6 Notable alumni of Aliah University
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Aliah University is ranked #5,638 in the world and #303 in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 6 notable alumni from Aliah University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Aliah University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mohammad Akram Khan
1868-1968 (aged 100)
author
politician
journalist
Mohammad Akram Khan was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, The Azad. He was among the founders of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.
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2. Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy
1832-1885 (aged 53)
translator
Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy was a Bengali Islamic scholar, educationist and writer from Midnapore. He is regarded as the Father of modern Islamic education in Bengal and was awarded with the title of Bahr ul Ulum, meaning: sea of knowledge by the British.
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3. Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan
1888-1962 (aged 74)
teacher
advocate
politician
Khan Bahadur Hashim Ali Khan was a Bengali politician, lawyer, peasant movement leader and social worker. He was a close associate of A. K. Fazlul Huq. He became a Minister in the Bengal Legislature in 1941 in the second cabinet led by Huq. During his political life, he tried to establish rights of farmers and common people. He was conferred...
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4. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
1892-1963 (aged 71)
politician
barrister
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the fifth prime minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the prime minister of Bengal from 1946 to 1947. In Pakistan he is regarded as a patron of separate homeland for South Asian Muslims, for which he is revered as one of the leading...
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5. Nawab Abdul Latif
1828-1893 (aged 65)
politician
Nawab Bahadur Qazi Abdul Latif was a Bengali Muslim aristocrat, educator and social worker. His title, Nawab was awarded by the British in 1880. He was one of the first Muslims in 19th-century India to embrace the idea of modernisation.
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6. Bhudev Mukhopadhyay
1827-1894 (aged 67)
civil servant
teacher
editor
writer
Bhudev Mukhopadhyay was a writer and intellectual in 19th century Bengal. His works were considered ardent displays of nationalism and philosophy in the period of the Bengal renaissance. His novel Anguriya Binimoy (1857) was the first historical novel written in Bengal.
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