Sher-e-Bangla in focus

Why was Sher-e-Bangla so popular?

What made Sher-e-Bangla so popular among the masses of Bengal?

Sher-e-Bangla and his political rivals

The most aggressive efforts to sideline him and remove him from the Chief Minister's office came from Suhrawardy.

My discovery of Sher-e-Bangla

The discovery of these rare documents and letters sent to A. K. Fazlul Huq offers deeper insights into history, verifying past accounts and vividly bringing the story of the United Front election to life.

Thus Spoke Sher-e-Bangla

I deem it a great privilege and pleasure to preside over this Convocation of the University of Dacca; and to join you in offering my blessings and good wishes for the success and prosperity of those graduates who have been admitted to various degrees today.

Fazlul Huq and the Bangalee Muslim question

The phrase “Bangalee Muslim” is generally regarded as a “living oxymoron,” and the Bangalee Muslims are considered to be perennially trapped in a dilemma of identity over their Bangaleeness and Muslimness.

The champion of the Bengali Muslim peasantry

AK Fazlul Haq burst into an all-Indian national political scene through the 1937 elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Sher-e-Bangla: In Search of a National Soul

Sher-e-Bangla was an institution rather than an individual. So say his critics as well as his admirers. And rightly so. But it seems very few have really appreciated the deeper significance of the epithet given him by themselves.

October 26, 2020
October 26, 2020

The champion of the Bengali Muslim peasantry

AK Fazlul Haq burst into an all-Indian national political scene through the 1937 elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly.