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Fazlul Karim (lawyer)

Coordinates: 21°50′45″N 92°03′32″E / 21.845921°N 92.058782°E / 21.845921; 92.058782
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Captain Advocate Fazlul Karim Hridoy
Advocate Karim with his wife
Born
Fazlul Karim

(1905-09-14)September 14, 1905
Harbang, Chakaria, Cox's Bazar, British India
DiedMay 24, 1986(1986-05-24) (aged 80)
Resting placeHarbang, Chakaria, Cox's Bazar
21°50′45″N 92°03′32″E / 21.845921°N 92.058782°E / 21.845921; 92.058782
NationalityBritish Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi
EducationChittagong College, Presidency College, Kolkata
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician
Known fortourism development in East Pakistan, Municipal Tax Law Development
TitleMoulvi
Political partyMuslim League, Independent
SpouseNazmunnisa Chowdhurani
Children4, including Waleed Ehsanul Karim
RelativesColonel Dr. M. M. Rahman (Youngest Brother)(Ex-Director Bangladesh Army Medical Corp), Lt Col Mohammad Ziauddin Bir Uttom (nephew),

Fazlul Karim (Template:Lang-bn; September 14, 1905 – May 24, 1986) was a Bangladeshi lawyer, businessman, politician and soldier. He was the first mayor of Cox's Bazar.[1]

Career

Fazlul Karim in National Guard Uniform
  • Pakistan National Guards: Fazlul Karim was appointed in the then 22nd Battalion of Pakistan National Guards as Lieutenant under the command of Major General Ayub Khan and later promoted as Captain. He was the Officer In Charge (OC) of a platoon of 22nd National Guards, which was posted at Cox's Bazar. When the National Guard was converted into the Bangladesh Ansars (then East Pakistan Ansars), he left the job and joined in the political group, the Muslim League.
  • Chairman of Cox's Bazar Municipality: Advocate Fazlul Karim was elected chairman of Cox's Bazar in 1950 (first after independence from British Raj) from Muslim League and later in 1954 as an independent candidate.[2] He had established the Tamarisk Forest along the beach to draw tourist in this town and also to protect the beach from storm surges.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Cos'x Bazer beach".
  2. ^ "Cos'x Bazer".
  3. ^ "Tourism in Cos'x Bazer".
  4. ^ "History of Cos'x Bazer".
  5. ^ "History of Cos'x Bazer beach".
  • History of Cox's Bazar by Advocate Dulal Chowdhury, Printed 1987, Page 45, 47 and 75
  • Coksho Bazarer Itihash by Prof Nur Ahmed, May 1988
  • Smaraniyo Baraniyo (Chakaria-Pekua) by Anowar Hossain, Printed Sept 2003, Page 77 and 81
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