Khwaja Nooruddin

Nooruddin was born in 1900 to Khwaja Mohammad Ashrafuddin of the Nawab family of Dhaka and Chanda Begum of Lucknow. His paternal fourth-cousin, and brother-in-law was Khwaja Nazimuddin. His father's first wife was Nawabzadi Badshah Bano, the second daughter of Khwaja Ahsanullah. ==Career==

Nooruddin was elected to the Council of the Bengal Provincial league Council and served as an alderman of Kolkata. In 1947, Nooruddin established the East Pakistan Sports Federation in Calcutta and served as its general secretary. After the dormant organisation was merged with the East Pakistan Sports Federation, he served as vice-president. Nooruddin created two English language newspapers, The Musalman, and The Morning New. They were the first English language newspapers in India to represent the Muslim community. From 1946 to 1947, Nooruddin was a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly. He moved the publication of Morning News to Dhaka after the Partition of Bengal in 1948. == Personal life ==

He married Najma Nooruddin and had one daughter named Sharmin Nooruddin, Sharmin Nooruddin married Aftab Malik. ==Death==

Nooruddin died in 1971. ==References==