Nur Ahmed

Nur Ahmed (; 25 December 1890 – 22 October 1964) was a Bengali-Pakistani lawyer and politician.

Early life Nur Ahmed was born on 25 December 1890 to a Bengali Muslim family of Qazi-Saudagars in the Alkaran mahallah of the port city of Chittagong in southeastern Bengal, British Raj. He was the son of businessman Qazi Amjad Ali Saudagar and Peyar Jan Bibi. Ahmed graduated from Chittagong Municipal Model High School and Chittagong College in 1910 and 1912 respectively. Though the Language Movement began in March 1948 with the visit of Mohammed Ali Jinnah to East Bengal when he declared that “Urdu shall be the only State Language of Pakistan”, the movement took a new turn with the police firing on students and demonstrating public in Dhaka on February 21, 1952, demanding Bangla be given the status of State Language of Pakistan. On April 10, 1952 the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan convened in Karachi and the day's proceedings began with a motion moved by Nur Ahmed from Chittagong. He addressed the President (Speaker, Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan) of the Assembly and said, “I move: that the Assembly is of the opinion that Bengali language shall be made the State Language of Pakistan.” (Documents of Bangladesh Liberation War, Vol-1, p. 246). He motioned the bill in the national assembly that led to the creation of the Homoeopathic Medical Board. In 1954 he retired from active politics and voluntarily abstained from running for the Chairmanship of the Municipality and devoted his time to writing. After partition in 1947 he became a member of the Constituents Assembly of Pakistan (MCA), a post he held till his retirement.

Death Ahmed died on 22 October 1964 in Chittagong, East Pakistan, Pakistan. Alkaran Nur Ahmad City Corporation High School in Chittagong was named after him.