Sher-e-Bangla

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Sher-e-Bangla is the honorific title of A. K. Fazlul Huq, a prominent Bengali statesman and champion of peasants’ rights who served as a key political leader in pre-independence India and later Pakistan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sher-e-Bangla canonical 3
Sher-e-Bangla means Lion of Bengal 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
political honorific ⓘ
appliedTo A. K. Fazlul Huq ⓘ
associatedWith Bengali nationalism ⓘ
Pakistan politics ⓘ
peasants’ rights ⓘ
pre-independence Indian politics ⓘ
commemoratedBy Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University ⓘ
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka ⓘ
linked to: Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium ⓘ
countryOfCommemoration Bangladesh ⓘ
hasGenderOfTitleHolder male ⓘ
hasHonorificType political leader title ⓘ
historicalEra British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

early Pakistan period ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
meaning Tiger of Bengal ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for rural peasants ⓘ
leadership in Bengal politics ⓘ
role in the Lahore Resolution ⓘ
refersTo A. K. Fazlul Huq ⓘ
titleHolderCitizenship British India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
titleHolderEthnicity Bengali ⓘ
titleHolderName A. K. Fazlul Huq ⓘ
Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ⓘ
linked to: A. K. Fazlul Huq
titleHolderOccupation lawyer ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
usedInRegion Bangladesh ⓘ
Bengal ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A. K. Fazlul Huq → alsoKnownAs → Sher-e-Bangla ⓘ
A. K. Fazlul Huq → honorificTitle → Sher-e-Bangla ⓘ
Mirpur Stadium → nameMeaning → Sher-e-Bangla means Lion of Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Sher-e-Bangla