"East Bengal and West Bengal share the same culture, the same history, and the same heritage. We cannot be kept apart."
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Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq's speech at a public gathering in Kolkata, 1954.
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A. K. Fazlul Huq
Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq (Bengali: আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, Urdu: ابو القاسم فضل الحق; 26 October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (Lion of Bengal), was a Pakistani Bengali lawyer and politician who presented the Lahore Resolution which had the objective of creating an independent Pakistan. He also served as the first and longest Prime Minister of Bengal during the British Raj.
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