Sadek ka's Old Photographs - 2
This was also taken in Kadamtali, Chittagong in 1950/51 with me in Abba's lap.Sadek.
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Friday, December 30, 2005
This was also taken in Kadamtali, Chittagong in 1950/51 with me in Abba's lap.Sadek.
Sadeka's Old Photographs - 1
This was taken in Kadamtali, Chittagong, probably in 1950/51. With Amma and Kaka. Yes I was wearing a frock and not pant and shirt and i dont know why.Sadek
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
TODAY WE REMEMBER…..Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque Hoonti
By Md.Mahmoodul Haque
On this day the 28th of December 1912 my father late Mr. Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque better known as “Hoonti” was born at Jorhat. He was the second son of Paziruddin Ahmed, M.A., B.L. (LL.B.) and Amina Ahmed at ‘Roza Bari,’ Jorhat, Assam. Late Paziruddin Ahmed was in the Bengal Civil Service (Judicial) and was lastly posted at Howrah as District Judge.
Mr. Ahmed was posted in almost all over East Bengal (now Bangladesh), so Hoonti had to move with his father to places like Netrokona, Rajbari, Sandwip Island, Patiya, etc. His mother died when he was only 7-8 years old in 1920 at Rajbari. In 1932 he passed his Matriculation examinations from Cargil High School, Sandwip. Soon after he joined the Jamalpur Engineering Institute in Bihar. He obtained degrees in both Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and joined the East Indian Railway and was posted at Liluah near Calcutta.
He was there till 1934 and because of his pro-Muslim stand he quit the railway and joined the Adamjee Gold Mining Company at Mysera in Bihar and was there till 1946. He then left for Jorhat, Assam and started a workshop there. He stayed back after partition of India but left for erstwhile East Pakistan when he sensed that the Chief Minister of Assam Mr. Gopinath Bordoloi was spying on him because his younger brother Ansari was serving the Pakistan army.
Hoonti migrated to East Pakistan, now Bangladesh in July 1951 with his wife, two daughters and a son. He joined the Zareen Jute Baling of the Ispahani Group at Narayangunj as an Engineer. In 1958 he left his services as a Chief Engineer of Ispahani Group of Jute Mills and started his own boat building and metal works industry at Narayangunj.
On 18th May 1963 morning he suffered a heart attack and was confined to bed for about a year. In those days heart attacks were unknown and as we had many visitors at our house we were forced to display the ‘no visitor’ sign at our door. When the Liberation War started in March 1971 his business started to collapse. From 1972 till he left for his eternal resting place in Allah’s cradle on the evening of 19th February 1980, Hoonti lead a retired life.
Earlier, in 1939 he married his second cousin Mahmuda Khatun, better known as 'Makhan Bou' and was blessed with 3 daughters- Mili, Neli and Eli and 2 sons – Mahmood and Mahboob.
Mili, his eldest daughter married Capt Azizur Rahman, an international commercial pilot and now retired and living in Delaware, USA. Mili has four sons, Salim, Mafooz, Reaz and Babu.
Salim, a businessman himself is married to Jhunu, daughter of a very successful businessman. Salim has two sons, Zarif 7 and Zafir 5 and lives in Gulshan, Dhaka.
Mili’s second son Mafooz married Saadma daughter of a retired Insurance company’s MD. Mafooz is blessed with a daughter Arifa 7 and a son Amir 4 and are currently in Gulshan, Dhaka.
Mili’s third son Reaz, a computer Engineer is married to Razzel daughter of a doctor from Rajasthan, India. They have two daughters Anusha 6 and Tisha 2 and live in Virginia, USA.
Mili’s youngest son Babu, recently married Shabnam, daughter of Bibul from Borhulla, Assam. They are in Gulshan, Dhaka and waiting for their visa to join Babu’s parents in the USA.
Hoonti’s second daughter Neli married Mr. Khawaja Gulam Sarwar, a civil servant who has retired as Member Customs, Board of Revenue of Bangladesh and lives in Baridhara, Dhaka.
Neli has only one daughter Rumpi married to Shahzad son of ex-minister late Mr. Zairuddin Khan, eldest son of Mr. A. K. Khan of Chittagong. Rumpi has two daughters, Parishey 7 and Armina 3 and a son Sharbaz 5.
Hoonti’s youngest daughter Eli is married to Mr. Khaliduzzaman, Labu, a businessman from Khulna and now lives in Gulshan, Dhaka. They have no children.
Hoonti’s eldest son Mahmood is married to Farhana Jasmin Haque, Dolly, daughter of a tea planter. He retired from James Finlay plc a British company in Bangladesh, after 31 years in their tea plantations and recently gone into partnership with a British company mining coal in Bangladesh. Mahmood has two daughters, Rubaba and Ishitha.
Rubaba is married to Tanvir Ahmed, Mickey who is the local head of 'The Price Water House & Coopers' in Bangladesh and lives at Mirpur, Dhaka. They have one son Daiyan who is two months past his third year.
Mahmood’s younger daughter Ishitha recently got married to Razi Rizvi, second son of Capt. Badsha Rizvi a retired commercial pilot who has now his own business in Dhaka. Razi is a Mechanical Engineer from the USA and has his own Builder's firm in Dhaka and lives in the next block to ours in Gulshan, Dhaka. Ishitha is continuing her studies at the BRAC University Dhaka and expects to complete her BBA & Accounting next year.
Hoonti’s younger son Mahboob is married to Yasmin daughter of Md. Sharifullah (Hoon) from Balibat, Jorhat, Assam and is for many years with a Korean company in the Export Processing Zone of Dhaka. Mahboob and Yasmin have only one sibling Maroof who is 16 years.
On this day the 28th of December 1912 my father late Mr. Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque better known as “Hoonti” was born at Jorhat. He was the second son of Paziruddin Ahmed, M.A., B.L. (LL.B.) and Amina Ahmed at ‘Roza Bari,’ Jorhat, Assam. Late Paziruddin Ahmed was in the Bengal Civil Service (Judicial) and was lastly posted at Howrah as District Judge.
Mr. Ahmed was posted in almost all over East Bengal (now Bangladesh), so Hoonti had to move with his father to places like Netrokona, Rajbari, Sandwip Island, Patiya, etc. His mother died when he was only 7-8 years old in 1920 at Rajbari. In 1932 he passed his Matriculation examinations from Cargil High School, Sandwip. Soon after he joined the Jamalpur Engineering Institute in Bihar. He obtained degrees in both Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and joined the East Indian Railway and was posted at Liluah near Calcutta.
He was there till 1934 and because of his pro-Muslim stand he quit the railway and joined the Adamjee Gold Mining Company at Mysera in Bihar and was there till 1946. He then left for Jorhat, Assam and started a workshop there. He stayed back after partition of India but left for erstwhile East Pakistan when he sensed that the Chief Minister of Assam Mr. Gopinath Bordoloi was spying on him because his younger brother Ansari was serving the Pakistan army.
Hoonti migrated to East Pakistan, now Bangladesh in July 1951 with his wife, two daughters and a son. He joined the Zareen Jute Baling of the Ispahani Group at Narayangunj as an Engineer. In 1958 he left his services as a Chief Engineer of Ispahani Group of Jute Mills and started his own boat building and metal works industry at Narayangunj.
On 18th May 1963 morning he suffered a heart attack and was confined to bed for about a year. In those days heart attacks were unknown and as we had many visitors at our house we were forced to display the ‘no visitor’ sign at our door. When the Liberation War started in March 1971 his business started to collapse. From 1972 till he left for his eternal resting place in Allah’s cradle on the evening of 19th February 1980, Hoonti lead a retired life.
Earlier, in 1939 he married his second cousin Mahmuda Khatun, better known as 'Makhan Bou' and was blessed with 3 daughters- Mili, Neli and Eli and 2 sons – Mahmood and Mahboob.
Mili, his eldest daughter married Capt Azizur Rahman, an international commercial pilot and now retired and living in Delaware, USA. Mili has four sons, Salim, Mafooz, Reaz and Babu.
Salim, a businessman himself is married to Jhunu, daughter of a very successful businessman. Salim has two sons, Zarif 7 and Zafir 5 and lives in Gulshan, Dhaka.
Mili’s second son Mafooz married Saadma daughter of a retired Insurance company’s MD. Mafooz is blessed with a daughter Arifa 7 and a son Amir 4 and are currently in Gulshan, Dhaka.
Mili’s third son Reaz, a computer Engineer is married to Razzel daughter of a doctor from Rajasthan, India. They have two daughters Anusha 6 and Tisha 2 and live in Virginia, USA.
Mili’s youngest son Babu, recently married Shabnam, daughter of Bibul from Borhulla, Assam. They are in Gulshan, Dhaka and waiting for their visa to join Babu’s parents in the USA.
Hoonti’s second daughter Neli married Mr. Khawaja Gulam Sarwar, a civil servant who has retired as Member Customs, Board of Revenue of Bangladesh and lives in Baridhara, Dhaka.
Neli has only one daughter Rumpi married to Shahzad son of ex-minister late Mr. Zairuddin Khan, eldest son of Mr. A. K. Khan of Chittagong. Rumpi has two daughters, Parishey 7 and Armina 3 and a son Sharbaz 5.
Hoonti’s youngest daughter Eli is married to Mr. Khaliduzzaman, Labu, a businessman from Khulna and now lives in Gulshan, Dhaka. They have no children.
Hoonti’s eldest son Mahmood is married to Farhana Jasmin Haque, Dolly, daughter of a tea planter. He retired from James Finlay plc a British company in Bangladesh, after 31 years in their tea plantations and recently gone into partnership with a British company mining coal in Bangladesh. Mahmood has two daughters, Rubaba and Ishitha.
Rubaba is married to Tanvir Ahmed, Mickey who is the local head of 'The Price Water House & Coopers' in Bangladesh and lives at Mirpur, Dhaka. They have one son Daiyan who is two months past his third year.
Mahmood’s younger daughter Ishitha recently got married to Razi Rizvi, second son of Capt. Badsha Rizvi a retired commercial pilot who has now his own business in Dhaka. Razi is a Mechanical Engineer from the USA and has his own Builder's firm in Dhaka and lives in the next block to ours in Gulshan, Dhaka. Ishitha is continuing her studies at the BRAC University Dhaka and expects to complete her BBA & Accounting next year.
Hoonti’s younger son Mahboob is married to Yasmin daughter of Md. Sharifullah (Hoon) from Balibat, Jorhat, Assam and is for many years with a Korean company in the Export Processing Zone of Dhaka. Mahboob and Yasmin have only one sibling Maroof who is 16 years.
posted by Mac Haque at 1:52 PM
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
Habiba's Graduation News
Dear Members of the Auho
mia Group,
With great Pride, I would like to announce that my youngest sister, Habiba, has successfully Graduated with a B.S. in Bussiness and Accounting from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh on December 17th 2005. I would like to thank you all for your Dua's and Blessing. Please pray for her success in the future!
A picture from her graduation ceremony.
To your left is Tina (the older of the Twins, by 5 minutes :-)), in the center is Habiba and to your right is Gina (the younger of the Twins).
Take care everyone!
With Best wishes - Gina
mia Group,With great Pride, I would like to announce that my youngest sister, Habiba, has successfully Graduated with a B.S. in Bussiness and Accounting from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh on December 17th 2005. I would like to thank you all for your Dua's and Blessing. Please pray for her success in the future!
A picture from her graduation ceremony.
To your left is Tina (the older of the Twins, by 5 minutes :-)), in the center is Habiba and to your right is Gina (the younger of the Twins).
Take care everyone!
With Best wishes - Gina
posted by Mac Haque at 10:55 AM
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