Nawab Ali
Nawab Ali is a Bangladeshi physician and academic. He was an elected member of East Pakistan provincial assembly.[1] He was also the first Bangladeshi principal of Dhaka Medical College.[2]
Nawab Ali | |
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নওয়াব আলী | |
Principal | |
Dhaka Medical College | |
In office 1953 - 1954 | |
Preceded by | Colonel M. K. Afridi |
Succeeded by | Prof. A. K. M. A. Wahed |
In office 1955 - 1957 | |
Preceded by | Prof. A. K. M. A. Wahed |
Succeeded by | Prof. Md. Refat Ullah |
Personal details | |
Born | 1902 Chandpur, British India (now Bangladesh) |
Died | August 4, 1977 74–75) | (aged
Alma mater | Calcutta Medical College |
Early life
He was born at Matlab Uttar of Chandpur in the then undivided India (now in Bangladesh) in 1902.[3][4]
Education and career
Ali passed Entrance from Munshiganj High School and HSC from Dhaka College. He passed MBBS from Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta in 1927. He obtained MRCP in 1944. He received FRCP in 1958.[4]
Ali was a renowned professor of Medicine and served as the head of the department of Medicine and principal of Dhaka Medical College. He was the first Bangladeshi (the then East Pakistan) principal of this prestigious institution. He was also the dean of the faculty of medicine of University of Dhaka. He was the president of the then All Pakistan Medical Association.[1] He founded a diarrhoeal disease hospital under ICDDR,B at Matlab.[3][4] He was elected as a member of East Pakistan legislative assembly in 1962.[1][4]
Honors
Jatiya Sangsad passed an obituary reference on him in 2003 and the postal department issued a first-day cover and stamp in his honour in 2005.[1][3]
References
- "Dr Nawab Ali's anniversary of death today". The Daily Star. 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ছেংগাচরের কৃতি সন্তান ডা. নওয়াব আলী. Paura Info. 12 February 2003.
- "Dr. Nawab Ali memorial postal stamp released". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- মতলবের উজ্জ্বল নক্ষত্র ছিলেন ডাঃ নওয়াব আলী. Voice of Bangladesh News (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-07-12.