Dhirendranath Datta
Dhirendranath Datta | |
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ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত دھریندر ناتھ دتا | |
| Health and Social Welfare Minister of East Pakistan | |
| In office 19 September 1956 – 7 October 1958 | |
| Leader of the Opposition of Pakistan | |
| In office 7 May 1948 – 7 July 1955 | |
| Leader | Liaquat Ali Khan Khawaja Nazimuddin Mohammad Ali Bogra |
| Preceded by | Kiran Shankar Roy |
| Succeeded by | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy |
| Leader of the Opposition of East Bengal | |
| In office 15 March 1948 – 7 May 1948 | |
| Leader | Khwaja Nazimuddin |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Basanta Kumar Das |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 November 1886 Brahmanbaria, Bengal, British India |
| Nationality | British India (1886-1947) Pakistan (1947-1971) Bangladesh (1971) |
| Political party | Pakistan National Congress |
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Dhirendranath Datta (2 November 1886 – disappeared 29 March 1971) was a Bengali lawyer and politician from East Bengal who was a member of the 1st Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. He is best known for proposing Bengali for the national language of Pakistan in the Assembly. He was also active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-partition India.