Abdul Wahab Khan (politician)

Abdul Wahab Khan (Bengali: আব্দুল ওহাব খান; 18 April 1898 – 12 July 1972) was the 3rd speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

The village was named after his ancestor, Rahmat Khan, an Afghan migrant who was killed in conflict with Raja Kandarpanarayan Rai of Chandradwip in the 16th century.

[4] Khan served as an assistant public prosecutor for twenty years at the Barisal Court.

His constituency, Backergunge North, covered Babuganj, Gournadi, Wazirpur and the Kotwali metropolitan thana.

Khan later lost his role as Speaker as a result of the 1958 Pakistani coup d'état.