Khwaja Habibullah

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Nawab Khwaja Habibullah
Nawab of Dhaka
Reign 1915–1952
Born (1895-04-26)26 April 1895
Birthplace Ahsan Manzil, Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died 21 November 1958(1958-11-21) (aged 63)
Place of death Shahbag, Dhaka, East Pakistan
Buried Begum Bazaar, Dhaka
Predecessor Nawab Khwaja Salimullah
Successor Abolished
Royal House Dhaka Nawab Family
Father Nawab Khwaja Salimullah

Nawab Khwaja Habibullah Bahadur (1895–1958) was the fifth and last Nawab of Dhaka. He was the son of his more prominent father, Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur. Under his rule, the Dhaka Nawab Estate went into decline until its actual relinquishment in 1952 by the East Pakistan Estates Acquisition Act.

Nawab Habibullah had repeatedly tried to carry on his father's political legacy by himself but had failed due to the strong political power base of other family members such as Khwaja Khairuddin and Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin. Nawab Habibullah contested the assembly election of Bengal as an independent candidate but suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of his relative, Khwaja Khairuddin who was on a Muslim League ticket.

In his closing days he gave up politics due to broken health. He left the Ahsan Manzil Palace and resided in another of the royal residences, Green House, in Dhaka's Paribagh area. On 21, November, 1958 Nawab Habibullah died and was buried alongside his father at the royal family graveyard in Begumbazar in Dhaka.

Khwaja Habibullah
Preceded by
Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur
Nawab of Dhaka
19151952
Abolished


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