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{{Short description|Pakistani politician (1889–1973)}} | {{Short description|Pakistani politician (1889–1973)}} | ||
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{{Infobox politician | {{Infobox politician | ||
| name = Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman | | name = Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman | ||
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==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
He was born in [[Chunar]], an ancient town in UP's Mirzapur district in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]] (now [[Uttar Pradesh]]).{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} At the time, his father, Chaudhry Muhammad Zaman, was a revenue officer. His younger brother, [[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]] (1897 – 1994) was a scientist and researcher in both [[British India]] and later in [[Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/884351|author=Dr Ahmed S. Khan|date=15 August 2010|title=Homage: Our own Einstein (Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman's younger brother Salimuzzaman Siddiqui)|access-date=14 January | He was born in [[Chunar]], an ancient town in UP's Mirzapur district in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]] (now [[Uttar Pradesh]]).{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} At the time, his father, Chaudhry Muhammad Zaman, was a revenue officer. His younger brother, [[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]] (1897 – 1994) was a scientist and researcher in both [[British India]] and later in [[Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/884351|author=Dr Ahmed S. Khan|date=15 August 2010|title=Homage: Our own Einstein (Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman's younger brother Salimuzzaman Siddiqui)|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman.jpg|thumb|Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman seconding the [[Lahore resolution]] with [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] chairing the Lahore session in March 1940]] | [[File:Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman.jpg|thumb|Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman seconding the [[Lahore resolution]] with [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] chairing the Lahore session in March 1940]] | ||
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman was not only a Muslim League leader, he was also one of the founding fathers of Pakistan.<ref name=Dawn/> At the time of [[independence of Pakistan]] on 14 August 1947, he was still serving as the Muslim League member of the ''Constituent Assembly of India'' and stayed behind to address that Indian Assembly.<ref name=findpk/> He was one of the four individuals who addressed the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] in the central hall of Parliament during the moment of Indian independence at midnight of August 14, 1947.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0815.html#article|author=Robert Trumbull|work=The New York Times|title=India and Pakistan Become Nations; Clashes Continue|date=15 August 1947|access-date=14 January | Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman was not only a Muslim League leader, he was also one of the founding fathers of Pakistan.<ref name=Dawn/> At the time of [[independence of Pakistan]] on 14 August 1947, he was still serving as the Muslim League member of the ''Constituent Assembly of India'' and stayed behind to address that Indian Assembly.<ref name=findpk/> He was one of the four individuals who addressed the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] in the central hall of Parliament during the moment of Indian independence at midnight of August 14, 1947.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0815.html#article|author=Robert Trumbull|work=The New York Times|title=India and Pakistan Become Nations; Clashes Continue|date=15 August 1947|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> The other three were [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]] and Dr. [[Radhakrishnan]].<ref name=NYT/> He migrated to newly-created Pakistan in November 1947, when Jinnah expressed his displeasure over his policy. He did not agree with the government of Pakistan that the Indian government was behind Muslims' killings. He was appointed the chief organizer of [[Muslim League (Pakistan)]]. Later he served as the first president of the [[Muslim League (Pakistan)]]. | ||
===Career positions in Pakistan=== | ===Career positions in Pakistan=== | ||
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[[Category:Muhajir people]] | [[Category:Muhajir people]] | ||
[[Category:All India Muslim League members]] | [[Category:All India Muslim League members]] | ||
[[Category:Governors of East | [[Category:Governors of East Pakistan]] | ||
[[Category:Indian people of World War II]] | [[Category:Indian people of World War II]] | ||
[[Category:Pakistan Movement activists from the United Provinces]] | [[Category:Pakistan Movement activists from the United Provinces]] | ||
[[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Indonesia]] | [[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Indonesia]] | ||
[[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to the Philippines]] | [[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to the Philippines]] | ||