U. N. Siddiqui

U. N. Siddiqui was a Bangladeshi lawyer and the second vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong.[1]

Early life

Siddique was born Ubaidun Nur Siddiqui in 1903 in Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India.[2] He finished his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Dhaka in 1924.[2][3] He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Calcutta in 1929.[2] He spoke Bengali, English, Persian, and Urdu.[2]

Career

Siddiqui started working as a lawyer in the Calcutta Small Causes Court and the Chief Presidency Magistrate Court.[2] From 1944 to 1945, he served as the police magistrate of Howrah District.[2] After the partition of India, he moved to East Pakistan and started working in Chittagong.[2] He mediated a labour dispute between the Chittagong Port Commissioners and the Chittagong Port Commissioners Employees Union in the Labour Tribunal.[2]

Siddiqui was a founding director of the Chittagong Co-operative Housing Society Limited.[2] He was a member of the working committee of the Chittagong City unit of the Muslim League.[2] He was the vice-president of the Chittagong Muslim Education Society.[2] He was a member of the Chittagong District Bar Association and the executive committee of the Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam.[2] He was the president of the Quid-e-Azam Urdu Library in Chittagong.[2] In 1957, he was the principal of the Chittagong Law College.[4]

Siddiqui was a founding member of the Rotary Club of Chittagong and a member of the Chittagong Club and Chittagong Rifle Club.[2] As a Rotarian, he donated an ambulance to the fleet of the Medical College Hospital.[5] He served as the President of the Rotary Club of Chittagong.[6] He was a member of the Chittagong District Board of Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen's Board.[2] He was the President of the Banshkhali Unnayan Samiti.[2] He was a legal advisor to the Chittagong Port and the East Bengal Railways.[2][7]

From 21 April 1971 to 30 January 1972, Siddiqui served as the vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong.[8] He was also the dean of the Law School at the University.[9] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he denied rumours that the University of Chittagong was destroyed by the Pakistan Military and supported the position of the Pakistan government.[9] He lived in Hazari Lane, Chittagong.[10] He had purchased the home of Sucharu Babu and constructed a mansion on the grounds.[11]

References

  1. ^ Pakistan Law Reports: Dacca series. Government of East Bengal. 1958. p. 584.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan. 1960. p. 561.
  3. ^ Universities, Association of Commonwealth (1970). Report of the Council. p. 11.
  4. ^ Handbook of the Universities of Pakistan. InterUniversity Board of Pakistan. 1968. p. 43.
  5. ^ International, Rotary (1962). The Rotarian. Rotary International. p. 44.
  6. ^ East Pakistan Annual. 1961. p. 427.
  7. ^ Hamid (kazi), Abdul; Ashraf (kazi), Mohammad (1959). The All Pakistan Legal Decisions. All-Pakistan Legal Decisions. p. 96.
  8. ^ "Office of the Vice Chancellor – University of Chittagong". Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  9. ^ a b Genocide '71, an Account of the Killers and Collaborators. Muktijuddha Chetana Bikash Kendra. 1987. p. 199.
  10. ^ The East Bengal Civil List. East Bengal Government Press,. 1967. p. 606.
  11. ^ Hena, Abu (1969). Reactions and Reconcilement. Pakistan Co-operative Book Society. p. 268.
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