Nawab Ali Haider Khan

Nawab Ali Amjad Khan, the zamindar of Sylhet had two sons; Nawab Ali Haider khan and Nawab Ali Asghar Khan. Nawab Ali Haider Khan was born in 1900 (29th. Maagh1306 B.S.) and died on June 30th, 1963. He lived in his estate at Prithimpassa, Sylhet, and married Murshidzadi Husne Ara Begum in 1924, who was the eldest child and daughter of the Honourable Ihtisham-ul- Mulk, Rais-ul-Dowla, Premiere noble of Bengal, Behar and Orissa (born on 07th. In January, 1875, he had his finished his education from Sherborne, Rugby and Oxford universities in the U.K and was six times a member of Bengal Legislative Council). With his wife, he had three children: Nawab Ali Safdar Khan, Syeddunnessa Begum and Nawab Ali Sarwar Khan.
Nawab Ali Haider Khan was minister in the cabinet of Sir Syed Muhammad Sadullah, who was Premier from 1937 to 1938, and again from 1939-1941 of Assam. Later, from 1942 to 1946 in the G. Bardalai's cabinet, who was Premier from 1938-1939 and again from 1946-1950 of Assam. He held different ministries in the two separate governments from 1937 to 1939. Nawab Ali Haider Khan was the leader of the Independent Muslim Party. In 1945 he was in the Parliamentary Board which was formed with Assam Congress Coalition and Independent Muslim Parliamentary Party of which he was the leader, along with Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (who later became the President of India), and G. Bardalai. Bardalai considered Nawab Ali Haider Khan as their mainstay. He stated this clearly in one of his letters to Surat Chandra Bose in 1938. The two times that he was minister, he held the portfolio of agriculture once, and the other time was minister for Power and Water Development.