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  "ar": "محمد علي بوغرا",
  "en": "Mohammad Ali Bogra",
  "ur": "محمد علی بوگرہ"
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  "ar": "سياسي ودبلوماسي باكستاني (1909–1963) من أسرة نواب بكرغانج، رئيس وزراء باكستان الثالث (1953–1955). عمل سفيراً لباكستان لدى بورما وكندا والولايات المتحدة واليابان، واشتهر بـ«صيغة بوغرا» الدستورية وسياسة الوحدة الواحدة، وخلَف خواجة ناظم الدين في رئاسة الوزراء ثم خلَفه تشودري محمد علي.",
  "en": "Pakistani politician and diplomat (1909–1963) of the Backergunge nawab family, the third prime minister of Pakistan (1953–1955). He served as Pakistan's ambassador to Burma, Canada, the United States and Japan, and is known for the constitutional Bogra formula and the One Unit policy; he succeeded Khawaja Nazimuddin as prime minister and was succeeded by Chaudhry Muhammad Ali.",
  "ur": "پاکستانی سیاستدان اور سفارتکار (1909ء–1963ء) جن کا تعلق بکرگنج کے نواب خاندان سے تھا، پاکستان کے تیسرے وزیر اعظم (1953ء–1955ء)۔ برما، کینیڈا، امریکا اور جاپان میں پاکستان کے سفیر رہے، اور «بوگرہ فارمولا» اور ون یونٹ پالیسی کے لیے مشہور ہوئے؛ خواجہ ناظم الدین کے بعد وزیر اعظم بنے اور ان کے بعد چودھری محمد علی آئے۔"
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   "note": "Born on 19 October 1909 at Backergunge (now Barisal), as the English article states citing Hannan's 1967 biographical sketch; Wikidata gives the same date. Backergunge and Barisal have no place entity, so no born_in edge is written. The Hijri year is a conversion of the followed date.",
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   "note": "Died on 23 January 1963 at Dacca, as all three articles and Wikidata agree; he was buried at the Nawab Palace in Bogra, which has no place or building entity, so no buried_in edge is written. The Hijri year is a conversion.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "محمد علي بوغرا (19 تشرين الأول 1909 – 23 كانون الثاني 1963) سياسي ودبلوماسي باكستاني، رئيس وزراء باكستان الثالث من 1953 إلى 1955.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ar} استُدعي من واشنطن ليخلف خواجة ناظم الدين، واشتهر بـ«صيغة بوغرا» الدستورية وسياسة الوحدة الواحدة التي دمجت أقاليم الجناح الغربي.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "نشأته وتعليمه",
     "markdown": "وُلد في 19 تشرين الأول 1909 في بكرغانج، وهي باريسال اليوم، في أسرة نواب دھنباری الأرستقراطية؛ كان أبوه ألطاف علي تشودري نائب رئيس فرع الرابطة الإسلامية في شرق البنغال، وكان جده نواب علي تشودري أول بنغالي مسلم يُعيَّن وزيراً.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} درس في كلية الرئاسة بجامعة كلكتا ودخل السياسة من منصة الرابطة الإسلامية، وجلس في وزارة حسين شهيد سهروردي البنغالية في الأربعينيات.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "عمله الدبلوماسي والسياسي",
     "markdown": "بعد استقلال باكستان سنة 1947 التحق بالسلك الدبلوماسي فكان سفيراً لدى بورما (1948) ومفوضاً سامياً لدى كندا (1949–1952) وسفيراً لدى الولايات المتحدة مرتين.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} وفي نيسان 1953 عيّنه الحاكم العام غلام محمد رئيساً للوزراء خلفاً لخواجة ناظم الدين وصار رئيساً للرابطة الإسلامية أيضاً؛ أُقيلت حكومته سنة 1955 فتنحى لصالح وزير ماليته تشودري محمد علي.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} ثم عمل سفيراً لدى اليابان (1959–1962) ووزيراً للخارجية في 1962–1963.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} أما ديانته فالمصادر شحيحة: يعطي صندوق معلومات المقالة الأردية «شيعة الإسلام»، لكن لا يسمي أي نص في أي لغة مذهباً له، وتعطي ويكيداتا الإسلام فقط.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ur}{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته",
     "markdown": "توفي في 23 كانون الثاني 1963 في دكا ودُفن في قصر النواب في بوغرا.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Mohammad Ali Bogra (19 October 1909 – 23 January 1963) was a Pakistani politician and diplomat who served as the third prime minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} Recalled from Washington to succeed Khawaja Nazimuddin, he is remembered for the Bogra formula, his constitutional proposal for sharing power between Pakistan's two wings, and for the One Unit policy that merged the western provinces.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Early life and education",
     "markdown": "He was born on 19 October 1909 at Backergunge, now Barisal, into the aristocratic family known as the Nawabs of Dhanbari; his father Altaf Ali Chowdhury was a vice-president of the Muslim League's East Bengal faction, and his grandfather Nawab Ali Chowdhury was the first Bengali Muslim appointed a minister.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} He was educated at Presidency College of the University of Calcutta and entered politics on the Muslim League's platform, sitting in the Bengal cabinet of H. S. Suhrawardy in the 1940s.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Diplomatic and political career",
     "markdown": "After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 he joined the foreign service, serving as ambassador to Burma (1948), high commissioner to Canada (1949–1952) and twice as ambassador to the United States.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} In April 1953 Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad appointed him prime minister in place of Khawaja Nazimuddin, and he also became president of the Muslim League; his government was dismissed in 1955 and he stepped down in favour of his finance minister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} He later served as ambassador to Japan (1959–1962) and as foreign minister in 1962–63.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} On his religion the sources are thin: the Urdu article's infobox gives Shia Islam, but no article text in any language names a school for him, and Wikidata gives Islam only.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ur}{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Death",
     "markdown": "He died on 23 January 1963 at Dacca and was buried at the Nawab Palace in Bogra.{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ur}} {{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ar}} {{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}}"
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    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "محمد علی بوگرہ (19 اکتوبر 1909ء – 23 جنوری 1963ء) پاکستانی سیاستدان اور سفارتکار تھے، جو 1953ء سے 1955ء تک پاکستان کے تیسرے وزیر اعظم رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ur} انھیں واشنگٹن سے بلا کر خواجہ ناظم الدین کا جانشین مقرر کیا گیا، اور وہ «بوگرہ فارمولا» اور مغربی صوبوں کو ضم کرنے والی ون یونٹ پالیسی کے لیے مشہور ہوئے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ابتدائی زندگی اور تعلیم",
     "markdown": "وہ 19 اکتوبر 1909ء کو بکرگنج (موجودہ باریسال) میں نوابوں کے اشرافیہ خاندان میں پیدا ہوئے؛ ان کے والد الطاف علی چودھری مشرقی بنگال کی مسلم لیگ کے نائب صدر تھے اور ان کے دادا نواب علی چودھری پہلے بنگالی مسلمان تھے جو وزیر مقرر ہوئے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} انھوں نے کلکتہ یونیورسٹی کے پریزیڈنسی کالج سے تعلیم پائی اور مسلم لیگ کے پلیٹ فارم سے سیاست میں آ کر چالیس کی دہائی میں حسین شہید سہروردی کی بنگال کابینہ میں شامل رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سفارتی اور سیاسی زندگی",
     "markdown": "آزادی کے بعد وہ خارجہ سروس میں آئے اور برما میں سفیر (1948ء)، کینیڈا میں ہائی کمشنر (1949ء–1952ء) اور دو مرتبہ امریکا میں سفیر رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} اپریل 1953ء میں گورنر جنرل غلام محمد نے انھیں خواجہ ناظم الدین کی جگہ وزیر اعظم مقرر کر دیا اور وہ مسلم لیگ کے صدر بھی بنے؛ 1955ء میں ان کی حکومت برطرف ہوئی اور وہ اپنے وزیر خزانہ چودھری محمد علی کے حق میں دستبردار ہو گئے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} بعد ازاں جاپان میں سفیر (1959ء–1962ء) اور 1962ء–63ء میں وزیر خارجہ رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en} ان کے مذہب کے بارے میں مآخذ پتلے ہیں: اردو مضمون کے خانہ معلومات میں شیعہ اسلام درج ہے، مگر کسی زبان کے متن میں ان کا کوئی مسلک نہیں ملتا، اور وکی ڈیٹا میں صرف اسلام درج ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ur}{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفات",
     "markdown": "ان کا انتقال 23 جنوری 1963ء کو ڈھاکہ میں ہوا اور وہ بوگرہ کے نواب پیلس میں دفن ہوئے۔{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}"
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     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ur}} {{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-muhammad-ali-bogra-ar}} {{cite:wikidata-muhammad-ali-bogra}}"
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