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{{short description|Indian lawyer and Muslim activist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sir Azizul Haque
| image = Sir-M-Azizul-Huq.jpg
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| caption =
| birth_date = 1892
| birth_place = [[Shantipur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 1947
| occupation = Advocate, diplomat
| spouse = Kaniz Khatun
}}

'''Sir Muhammad Azizul Haque''', [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (27 November 1892 – 23 March 1947), also known as '''Muhammad Azizul Huq''' or '''Mohammad Azizul Huque''', was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] lawyer, writer and public servant. He studied at [[List of Calcutta Presidencians|Presidency College]] and University Law College in [[Calcutta]]. He worked to better the condition of Muslim people, primarily in the rural farmlands. This led him to work with [[A. K. Fazlul Huq|Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque]], [[Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy|Sir Abdulla Suhrawardy]], [[Khwaja Salimullah|Sir Salimullah]] and [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. He remained friends with many throughout his life.

He served, from 1926, on the [[Bengal Legislative Council]], as Education minister for Bengal (1934–1937), as the speaker of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly]] (1937–1942), as the Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University (1938–1942),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vice-Chancellors|url=https://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/vc.html|access-date=2020-08-26|website=www.caluniv.ac.in}}</ref> as the [[List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom]] (December 1941 – May 1943), and as the member in charge, on the [[Viceroy's Executive Council]], of the Department of Commerce, Food, Industries and Civil supplies (May 1943–1945).<ref>{{Cite book|last=GUHA|first=ARUN CHANDRA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RhspDwAAQBAJ&q=Azizul+Haque+minister+Commerce,+industries,+civil+supplies&pg=PT210|title=India's Struggle Quarter of Century 1921-1946 Part II|date=2017-06-20|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=978-81-230-2490-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Huque, Mohammad Azizul - Banglapedia|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huque,_Mohammad_Azizul|access-date=2020-08-26|website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Azizul Haque was born on 27 November 1892 in [[Shantipur]] in West Bengal, India.

==Contribution==

Haque was given the title of ''Khan Bahadur'' by the British Government, appointed a CIE in 1937<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34365/supplements/693 London Gazette, 1 February 1937]</ref> knighted in the 1941 New Year Honours List,<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35029/supplements/2 London Gazette, 1 January 1941]</ref> and appointed a KCSI in the June 1946 Birthday Honours List.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35029/supplements/2 London Gazette, 4 June 1946]</ref> He subsequently renounced his British honours in protest against the government, on 16 August 1946.

He died at his Calcutta residence on 22 March 1947

[[File:Order of the Indian Empire Certificate of Sir Azizul Haque.jpg|thumb|Sir Azizul Haque, Order of the Indian Empire Certificate.]]

== Major works ==

Haque's literary works include:
# ''History and Problems of Moslem Education in Bengal'' (1917)
# ''Education and Retrenchment'' (1924)
# ''[[The Man behind the Plough]]'' (1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.du.ac.in/dspace/handle/1/4916 |title=DSpace@University of Delhi: Man behind the plough |publisher=Library.du.ac.in |date=25 November 2008 |access-date=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312215015/http://library.du.ac.in/dspace/handle/1/4916 |archive-date=12 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
# ''The Sword of the Crescent Moon''
# ''Cultural Contributions of Islam to Indian History''
# ''A Plea for Separate Electorate in Bengal'' (1931)

==See also==
* [[Govt. Azizul Haque College]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* ''The Islamic Review'', Surrey, England, p. 331 (Oct. 1942)[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034926/http://muslim.sh/text/articles/islamicreview/1942/10oct/islamicreview_194210.pdf]
* ''The Islamic Review'', Surrey, England, p. 411 (Dec. 1942)[http://aaiil.org/text/articles/islamicreview/1942/12dec/islamicreview_194212.pdf]
* ''The Islamic Review'', Surrey, England, p. 16 (Nov. 1949) [http://aaiil.org/text/articles/islamicreview/1949/11nov/islamicreview_194911.pdf]
* [http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huque,_Mohammad_Azizul Azizul Haque] in Banglapedia
* Rabindranath Tagore's letter to Sir Azizul Haque [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LetterAziz.jpg]
* Bengal Legislative Assembly List [https://web.archive.org/web/20090619074905/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/wbengal.html]

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