded in a battle in Burma he left the service. After the partition of India in 1947 Askari joined the Pakistan army. On his retirement from service in 1961 he entered public politics.
Anas Khwaja
The fishing game in Gol Talab was suppose to start from August 3rd after the Jumah Namaz, but someone leaked a chemical poison the night before. Due to this chemical, the oxygen level reduced under the water and all the fishes came up floating on the top.
The little fishes died and were buried in the talaab paar (which also emitted very bad smell), but the big fishes which were still alive were given or sold to other people.
The talaab was white in color in the morning when all the fishes came up floating as described by my Ammi. All the Nawab barians who were going to participate in the fishing game were really disappointed. No one expected this kind of a disaster after waiting 1 year for the game and making all the preparation specially for the tawa and chara.
I hope and pray that whoever did this, learn a lesson from the feelings of the people that even these fishes are given by Allah for us to consume in a good way, NOT killing them brutally.
We must specially thank all the people who helped and are still helping in cleaning the talaab.
Subhia Sahal
