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Darjeeling

دارجيلنغ

City in West Bengal, India.

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Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury

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Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury

Nawab of Dhanbari in Tangail (1863–1929), the first Muslim minister of united Bengal and its minister of education. With Khwaja Salimullah he led the 1911 demand for a university at Dhaka and piloted its bill through the Imperial Legislative Assembly; he funded scholarships and educational institutions, owned the newspaper Mihir-Shudhakar, patronised writers, and took part in the 1906 Simla Deputation and the founding of the All-India Muslim League.