Razik Fareed

Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, JP (29 December 1893 - 23 August 1984), was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) lawyer, politician, diplomat and philanthropist. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Trade, Senator, member of parliament and the state council. He had also severed as Ceylon's High Commissioner to Pakistan.^[1]

Educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo, he became a lawyer after completing his studies at the Colombo Law College. In 1915 he joined the Colombo Town Guard becoming a Lieutenant in it.

Moving into politics in 1930 Sir Razik, entered the Colombo Municipal Council where he was a member for 15 years. Thereafter he was voted into the State Council of Ceylon before being appointed to the Senate of Ceylon after independence in 1948. A founding member of the United National Party he retained his seat for Colombo central in the House of Representatives of Ceylon for three times running. In 1960 he was appointed Cabinet Minister in the government of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, holding several different portfolios in the cabinet changers that followed.

In 1968 he was sent as Ceylon's High Commissioner to Pakistan. Sir Razik is remembered for the establishment of the Muslim Ladies College with his own land.

Sir Razik is the son of Wapchi Marikar Abdul Rahman (1868–1933), and paternal grandson of the famous Ceylon Moor building contractor in Colombo, Arasi Marikar Wapchi Marikar (Bass) (1829–1925), who was descended from the Sheiq Fareed family who arrived in Ceylon in 1060 AD.

See also

• Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats

References

External links

• Great national leader
• Articles on Sir Razik Fareed on Roots