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  "ar": "خواجة ناظم الدين",
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  "ar": "رجل دولة باكستاني (1894–1964) من نواب دكا، ثاني حاكم عام لباكستان (1948–1951) وثاني رئيس وزرائها (1951–1953). كان رئيس وزراء البنغال (1943–1945) ثم أول رئيس وزراء لباكستان الشرقية، وخلف محمد علي جناح في الحاكمية العامة ولياقت علي خان في رئاسة الوزراء وأبا القاسم فضل الحق في رئاسة وزراء البنغال، ودُفن في ضريح القادة الثلاثة في دكا.",
  "en": "Pakistani statesman (1894–1964) of the Nawabs of Dhaka, Pakistan's second governor-general (1948–1951) and second prime minister (1951–1953). He had been prime minister of Bengal (1943–1945) and then the first chief minister of East Bengal; he succeeded Muhammad Ali Jinnah as governor-general, Liaquat Ali Khan as prime minister and A. K. Fazlul Huq as prime minister of Bengal, and was buried in the Mausoleum of Three Leaders at Dhaka.",
  "ur": "پاکستانی مدبر (1894ء–1964ء) جن کا تعلق ڈھاکہ کے نواب خاندان سے تھا، پاکستان کے دوسرے گورنر جنرل (1948ء–1951ء) اور دوسرے وزیر اعظم (1951ء–1953ء)۔ بنگال کے وزیر اعظم (1943ء–1945ء) اور پھر مشرقی بنگال کے پہلے وزیر اعلیٰ رہے؛ محمد علی جناح کے بعد گورنر جنرل، لیاقت علی خان کے بعد وزیر اعظم اور ابو القاسم فضل الحق کے بعد بنگال کے وزیر اعظم بنے، اور ڈھاکہ میں تین قائدین کے مزار میں دفن ہوئے۔"
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   "note": "Born on 19 July 1894 at Dacca, as all three articles and Wikidata agree. The Hijri year is a conversion of the followed date.",
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    "value": "خواجة ناظم الدين",
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    "value": "خواجہ ناظم الدین",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "خواجة ناظم الدين (19 تموز 1894 – 22 تشرين الأول 1964) رجل دولة باكستاني من نواب دكا، ثاني حاكم عام لباكستان (1948–1951) ثم ثاني رئيس وزرائها (1951–1953).{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ar} وهو أول بنغالي يحكم باكستان رئيساً للدولة ورئيساً للحكومة معاً.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "نشأته وتعليمه",
     "markdown": "وُلد في 19 تموز 1894 في دكا في أسرة نواب دكا المسلمة الثرية ذات الأصول الكشميرية المستقرة في المدينة منذ زمن بعيد.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} تلقى تعليمه في مدرسة دنستبل في إنكلترا وفي جامعة عليكرة الإسلامية وكلية ترينيتي هول في كامبريدج، ونُودي به إلى نقابة المحامين في إنكلترا وحصل على لقب فارس سنة 1934.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} ولا يسمي أي نص مذهباً له؛ تصنّفه المقالة الأردية في فئات شيعية، لكن التصنيفات ليست شهادات، وتعطي ويكيداتا الإسلام فقط.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ur}{cite:wikidata-khawaja-nazimuddin}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مسيرته السياسية",
     "markdown": "كان رئيس وزراء البنغال من 1943 إلى 1945 خلفاً لأبي القاسم فضل الحق، وبعد الاستقلال صار أول رئيس وزراء لباكستان الشرقية سنة 1947 خلفاً لحسين شهيد سهروردي في المنصب المُعاد تسميته.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} وبوفاة جناح في أيلول 1948 صار الحاكم العام؛ ولما اغتيل لياقت علي خان في تشرين الأول 1951 تنحى ناظم الدين ليصير هو رئيس الوزراء.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} واتسمت رئاسته بحركة اللغة البنغالية وبأعمال شغب لاهور سنة 1953، وانتهت في 17 نيسان 1953 حين أقال الحاكم العام غلام محمد حكومته — أول إقالة لحكومة فدرالية في تاريخ باكستان.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته",
     "markdown": "توفي في دكا في 22 تشرين الأول 1964 ودُفن في ضريح القادة الثلاثة في دكا.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-khawaja-nazimuddin}}"
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    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Khawaja Nazimuddin (19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964) was a Pakistani statesman of the Nawabs of Dhaka who served as the second governor-general of Pakistan (1948–1951) and then as its second prime minister (1951–1953).{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} He was the first Bengali to govern Pakistan, as both head of state and head of government.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Early life and education",
     "markdown": "He was born on 19 July 1894 at Dacca into the wealthy Muslim family of the Nawabs of Dhaka, of Kashmiri origin long settled in the city.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} Educated at Dunstable Grammar School in England, at Aligarh Muslim University and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was called to the bar in England and knighted in 1934.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} No article text names a school for him; the Urdu article files him under Shia categories, but category filings are not attestations, and Wikidata gives Islam only.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ur}{cite:wikidata-khawaja-nazimuddin}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Political career",
     "markdown": "He was prime minister of Bengal from 1943 to 1945, succeeding A. K. Fazlul Huq, and after independence became the first chief minister of East Bengal in 1947, succeeding Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in the renamed office.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} On Jinnah's death in September 1948 he became governor-general; when Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in October 1951, Nazimuddin stepped down to become prime minister himself.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} His premiership was marked by the Bengali language movement and the 1953 Lahore riots, and ended on 17 April 1953 when Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dismissed his government — the first dismissal of a federal government in Pakistan's history.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Death",
     "markdown": "He died at Dacca on 22 October 1964 and was buried in the Mausoleum of Three Leaders in Dhaka.{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ur}} {{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ar}} {{cite:wikidata-khawaja-nazimuddin}}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "خواجہ ناظم الدین (19 جولائی 1894ء – 22 اکتوبر 1964ء) ڈھاکہ کے نواب خاندان سے تعلق رکھنے والے پاکستانی مدبر تھے، پاکستان کے دوسرے گورنر جنرل (1948ء–1951ء) اور پھر دوسرے وزیر اعظم (1951ء–1953ء)۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ur} وہ پہلے بنگالی تھے جنھوں نے سربراہِ مملکت اور سربراہِ حکومت دونوں حیثیتوں میں پاکستان کی حکمرانی کی۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ابتدائی زندگی اور تعلیم",
     "markdown": "وہ 19 جولائی 1894ء کو ڈھاکہ میں نوابوں کے مالدار مسلمان خاندان میں پیدا ہوئے، جس کی اصل کشمیری تھی اور جو عرصے سے اس شہر میں آباد تھا۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} انھوں نے انگلستان کے ڈنسٹیبل گرامر اسکول، علی گڑھ مسلم یونیورسٹی اور کیمبرج کے ٹرینیٹی ہال سے تعلیم پائی، انگلستان میں بار میں بلائے گئے اور 1934ء میں نائٹ کا خطاب پایا۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} کسی متن میں ان کا مسلک درج نہیں؛ اردو مضمون انھیں شیعہ زمروں میں درج کرتا ہے، مگر زمرہ بندی گواہی نہیں ہوتی، اور وکی ڈیٹا میں صرف اسلام درج ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ur}{cite:wikidata-khawaja-nazimuddin}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سیاسی زندگی",
     "markdown": "وہ 1943ء سے 1945ء تک بنگال کے وزیر اعظم رہے اور ابو القاسم فضل الحق کے جانشین بنے، اور آزادی کے بعد 1947ء میں مشرقی بنگال کے پہلے وزیر اعلیٰ بنے، اس بدلے ہوئے نام والے منصب میں حسین شہید سہروردی کے جانشین۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} ستمبر 1948ء میں جناح کی وفات پر وہ گورنر جنرل بنے؛ اکتوبر 1951ء میں لیاقت علی خان کے قتل پر ناظم الدین نے خود وزیر اعظم بننے کے لیے عہدہ چھوڑا۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en} ان کی وزارت عظمیٰ بنگالی زبان کی تحریک اور 1953ء کے لاہور فسادات سے عبارت رہی، اور 17 اپریل 1953ء کو ختم ہوئی جب گورنر جنرل غلام محمد نے ان کی حکومت برطرف کر دی — پاکستان کی تاریخ میں کسی وفاقی حکومت کی پہلی برطرفی۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفات",
     "markdown": "ان کا انتقال 22 اکتوبر 1964ء کو ڈھاکہ میں ہوا اور وہ ڈھاکہ میں تین قائدین کے مزار میں دفن ہوئے۔{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}"
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     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ur}} {{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-khawaja-nazimuddin-ar}} {{cite:wikidata-khawaja-nazimuddin}}"
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