Zakir Husain (governor)
Overview
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
and Interior Minister of Pakistan, both in the General Ayub Khan military regime.
Zakir Husain, IPS, JP, PSP was born on 2 November 1897 in Ghatchek, Rangunia, Chittagong
Chittagong
Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...
to Mr. Rahman Ali, a pious and religious man. He was the only son, the eldest in a family of six children. After his primary schooling in Rangunia, Chittagong, he was a student of Collegiate School, Chittagong, where he passed the Matriculation examination with distinction.
Quotations
...all earlier pluralist societies destroyed themselves because no one took care of the common good. They abounded in communities but could not sustain community, let alone create it.
Peter Drucker, The New Pluralism Leader to Leader, No. 14 (Fall 1999)