Farmuzul Huq’s 57th death anniversary

Today is the 57th death anniversary of Farmuzul Huq, a dedicated soul against foreign rule in undivided India, and later the repressive rule of Pakistan.

After obtaining his bachelor’s degree from BM College in 1925, Farmuzul undertook a daring solo trek (without a single penny in his pocket) from Chattogram to Kolkata.

With the political tempo in India coming to a boil, he worked with a number of leading personalities of Bengal, like AK Fazlul Huq, Hussain Shahid Suhrawardy, Maulana Akram Khan, Abul Hashem and others to form the Bengal Provincial Muslim League and took up responsibilities first as its office secretary, later concurrently as joint secretary, and was later elected member of the Indian Constituent Assembly. Nominated by the Jukta Front, Farmuzul contested in the election as an independent candidate and secured more than 80 percent votes to become member of Provincial Assembly in 1954.

He made a positive impact in the policy and decision-making process of the Assembly, and was declared minister designate only days before General Ayub Khan took over in 1958.

He suffered from chronic bronchial asthma for many years, and eventually died from a heart attack while in his sleep on October 30, 1962.