Nawab Sir Salimullah - Paragraph

Nawab Sir Salimullah - Paragraph

Nawab Sir Salimullah was the eldest son of the third Nawab of Dhaka. Sir Khawaja Ahsanullah and grandson of the first Nawab of Dhaka. Sir Khwaja Abdul Goni. He was born at the Ahsan Manzil Palace on 7 June 1871. He became president of the All Bengal Muslim League in 1907. In 1908, he became the secretary of the newly established East Bengal and Asam Provincial Muslim League, becoming president in 1905. In August 1911, Salimullah demanded a university for Dhaka. He was a social worker. He used to contribute generously to socio-economic development activities. He donated one lack twelve thousand rupees for the establishment of Dhaka Engineering School (now Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology). He spent money for the  construction of mosques, madrasas, hospitals and student dormitories. The British government conferred on him the titles of CSI (1902), Nawab Bahadur (1903) KCSI (19909) and GCSI (1911). Personally he was honest, courageous and pious. He died on 16 January 1915 in his home at Chaurangi, Kolkata. His body was brought to Dhaka in state honour and was buried in the family graveyard at Begum Bazar.