Sher-e-Bangla

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Sher-e-Bangla is the honorific title of A. K. Fazlul Huq, a prominent Bengali statesman and champion of peasants’ rights who served as a key political leader in pre-independence India and later Pakistan.

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Sher-e-Bangla canonical 3
Sher-e-Bangla means Lion of Bengal 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
political honorific
appliedTo A. K. Fazlul Huq
associatedWith Bengali nationalism
Pakistan politics
peasants’ rights
pre-independence Indian politics
commemoratedBy Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka
linked to: Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
countryOfCommemoration Bangladesh
hasGenderOfTitleHolder male
hasHonorificType political leader title
historicalEra British Raj
linked to: British India

early Pakistan period
language Bengali
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
meaning Tiger of Bengal
notableFor advocacy for rural peasants
leadership in Bengal politics
role in the Lahore Resolution
refersTo A. K. Fazlul Huq
titleHolderCitizenship British India
Pakistan
titleHolderEthnicity Bengali
titleHolderName A. K. Fazlul Huq
Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq
linked to: A. K. Fazlul Huq
titleHolderOccupation lawyer
statesman
usedInRegion Bangladesh
Bengal
India
Pakistan

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A. K. Fazlul Huq alsoKnownAs Sher-e-Bangla
A. K. Fazlul Huq honorificTitle Sher-e-Bangla
Mirpur Stadium nameMeaning Sher-e-Bangla means Lion of Bengal
linked to: Sher-e-Bangla