Abdul Hakeem (speaker)

Abdul Hakeem (17 August 1901 – 13 January 1968) was a Bengali politician and speaker of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Hakeem was born on 17 August 1901 in Tona, Kalia Upazila, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India.

[1] Hakeem worked with A. K. Fazlul Huq, Ashutosh Mukherjee, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, and Subhas Chandra Bose in Kolkata and became involved in politics.

[1] He founded Pallimangal High School and City Law College, Khulna.

This resulted chaos in the East Pakistan Assembly and physical fights between legislators.