East Bengal Legislative Assembly
Encyclopedia
The East Bengal Legislative Assembly was the elected law-making body of the province of East Bengal
in Pakistan
. It was later renamed the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly and would be succeeded by the Jatiyo Sangshad
in 1971.
East Bengal
East Bengal was the name used during two periods in the 20th century for a territory that roughly corresponded to the modern state of Bangladesh. Both instances involved a violent partition of Bengal....
in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It was later renamed the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly and would be succeeded by the Jatiyo Sangshad
Jatiyo Sangshad
Jatiya Sangsad or National Assembly is the national parliament of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 345 seats including 45 women reserved seats distributed on elected party position in the parliament, the occupants of which are called Members of Parliament or MPs...
in 1971.
Speakers
| Name | Elected |
|---|---|
| Abdul Karim Abdul Karim Abdul Karim is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Karim. The name means "servant of the most Generous", Al-Karīm being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.The letter a of the al-... |
1948 |
| Abdul Hakim Abdul Hakim Abdul Hakim was a poet in medieval Bengal. He was born on the island of Sandwip in 1620. Hakim's most famous work perhaps is Nurnama , a depiction of the life of prophet Muhammad in lyrical Bangla... |
1955 |
| Abdul Hamid Chowdhury | 1962 |