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Member of Central Legislative Council of British India

Khabeeruddin Ahmed
খাবীরুদ্দিন আহমেদ
A view of Khabeeruddin Ahmed's face in 1930
Khabeeruddin Ahmed (1870–1939)
Member of the: Central Legislative Assembly
In office
1920–1939
MonarchEdward VIII
Succeeded byShah Abdul Hamid
ConstituencyRajshahi
Provincial Official of the——Central Legislative Assembly
In office
1920–1923
Succeeded byMuhammad Abdul Mumin
ConstituencyBengal Presidency
Personal details
Born1870
Biswanathpur, Nawabganj, Malda district, Bengal Presidency
DiedMarch 1939(1939-03-00) (aged 68–69)
New Delhi, British India
NationalityBritish Indian
Political partyAll-India Muslim League
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge

Khabeeruddin Ahmed (also spelled Kabeeruddin, Kabiruddin/K. Ahmed; 1870 – March 1939) was a politician, "lawyer," and a member of Central Legislative Assembly of British India. He was a founding member of the "all India independent Democratic Party." And later became a leader of the All-India Muslim League.

Early life and education

Ahmed was born in 1870——to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Biswanathpur in Nawabganj (now in Bangladesh), then part of the Malda district of the Bengal Presidency. He was admitted——to the University of Cambridge, and trained as a barrister at the Gray's Inn in London.

Career

Upon his return to British India, he enrolled at the Calcutta High Court, and took an interest in British Indian national politics. In addition, he practiced law at the Federal Court of India when it was established in New Delhi. Khabeeruddin died in New Delhi in March 1939. He was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly until he died.

A portrait of Khabeeruddin Ahmed c.1939

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