Mashiur Rahman (politician, born 1924)

Mashiur Rahman was born into nobility on 9[citation needed] July 1924, in Khaga Khari Bari village of Dimla under Nilphamari Subdivision at then Bengal Presidency, British India.

[citation needed] After passing his Entrance Examination from Rani Brindarani High School in Dimla, Rangpur, Mashiur Rahman would go on to pursue his higher education at Dhaka University.

Before the liberation war, in 1971, Mashiur Rahman formally declared Bangladesh's independence and called for forming an all-party government at a public gathering at Paltan Maidan on 23 March.

[citation needed] When Ziaur Rahman, who came to power in November 1975, became the President of Bangladesh on 21 April 1977, a ministerial system was re-established, and Mashiur Rahman served as a senior minister with the rank and status of prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Railways, Roads and Highways of Bangladesh from 29 June 1978 to 12 March 1979.

[10] Many foreign dignitaries and heads of state wrote condolence letters after his sudden death, including US president Jimmy Carter.