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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
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Reference Number IE/STU/F/5/116
TitleHuq, Muhammad Shamsul (b.1910)
Date1945-1947
DescriptionStudied a one year advanced course in child development in 1945-1946.

Includes: Course application form with details of previous teaching experience, misc. correspondence and post course testimonials. Correspondence 1946, post return to India, mentioning Mr Huqs involvement in establishing new teacher training colleges and discussion of “English Education as seen through Indian Eyes” written by Mr Huq and sent for comments/ provision of a foreword.

Mr Huq served as the third vice-chancellor of the University of Rajshahi from 31 August 1965 to 4 August 1969.[4] He then served the government of Pakistan under General Yahya Khan as a minister in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Research until the independence of Bangladesh. From 23 September 1975 to 1 February 1976, Mr Huq served as the fifteenth vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. He became Bangladesh's fifth Minister of Foreign Affairs in November 1975, serving this role until March 1982. From 1977 to 1978, Shamsul Huq was a member of the president of Bangladesh's advisory board. Along with President Ziaur Rahman, he contributed to the formulation of the formation of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in 1980.

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