Khawaja Nazimuddin

**Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin**, KCIE (,  Khaja Nazimuddin) (July 19, 1894 - October 22, 1964) was the second Governor-General of Pakistan, and later the second Prime Minister of Pakistan as well. He was born in Dacca, Bengal, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) into the family of the Nawabs (rulers) of Dacca, who had come from Kashmir and settled there. He received his education from Dunstable Grammar School in England, then Aligarh Muslim University, and later Trinity Hall, Cambridge University until the mid-1930s. After returning to British India, he became involved in politics in his native Bengal. Nazimuddin was initially the Education Minister, but climbed the ranks to become the Chief Minister of the province prior to independence. Nazimuddin also became the head of the Muslim League in Eastern India.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: Excellency, His Excellency The Honourable, the Right Honourable
- **name**: Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
- **image**: Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan.JPG
- **caption**: Nazimuddin in 1948
- **office**: 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
- **term start**: 17 October 1951
- **term end**: 17 April 1953
- **monarch**: George VI

Elizabeth II

- **governor general**: Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad
- **predecessor**: Liaquat Ali Khan
- **successor**: Mohammad Ali Bogra
- **order2**: 2nd Governor-General of Pakistan
- **term start2**: 14 September 1948
- **term end2**: 17 October 1951
- **monarch2**: George VI
- **primeminister2**: Liaquat Ali Khan
- **predecessor2**: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- **successor2**: Malik Ghulam Muhammad
- **order3**: East Bengal, Chief Minister of East Bengal
- **term start3**: 15 August 1947
- **term end3**: 14 September 1948
- **monarch3**: George VI
- **governor general3**: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- **primeminister3**: Liaquat Ali Khan
- **governor3**: Frederick Chalmers Bourne, Sir Fredrick Chalmers Bourne
- **predecessor3**: Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Huseyn Suhrawardy  _ (as Prime minister of Bengal)_
- **successor3**: Nurul Amin
- **order4**: Prime Minister of Bengal
- **term start4**: 29 April 1943
- **term end4**: 31 March 1945
- **monarch4**: George VI
- **governor general4**: Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Lord Mountbatten
- **governor4**: Richard Casey, Baron Casey
- **predecessor4**: A. K. Fazlul Huq, Fazlul Haq
- **successor4**: Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Huseyn Suhrawardy
- **order5**: Muslim League (Pakistan), President of Muslim League
- **term start5**: 17 October 1951
- **term end5**: 17 April 1953
- **predecessor5**: Liaquat Ali Khan
- **successor5**: Mohammad Ali of Bogra
- **birth name**: Khawaja Nazimuddin
- **birth place**: Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British Raj, British India
- **death place**: Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan
- **resting place**: Mausoleum of Three Leaders
- **citizenship**: British Indian Empire, British Indian
Pakistani
- **party**: Muslim League (Pakistan), Muslim League

- **otherparty**: All-India Muslim League

Pakistan Muslim League

- **spouse**: Shahbano Ashraf
- **relations**: Khwaja Shahabuddin

- **mother**: Nawabzadi Bilqis Banu
- **father**: Khawaja Nizamuddin
- **alma mater**: University of Cambridge, Cambridge University

Aligarh Muslim University

- **profession**: Barrister, politician