Muhammad Saadulla
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Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla |
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| ছাৰ ছৈয়দ মহম্মদ ছাদুল্লাহ | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 May 1885 Guwahati |
| Died | 8 January 1955 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Muslim League |
| Alma mater |
Cotton College, Guwahati Presidency College, Calcutta |
| Occupation | 1st Prime Minister of Assam Providence before independence, politician |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
| Awards | Order of the Indian Empire(1946) |
Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla, KCIE (Assamese: ছাৰ ছৈয়দ মহম্মদ ছাদুল্লাহ; 21 May 1885 – 8 January 1955) was the Prime Minister of Assam in British India. He was also the chairman of Gauhati Municipality in 1919 and Minister-in-Charge of Education and Agriculture for Assam from 1924 to 1934.
He was educated at Cotton College, Guwahati and at Presidency College, Calcutta.
He was knighted in the 1928 Birthday Honours and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours.
Syed Muhammad Saadulla was born on 21 May 1885, in an orthodox Muslim family of Guwahati.
His advent as the second son of Syed Muhammad Tayyabulla Tayyabulla came from Kacharihat, a village near the town of Golaghat, to Guwahati around 1878.
Tall and athletic, Syed Muhammad Saadulla, M.A., B.L., a youthful 24-year-old, became a Pleader in Guwahati and set up practice at Lakhtakia in 1910. In the same year, he married the eldest daughter of Syed Muhammad Saleh of Kacharihat. He soon made his mark as a lawyer. He became Chairman, Guwahati Municipality, and was nominated as a member of the Legislative Council at Shillong. Assam became a chief Commissioners Province in April 1912. Although a nominated member Saadulla energetically participated in the Council’s deliberations, and expressed himself freely and forcefully on the matters of interest of the people of Assam. The qualities of citizenship which inspired him to unselfish efforts for what he believed to be right and patriotic were evident early in his political career.
Preoccupation with legal profession and civic responsibilities and duties of a Legislative Councillor left Saadulla with little time for recreation. Nevertheless, he played association football and cricket for the Town Club regularly at Judge’s Field. Most afternoons he played Lawn tennis at the erstwhile Jubilee Gardens, where the regulars were Tarun Ram Phukan, Gopinath Bordoloi and Hemanta Kumar Lahiri.
With his enhanced fortunes Saadulla bought a plot of land adjacent to his father’s house, and built a large residence for the joint family and an outhouse to serve as his office. He soon became a prominent figure in the Province of Assam. Saadulla displayed tireless energy, indestructible self-confidence, a searching and analytical mind, and prodigious memory.
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