Muhammad Ali Bogra

@Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Timeline and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Muhammad Ali Bogra was the third Prime Minister of Pakistan and was known for initiating bilateral talks with India on the Kashmir issue Pakistani Leaders Political Leaders Prime Ministers Libra Celebrities Muhammad Ali of Bogra, or Shahebzada Muhammad Ali Bogra, was from East Pakistan. He was a Calcutta University graduate who went on to be involved in politics for a majority of his life. Beginning with the Bengal Legislative Assembly, he eventually became Prime Minister of Pakistan. Though he was not a well-known personality through much of his career, he was instrumental in helping Pakistan to become the nation it is today. His biggest goal was to create a constitution for Pakistan. To do this, he created the famous “Bogra Formula”. This formula outlined the structure to be used for a Government. Unfortunately, before this plan could come into fruition, Ghulam Muhammad, the governor-general of Pakistan, dissolved the Pakistani Assembly. After the Assembly was gone, he was again re-elected as the Prime Minister and then later went on to become the Ambassador to the Japan. He also made it possible for men to have multiple wives. He himself married his secretary after his first wife had already given birth to two sons. In an interview with the ‘Times Newspaper’, he stated that polygamy was Muslim’s answer to divorce. That way a man can marry another woman he loves while the other wife keeps her dignity intact. He led a life of many accomplishments until dying in his homeland

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Birthday: October 19, 1909 Died on: July 15, 1963 Nationality: Pakistani Famous: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers Spouses: Aliya Saddy in 1955, Begum Hamida Mohammad Ali Known as: Mohammed Ali Universities: University of Calcutta Information Detail Birthday October 19, 1909 Died on July 15, 1963 Nationality Pakistani Famous Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers Spouses Aliya Saddy in 1955, Begum Hamida Mohammad Ali Known as Mohammed Ali Universities University of Calcutta Birth Place Bogra Political Ideology Political party-Muslim League Religion Sunni Islam, Islam, Shia Islam Gender Male Sun Sign Libra Born in Bogra Famous as Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Died at Age 53

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He married Hamida. Together they had two children one of which is Syed Hamde Ali. Unsplash Personal Life

On April 2, 1955, he married Aliya Saadi who was his secretary. Unsplash Personal Life

On 23 January 1963, this eminent politician died of cardiac arrest in Dacca, Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) Unsplash Personal Life

Born in Barisal of British India, October 19th 1909 to Nawabzada Altaf Ali, he was raised primarily by his paternal grandfather, Nawab Bahadur Sir Nawab Ali Choudhury. He grew up mainly on his grandfather’s estate in Borga. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He started his education at ‘Hastings House’ in Calcutta. Then Mohammad went to ‘Calcutta Madrassah’ before attending ‘Presidency College’ of ‘Calcutta University’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He stayed in Borga and became the chairman of the Borga municipality. Later, he became the chairman of the District Board. Intrigued by politics since an early age he was an active member of the ‘Waqf Board’. Unsplash Career

He began his political career in 1937 by being elected to the legislature of undivided Bengal in Calcutta from the MLA (Muslim League Assembly). Unsplash Career

In 1943-1946 Mohammad became included in Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy’s cabinet as the minister of health. While the minister, he established the ‘Dhaka Medical College’ and the ‘Lake Medical College Hospital’. During that time, he was also made the minister of local self-government as well as the minister of finance. Unsplash Career

Pakistan was born in 1947 and he was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. Unsplash Career

In May of 1948, he left for Burma on a diplomatic mission as assigned by Mohammed Ali Jinnah who was the then governor-general. He suffered a heart attack the same year. Unsplash Career

He is most famous for his “Bogra Formula”. According to this formula the parliament would consist of an Upper House contained 10 seats from each province, making 50 seats total. The Lower House would be determined by the population of each province. This would make it contain 300 seats, 165 from East Pakistan and 135 from West Pakistan. Unsplash Major Works

This formula also stated that if the President were from the East then the Prime Minister would have to be from the West, and vice-versa. Even though this formula was a diplomatic solution to a tense problem, the autocratic leaders of the country did not allow it to be implemented. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	October 19, 1909
Died on	July 15, 1963
Nationality	Pakistani
Famous	Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers
Spouses	Aliya Saddy in 1955, Begum Hamida Mohammad Ali
Known as	Mohammed Ali
Universities	University of Calcutta
Birth Place	Bogra
Political Ideology	Political party-Muslim League
Religion	Sunni Islam, Islam, Shia Islam
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Libra
Born in	Bogra
Famous as	Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Died at Age	53

Muhammad Ali Bogra

Pakistani

Oct 19, 1909

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