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Fidelity to justice, honesty, concentration and a patient, persevering disposition can lift a man from nothing to the ownership of vast wealth, fame and influence, and to standing in society as a respected person. A blazing example of this is the universally revered Mr Nakib Uddin Ahmed. He is famed as a living library of law. His boundless power of memory carried him to the high peak of success.
Mr Nakib Uddin Ahmed was born in 1933 at Khash Mothurapur village under Daulatpur Thana of Kushtia. His father was Hurmat Ullah and his mother Subasi Khatun; he was their only child. His student life was very hard. He first studied at a madrasa. He walked on foot every day to and from the madrasa, about 8/10 miles from home; in the rainy season, with a gamcha tied on his head holding books, notebooks, shirt and clothes, he made the journey to and from the madrasa. Be it winter, the rains, storm or shower, he never once stopped going to school and madrasa. In the same way, after finishing primary education he was admitted to Juniadah High School. While lodging at Juniadah he tutored students, and all night he did his own studies. Thus, amid much hardship, he passed the matriculation with distinction in 1949 and was admitted to Kushtia College. He passed his B.Com from a boarding house at Baro Boaldaha village on the bank of the Padma. The cot on which he used to sleep at the boarding house is still kept on the veranda of his house. While he lived, morning and evening, he would sit on that cot and call the passers-by for a chat. He obtained the LL.B. degree from Rajshahi University in 1957 and joined the Kushtia Bar in 1958. In the early days of his career, when he earned eight annas he would save six. He was united in marriage with Rokeya Begum of the village of Bahir Boaldah.
Mr Nakib Sahib's senior, Mr Abdur Rahim, and Mr Abdur Rahim's senior, Mr Mahtab Uddin, were successful figures in the legal profession. When the judges fell into any difficulty, they took refuge with him. The number of his juniors was 70/80. Beyond his direct juniors, when any other advocate fell into a legal problem or came for suggestions on drafting a writ reply, he would first ask after their welfare and the news of their home, and then do the work. He took no fee for helping any advocate with his work. Among his successful juniors, Mr Sirajul Islam, the late Azizur Rahman, Nurul Amin, Ashraf Hossain and Moslem Uddin achieved success. Nurul Amin is known in the High Court as the 'ship of the civil side'. Among his juniors, Mr Mahtab Uddin became District Judge and Lutfor Rahman Additional District Judge.
Though a man of small build, this man was of boundless courage. During the rule of Ershad, in the days of martial law, the army gave Advocate Nazim Uddin a thrashing inside the court compound. Mr Nakib Uddin was then president of the Kushtia Bar, with Sirajul Islam as secretary.
He protested in the strongest terms and brought a resolution against the army. Mr Fazlur Rahman, now a judge of the High Court, was at one time a Munsif of Meherpur. He has told the story: I have seen nowhere a man so courageous as Nakib Sahib. At that time the judges of Kushtia, Chuadanga and Meherpur held a monthly conference at the Kushtia judge's office. At that conference Nakib Sahib raised the complaint that the judge was taking bribes. Hearing his words, the judges were struck dumb. No advocate ever showed such courage. Today's advocates do not have the courage to protest against the injustice of the judges.
Mr Nakib Sahib lived an extremely simple life. Yet he was a philanthropist which nobody knew of or was allowed to know. He secretly bore the cost of the weddings of poor people's daughters and of poor students' education. He donated land to the Kushtia Homeopathic College, now worth about 20 lakh taka. He was so accepted among the men of law that he was elected president of the Kushtia Bar seven times and secretary five times.
Social Reformer
He was a man of non-communal, justice-loving and God-fearing nature. In outlook he was a progressive person. He ranged freely in the world of education, sports and literature. Reading his book on law, Muslim, Hindu and Inheritance, one grasps the depth of his knowledge of the Bengali language.
He had an abiding interest in music. He visited regularly the famed cultural institution of Kushtia, 'Bodhoday'.
When the people of Kushtia fell into any problem, riot, dispute or brawl, or when trouble arose in the legal order of Kushtia, all came to him. As the guardian of Kushtia he took a leading role in any problem. He was involved with various social organizations. He was the convener of the Kushtia Nagarik Parishad. Under his personality and able leadership the Kushtia Nagarik Parishad gained wide expansion in various social works.
He served faithfully as vice-chairman of the Kushtia Muslim High School and as one of the founders of Mothurapur Peoples College. He was closely involved with various social organizations such as the Kushtia Tuberculosis Association, the National Association for the Welfare of the Blind, the Red Crescent Society, the Kushtia Child Welfare Foundation and Hospital, the Kushtia Homeopathic College, the Kushtia Islamia College and the B.A.V.S. Association. Through his dedicated efforts all these social institutions gained wide recognition.
He was the foremost founder of the Kushtia Law College. From its founding until his death he taught at the Law College with reputation. Besides, he taught as a part-time teacher in the Department of Law at the Islamic University, Kushtia.
Political Life
The late Nakib Uddin Ahmed served with reputation as treasurer of the District Committee of the then Awami League in the sixties. After independence, from the birth of JASAD, he served as president of greater Kushtia and left behind the signature of able leadership.
Family Life
Not wealth and luxury - he lived an extremely plain life. He remains for us all a constant remembrance and an example, and will remain so.
The late Nakib Uddin Ahmed left behind 6 sons and 3 daughters.
1st son - Abu Saleh Md Reza [married]; he is an established businessman.
2nd son - Abu Saleh Md Murtaza [married]; he too is a businessman.
3rd son - Abu Saleh Md Mostafa [married], M.Com; he spent a long time in America and is now engaged in business in Kushtia.
4th son - Advocate Abu Saleh Md Musa, a member of the Kushtia Bar Association.
5th son - Abu Saleh Md Sharif, M.Com; he is serving in the post of Assistant Controller at the National University.
6th son - Abu Saleh Md Morshead; unmarried, he was working in Saudi Arabia.
1st daughter - Tahmina Khatun. Husband - Md Jalal Uddin Miah, an engineer.
2nd daughter - Tasmina Khatun. Husband Advocate Jamal Akhtar Bulbul, former Deputy Attorney General of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
3rd daughter - Dr Munira Afrin Shila, M.B.B.S.
We have lost a man as simple, honest, humble, friendly, talented and wise as the late Nakib Uddin Ahmed.
