Nawab Ali Explained

Nawab Ali
Office:Principal
Dhaka Medical College
Term:1953 - 1954
Native Name:নওয়াব আলী
Birth Place:Matlab North, Chandpur, British India (now Bangladesh)
Term1:1955 - 1957
Predecessor:Colonel M. K. Afridi
Successor:Prof. A. K. M. A. Wahed
Predecessor1:Prof. A. K. M. A. Wahed
Succeeded1:Prof. Md. Refat Ullah
Alma Mater:Calcutta Medical College

Nawab Ali (1902–1977) was a Bangladeshi physician and academic. He was an elected member of East Pakistan provincial assembly. He was also principal of Dhaka Medical College.[1]

Early life

He was born at Matlab Uttar of Chandpur in the then undivided India (now in Bangladesh) in 1902.[2] [3]

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.

Ali was a renowned professor of medicine who served as the head of the department of medicine and principal of Dhaka Medical College. He was also the dean of the faculty of medicine of University of Dhaka. He was the president of the organization that was then known as the All Pakistan Medical Association.[4] He founded a diarrhoeal disease hospital under ICDDR,B at Matlab. He was elected as a member of East Pakistan legislative assembly in 1962.

Death

Ali died on August 4, 1977, in Dhaka.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Zaman, Habibuz . 1999 . Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent . Janus Publishing Company . 136. 9781857564051 .
  2. News: Dr. Nawab Ali memorial postal stamp released. 2020-07-12. bdnews24.com.
  3. Web site: bn:মতলবের উজ্জ্বল নক্ষত্র ছিলেন ডাঃ নওয়াব আলী. https://newsvob.com/2019/04/%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%89%e0%a6%9c%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%9c%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b7%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%9b/. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200818141036/https://newsvob.com/2019/04/%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%89%e0%a6%9c%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%9c%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b7%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%9b/. 2020-08-18. 2020-07-12. Voice of Bangladesh News. bn.
  4. News: 2017-08-04. Dr Nawab Ali's anniversary of death today. 2020-07-12. The Daily Star. en.