He joined the Calcutta High Court in 1940 as an advocate. He moved to Dhaka after the Partition of India. He started working in the Dhaka High Court. He was the Legal Counsel to the State Bank of Pakistan from 1952 to 1957. He became the attorney general of East Pakistan in 1957. He became a judge in the Dhaka High Court in 1960. In 1962 he became the chairman of East Pakistan Red Cross. He was elected to the World Judges Conference executive committee in 1967. He became the Chief Justice of East Pakistan High Court. He helped collect aid for the aftermath of 1970 Bhola cyclone.[1]
During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he refused to administer the oath of governor of East Pakistan to General Tikka Khan. His house was surrounded by soldiers of Pakistan army to compel his to administer the oath but he refused.[1] He coordinated relief efforts of the Red Cross during the war.[1] After the Independence of Bangladesh, he became the chairman of Bangladesh Red Cross in 1975 following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[2] In 1986 he was appointed adviser to the President of Bangladesh, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, with the rank equal to that of a minister. He was the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nation from 1986 to 1988. He took his retirement in 1988.[1]
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badruddin, ahmed, siddiky, 1915, 1991, bangladeshi, jurist, chief, justice, east, pakistan, chief, justice, east, pakistanpersonal, detailsborn4, january, 1915died3, december, 1991relativeschowdhury, kazemuddin, ahmed, siddiky, uncle, shaffat, ahmed, siddiky, . Badruddin Ahmed Siddiky 1915 1991 was a Bangladeshi Jurist and the Chief Justice of East Pakistan 1 Badruddin Ahmed SiddikyChief Justice of East PakistanPersonal detailsBorn4 January 1915Died3 December 1991RelativesChowdhury Kazemuddin Ahmed Siddiky uncle Shaffat Ahmed Siddiky son Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky nephew Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 ReferencesEarly life editSiddiky was born on 4 January 1915 in Dhaka East Bengal British Raj He was born in the Baliadi Zamindar family He graduated from Dhaka College in 1932 When he was 20 he joined the All India Muslim League He graduated from Calcutta University and completed his law degree from Dhaka University in 1937 1 Career editHe joined the Calcutta High Court in 1940 as an advocate He moved to Dhaka after the Partition of India He started working in the Dhaka High Court He was the Legal Counsel to the State Bank of Pakistan from 1952 to 1957 He became the attorney general of East Pakistan in 1957 He became a judge in the Dhaka High Court in 1960 In 1962 he became the chairman of East Pakistan Red Cross He was elected to the World Judges Conference executive committee in 1967 He became the Chief Justice of East Pakistan High Court He helped collect aid for the aftermath of 1970 Bhola cyclone 1 During the Bangladesh Liberation War he refused to administer the oath of governor of East Pakistan to General Tikka Khan His house was surrounded by soldiers of Pakistan army to compel his to administer the oath but he refused 1 He coordinated relief efforts of the Red Cross during the war 1 After the Independence of Bangladesh he became the chairman of Bangladesh Red Cross in 1975 following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 2 In 1986 he was appointed adviser to the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad with the rank equal to that of a minister He was the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nation from 1986 to 1988 He took his retirement in 1988 1 Death editSiddiky died on 3 December 1991 1 References edit a b c d e f g Siddiky Leila Rashida Siddiky Justice Badruddin Ahmad Banglapedia Retrieved 2 January 2017 Mahaphuja Ullaha 2016 President Zia of Bangladesh a political biography Dhaka p 535 ISBN 978 984 20 0492 6 OCLC 956502101 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link nbsp nbsp This Bangladeshi law related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Badruddin Ahmed Siddiky amp oldid 1168860112, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
