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Sher-E-Bangla Memorial Museum, Chakhar
Sher-e-Bangla Memorial Museum was founded on 27 decimals of the land of Chakhar Boys’ High School and Wajed Memorial Girls’ High School. The eminent politician and public leader of the Indian subcontinent and undivided Bengal Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq who was better known as Sher-e-Bangla (Tiger of Bengal) A.K Fazlul Huq was born in 1873 at Saturia village under the then Bakerganj district.
He was the only son of Muhammad Wajed Ali Khan and Saidunnessa. But his ancestors lived in a village named Chakhar about 22 kilometers (13.7 miles) away from Barisal town. He was the Mayor (1935) of Kolkata, Chief Minister (1937-1943) of undivided Bengal, Chief Minister (1954) of East Bengal, Home Minister (1955) of Pakistan, and the post-Governor (1956-1958) of East Pakistan, he held many other high political and state positions.
He was very meritorious and eloquent from the very student life and he did his master's in Mathematics in 1896 from Kolkata University and obtained a BL degree in 1997 from the Law College of Kolkata University. And in 1906 he joined the Government Service as a Deputy Magistrate and served from 2008—2012 as an Assistant Registrar.
Thereafter, he resigned from the government service and then he chose public service and legal practice. He at the advice of Sir Asutosh Mukherjee started practicing law at the High Court of Kolkata.
He took his initial lessons in politics from Sir Khawaja Salimullah and Nawab Ali Chowdhury. In 1913, he was elected a member of the Bengal Legislative Council from Dhaka Division. Sher-e-Bangla A.K Fazlul Huq besides being secretary of the Provincial Muslim League, and President of the All India Muslim League, held many other important political posts. He joined the Khilafat Movement in 1919 and supported the Non-cooperation Movement to give up titles and quit British commodities.
To mitigate the sufferings of the peasants, he during the first Cabinet Period (1937-1941), implemented the Bengal Agricultural Debtors’ Act (1938) and defended the poor farmers from the clutches of the money-lenders. With a view to removing the backwardness of the Muslim communities, Sher-e-Bangla while the Chief Minister of Bengal ordered to reserve 50% service quotas for the Muslims and an Education Minister he took effective measures to expedite and spread education among the Muslims. Sher-e-Bangla organized the Krisak Proja Party in 1935.
His party created several pressures to abolish the Zamindari system, introduce free primary education, abrogate all oppressive laws, Free State prisoners, and release all political detainees, including the persons who are detained without trials. Sher-e-Bangla was very simple in personal and public life.
His liberal and beneficent nature was loved by people irrespective of caste and creed. People still remember Sher-e-Bangla A.K Fazlul Huq with respect for his contribution to emancipation and the establishment of the rights of people. This great leader died in 1962 in Dhaka.
To retain Sher-e-Bangla’s memory and achievement, the museum was established on the initiative of the Department of Archeology. This four-roomed museum consists of two display rooms, one office room, and a library. As soon as one enters, one finds on the left side a huge portrait of Sher-e-Bangla, a synopsis of his life work, and a picture displayed about his social, political, family, and his various activities.
The museum contains Fazul Huq’s used articles which easy chairs, wooden bedsteads, mattresses, alna (cloth hangers), dressing tables, tools, chair-tables, hand-stick, water glass, and some other useful things. The museum remains open from 10 am to 5 pm on all days of the week.
