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'''Jalaluddin Abdur Rahim''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu:]] جلال الدين عبدالرحيم; [[Bengali language|Bengali:]] জালালুদ্দিন আবদুর রহিম; also known as '''J. A. Rahim''') (27 July 1906<ref>{{cite book |title=The International Who's Who |date=1974 |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |isbn=978-0-900362-72-9 |pages=1416 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsnwF5v_RO0C&q=Jalaludin+Abdur+Rahim+27+July+1906 |language=en}}</ref> – 1977) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] communist and [[political philosopher]] who was renowned as one of the founding members of the [[Pakistan People's Party]]—a [[democratic socialist]] political party.<ref name=Dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1203155 Smokers' Corner: Bhutto's ideologue: friend, mentor, enemy] Dawn (newspaper), Updated 30 August 2015, Retrieved 29 December 2017</ref> Rahim was also the first [[Secretary-General]] of the Pakistan People's Party, served as the first [[Minister of Defence Production|minister of production]]. A Bengali civil servant, Rahim was a philosopher who politically guided [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], serving as his mentor, and had helped Bhutto navigate through the minefield of bureaucratic establishment when Ayub Khan had taken Bhutto into his cabinet.<ref name="Pakistan Link Co. Bath, New York">{{cite web|last=Dr. S. Akhtar Ehtisham|title=The Left in Pakistan|url=http://pakistanlink.org/Commentary/2011/Apr11/01/01.HTM|work=Dr. S. Akhtar Ehtisham|publisher=Pakistan Link (weekly newspaper), Anaheim, California|access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> Rahim also guided Bhutto after Bhutto was deposed as [[Foreign Minister of Pakistan|Foreign Minister]], critically guiding Bhutto to take down the once US-sponsored dictatorship of [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]].<ref name="Pakistan Link Co. Bath, New York"/>
'''Jalaluddin Abdur Rahim''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu:]] جلال الدين عبدالرحيم; [[Bengali language|Bengali:]] জালালুদ্দিন আবদুর রহিম; also known as '''J. A. Rahim''') (27 July 1906<ref>{{cite book |title=The International Who's Who |date=1974 |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |isbn=978-0-900362-72-9 |pages=1416 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsnwF5v_RO0C&q=Jalaludin+Abdur+Rahim+27+July+1906 |language=en}}</ref> – 1977) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] communist and [[political philosopher]] who was renowned as one of the founding members of the [[Pakistan People's Party]]—a [[democratic socialist]] political party.<ref name=Dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1203155 Smokers' Corner: Bhutto's ideologue: friend, mentor, enemy] Dawn (newspaper), Updated 30 August 2015, Retrieved 29 December 2017</ref> Rahim was also the first [[Secretary-General]] of the Pakistan People's Party, served as the first [[Minister of Defence Production|minister of production]]. A Bengali civil servant, Rahim was a philosopher who politically guided [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], serving as his mentor, and had helped Bhutto navigate through the minefield of bureaucratic establishment when Ayub Khan had taken Bhutto into his cabinet.<ref name="Pakistan Link Co. Bath, New York">{{cite web|last=Dr. S. Akhtar Ehtisham|title=The Left in Pakistan|url=http://pakistanlink.org/Commentary/2011/Apr11/01/01.HTM|work=Dr. S. Akhtar Ehtisham|publisher=Pakistan Link (weekly newspaper), Anaheim, California|access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> Rahim also guided Bhutto after Bhutto was deposed as [[Foreign Minister of Pakistan|Foreign Minister]], critically guiding Bhutto to take down the once US-sponsored dictatorship of [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]].<ref name="Pakistan Link Co. Bath, New York"/>


==Family and education==
==Family and education==
Educated at the [[University of Dhaka]] where Rahim received double BSc in [[Political Science]] and Philosophy after writing and publishing the brief thesis on [[Nietzsche and Philosophy|Nietzsche Philosophy]].<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005">{{cite book|last=Khan, Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Air Staff of PAF|first=Air Marshal Asghar|title=We've learnt nothing from history: Pakistan: politics and military power|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press, 2005|location=Oxford, England, United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-19-597883-4|pages=305|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTxuAAAAMAAJ&q=We%27ve+learnt+nothing+from+history:+Pakistan:+politics+and+military+power}}</ref>  Later, Rahim attended [[Calcutta University]], receiving a LLB degree in [[Law and Justice]]. Rahim began his political activism in [[Pakistan Movement]],<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005"/> serving as its [[:Category:Pakistan Movement activists|activist]] in [[East Bengal]].<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005"/> His father, [[Abdur Rahim (judge)|Justice Abdur Rahim]] also had served as a senior associate judge at the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005"/>
Educated at the [[University of Dhaka]] where Rahim received double BSc in [[Political Science]] and Philosophy after writing and publishing the brief thesis on [[Nietzsche and Philosophy|Nietzsche Philosophy]].<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005">{{cite book|last=Khan, Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Air Staff of PAF|first=Air Marshal Asghar|title=We've learnt nothing from history: Pakistan: politics and military power|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press, 2005|location=Oxford, England, United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-19-597883-4|pages=305|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTxuAAAAMAAJ&q=We%27ve+learnt+nothing+from+history:+Pakistan:+politics+and+military+power}}</ref>  Later, Rahim attended [[Calcutta University]], receiving an LL.B. degree in [[Law and Justice]]. Rahim began his political activism in [[Pakistan Movement]],<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005"/> serving as its [[:Category:Pakistan Movement activists|activist]] in [[East Bengal]].<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005"/> His father, [[Abdur Rahim (judge)|Justice Abdur Rahim]] also had served as a senior associate judge at the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005"/>


==Career==
==Career==
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For some time, he remained associated with [[Communist Party of Pakistan|Communist party]], but also built personal relations with [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] in 1965.<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005"/> After attending the socialist convention at the residence of Dr. [[Mubashir Hassan]], J. A. Rahim played a key role in writing the party's socialist manifesto: "[[Islam]] is our religion; democracy is our politics; socialism is our economy; power lies with the people", on 30 November 1967. This manifesto was officially first issued on 9 December 1967. J.A. Rahim was made Pakistan Peoples Party's first secretary general after writing the party's constitution.<ref name="Pakistan Link Co. Bath, New York"/><ref>[https://dailytimes.com.pk/80602/the-rise-and-decline-of-ppp/ The rise and decline of PPP] Daily Times (newspaper), Published 23 May 2016, Retrieved 29 December 2017</ref>
For some time, he remained associated with [[Communist Party of Pakistan|Communist party]], but also built personal relations with [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] in 1965.<ref name="Oxford University Press, 2005"/> After attending the socialist convention at the residence of Dr. [[Mubashir Hassan]], J. A. Rahim played a key role in writing the party's socialist manifesto: "[[Islam]] is our religion; democracy is our politics; socialism is our economy; power lies with the people", on 30 November 1967. This manifesto was officially first issued on 9 December 1967. J.A. Rahim was made Pakistan Peoples Party's first secretary general after writing the party's constitution.<ref name="Pakistan Link Co. Bath, New York"/><ref>[https://dailytimes.com.pk/80602/the-rise-and-decline-of-ppp/ The rise and decline of PPP] Daily Times (newspaper), Published 23 May 2016, Retrieved 29 December 2017</ref>


Rahim earned public notability after his name was announced as a Bengali member of delegation of Pakistan Peoples Party to launch a negotiation with [[Awami League]] party under [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]].<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 19th February, 2012">{{cite news|last=Shaikh Aziz|title=A leaf from history: Operation Searchlight|url=http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/19/a-leaf-from-history-operation-searchlight.html|newspaper=Dawn Newspapers, 19 February 2012|date=19 February 2012|access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> In 1970, Rahim along with [[Ghulam Mustafa Khar]], returned to [[West Pakistan]], telling Bhutto that the "meeting with Mujib was of no use".<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 19th February, 2012"/> After the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|1971 war]], Rahim stayed in what remained of [[Pakistan]], governing the [[Law Minister of Pakistan|Law ministry]], [[Ministry of Justice (Pakistan)|Justice minister]], and the [[Planning Commission (Pakistan)|Township planning and agrovilles]]. In 1972, Rahim was appointed as the first [[Minister of Defence Production]] which he governed until 1974.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
Rahim earned public notability after his name was announced as a Bengali member of delegation of Pakistan Peoples Party to launch a negotiation with [[Awami League]] party under [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]].<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 19th February, 2012">{{cite news|last=Shaikh Aziz|title=A leaf from history: Operation Searchlight|url=http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/19/a-leaf-from-history-operation-searchlight.html|newspaper=Dawn Newspapers, 19 February 2012|date=19 February 2012|access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> In 1970, Rahim along with [[Ghulam Mustafa Khar]], returned to [[West Pakistan]], telling Bhutto that the "meeting with Mujib was of no use".<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 19th February, 2012"/> After the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|1971 war]], Rahim stayed in what remained of [[Pakistan]], governing the [[Law Minister of Pakistan|Law ministry]], [[Ministry of Justice (Pakistan)|Justice minister]], and the [[Planning Commission (Pakistan)|Township planning and agrovilles]]. In 1972, Rahim was appointed as the first [[Minister of Defence Production]] which he governed until 1974.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}


===Disillusionment with Bhutto===
===Disillusionment with Bhutto===
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In July 1974, Rahim himself got disillusioned with Bhutto after seeing Bhutto's handling of internal affairs and publicly disagreed with Bhutto as he wanted Bhutto to deal with the matters efficiently, not by force.<ref name="St. Martin's Press"/>
In July 1974, Rahim himself got disillusioned with Bhutto after seeing Bhutto's handling of internal affairs and publicly disagreed with Bhutto as he wanted Bhutto to deal with the matters efficiently, not by force.<ref name="St. Martin's Press"/>


He was appointed Pakistan Ambassador to France by Bhutto just to get him out of the way and away from Pakistani politics. But he returned to Pakistan unscheduled.<ref name="Pakistan Link Co. Bath, New York"/>  Rahim was then tortured by the members of the secret police, the [[Federal Security Force]] (FSF), and was thrown into jail in 1976.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name="The Nation">{{cite web|last=Zaidi|first=Abbas|title=Whose Pakistan People's Party?|url=http://www.gowanusbooks.com/party.htm|work=Abbas Zaidi|publisher=The Nation|access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, he was released. Later after Bhutto had formally issued an apology to him, he again left for [[France]] to complete his tenure as ambassador.<ref name=Dawn/> Some people say that Bhutto, during his final days, regretted his fall-out with his former mentor, J. A. Rahim.<ref name=Dawn/>
He was appointed Pakistan Ambassador to France by Bhutto just to get him out of the way and away from Pakistani politics. But he returned to Pakistan unscheduled.<ref name="Pakistan Link Co. Bath, New York"/>  Rahim was then tortured by the members of the secret police, the [[Federal Security Force]] (FSF), and was thrown into jail in 1976.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name="The Nation">{{cite web|last=Zaidi|first=Abbas|title=Whose Pakistan People's Party?|url=http://www.gowanusbooks.com/party.htm|work=Abbas Zaidi|publisher=The Nation|access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, he was released. Later after Bhutto had formally issued an apology to him, he again left for [[France]] to complete his tenure as ambassador.<ref name=Dawn/> Some people say that Bhutto, during his final days, regretted his fall-out with his former mentor, J. A. Rahim.<ref name=Dawn/>


==Death==
==Death==
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Latest revision as of 05:35, 7 December 2022


Jalaluddin Abdur Rahim
Pakistan Ambassador to France
In office
1974–1976
PresidentFazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Minister of Defence Production
In office
1972–1974
PresidentZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Vice PresidentNurul Amin
Preceded byMinistry established
Minister of Law, Justice, Town planning and agrovilles.
In office
1971–1972
PresidentZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Vice PresidentNurul Amin
4th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
In office
4 June 1953 – 11 January 1955
Governor-GeneralMalik Ghulam
Prime MinisterKhawaja Nazimuddin
Preceded bySikandar Ali Baig
Succeeded byAkhtar Hussain
Personal details
Born
Jalaludin Abdur Rahim

(1906-07-27)27 July 1906
Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in Bangladesh)
Died1977
Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Citizenship Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan Communist Party
Spouse(s)Esther Rahim
RelationsJustice Abdur Rahim (father)
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy(brother-in-law)
Alma materDhaka University
Calcutta University
OccupationCommunist
social worker
Professioncivil servant
CabinetZulfikar Ali Bhutto Government

Jalaluddin Abdur Rahim (Urdu: جلال الدين عبدالرحيم; Bengali: জালালুদ্দিন আবদুর রহিম; also known as J. A. Rahim) (27 July 1906[1] – 1977) was a Bengali communist and political philosopher who was renowned as one of the founding members of the Pakistan People's Party—a democratic socialist political party.[2] Rahim was also the first Secretary-General of the Pakistan People's Party, served as the first minister of production. A Bengali civil servant, Rahim was a philosopher who politically guided Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, serving as his mentor, and had helped Bhutto navigate through the minefield of bureaucratic establishment when Ayub Khan had taken Bhutto into his cabinet.[3] Rahim also guided Bhutto after Bhutto was deposed as Foreign Minister, critically guiding Bhutto to take down the once US-sponsored dictatorship of Ayub Khan.[3]

Family and education[edit]

Educated at the University of Dhaka where Rahim received double BSc in Political Science and Philosophy after writing and publishing the brief thesis on Nietzsche Philosophy.[4] Later, Rahim attended Calcutta University, receiving an LL.B. degree in Law and Justice. Rahim began his political activism in Pakistan Movement,[4] serving as its activist in East Bengal.[4] His father, Justice Abdur Rahim also had served as a senior associate judge at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[4]

Career[edit]

After his education, Rahim joined the Pakistan Civil Services, picking up the first bureaucratic assignment in Foreign Service of Pakistan.[4] Rahim served as the Foreign Secretary under the government of Prime minister Muhammad Ali Bogra.[4]

For some time, he remained associated with Communist party, but also built personal relations with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1965.[4] After attending the socialist convention at the residence of Dr. Mubashir Hassan, J. A. Rahim played a key role in writing the party's socialist manifesto: "Islam is our religion; democracy is our politics; socialism is our economy; power lies with the people", on 30 November 1967. This manifesto was officially first issued on 9 December 1967. J.A. Rahim was made Pakistan Peoples Party's first secretary general after writing the party's constitution.[3][5]

Rahim earned public notability after his name was announced as a Bengali member of delegation of Pakistan Peoples Party to launch a negotiation with Awami League party under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[6] In 1970, Rahim along with Ghulam Mustafa Khar, returned to West Pakistan, telling Bhutto that the "meeting with Mujib was of no use".[6] After the 1971 war, Rahim stayed in what remained of Pakistan, governing the Law ministry, Justice minister, and the Township planning and agrovilles. In 1972, Rahim was appointed as the first Minister of Defence Production which he governed until 1974.[citation needed]

Disillusionment with Bhutto[edit]

His relations with Bhutto deteriorated after Pakistan People's Party began purging the radical and ultra-left wings of the party and J. A. Rahim was also lined by Bhutto later.[7]

In July 1974, Rahim himself got disillusioned with Bhutto after seeing Bhutto's handling of internal affairs and publicly disagreed with Bhutto as he wanted Bhutto to deal with the matters efficiently, not by force.[7]

He was appointed Pakistan Ambassador to France by Bhutto just to get him out of the way and away from Pakistani politics. But he returned to Pakistan unscheduled.[3] Rahim was then tortured by the members of the secret police, the Federal Security Force (FSF), and was thrown into jail in 1976.[2][8] Shortly afterwards, he was released. Later after Bhutto had formally issued an apology to him, he again left for France to complete his tenure as ambassador.[2] Some people say that Bhutto, during his final days, regretted his fall-out with his former mentor, J. A. Rahim.[2]

Death[edit]

In 1977, Rahim suffered a heart attack and died. He is now buried in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The International Who's Who. Taylor & Francis Group. 1974. p. 1416. ISBN 978-0-900362-72-9.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Smokers' Corner: Bhutto's ideologue: friend, mentor, enemy Dawn (newspaper), Updated 30 August 2015, Retrieved 29 December 2017
  3. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Khan, Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Air Staff of PAF, Air Marshal Asghar (2005). We've learnt nothing from history: Pakistan: politics and military power. Oxford, England, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2005. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-19-597883-4.
  4. ↑ The rise and decline of PPP Daily Times (newspaper), Published 23 May 2016, Retrieved 29 December 2017
  5. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Shaikh Aziz (19 February 2012). "A leaf from history: Operation Searchlight". Dawn Newspapers, 19 February 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Talbot, Ian (1998). Pakistan: A modern history. United States: St. Martin's Press. pp. 247. ISBN 0-312-21606-8. j a rahim bhutto.
  7. ↑ Zaidi, Abbas. "Whose Pakistan People's Party?". Abbas Zaidi. The Nation. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

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