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'''Khwaja Zakiuddin''' (1918-2003) was a Bengali aristocrat and Pakistani statesman. He was a member of the [[Dhaka nawab family|Dhaka Nawab family]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Zakiuddin was born on 9 January 1918. His father was [[Khwaja Shahabuddin]], a Pakistan government Minister, and his mother was [[Farhat Banu]], a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly. He graduated from the [[University of Dhaka]] and then went to [[University College, London]]. He survived the [[London Blitz]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="kz">{{cite web |title=Khwaja Zakiuddin |url=http://www.nawabbari.com/bios/zakiuddin.html |website=nawabbari.com |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
After returning from London Zakiuddin joined the [[Grindlays Bank]] in [[Bombay]] in 1943. He was one of the first Indian Muslims to be employed in a British Bank in India. He worked in Grindlays Bank branches in Kolkata, Karachi, and Peshawar. He joined the [[State Bank of Pakistan]] in the 1950s.<ref name="kz" /> He retired in 1976.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kh Zakiuddin passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/77939 |access-date=5 June 2018 |work=Dawn |date=17 January 2003}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Zakiuddin married Begum Binoo, she was the daughter of Khan Bahadur Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury and Abida Khatoon. Zakiuddin and Binoo had two daughters [[Yasmeen Murshed]], and Almas Zakiuddin and one son, Zahed Zakiuddin.<ref name="kz" /><ref name="st">{{cite news |title=Khwaja Zakiuddin passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/khwaja-zakiuddin-passes-away |access-date=5 June 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=18 January 2003 |language=en}}</ref> His daughter Yasmeen Murshed, served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Bangladeshi HC not new to Islamabad |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/93304-new-bangladeshi-hc-not-new-to-islamabad |access-date=5 June 2018 |work=The News |language=en}}</ref> Zakiuddins brother was Lieutenant General [[Khwaja Wasiuddin]] of Bangladesh Army.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alamgir |first1=Md. |title=Wasiuddin, Lt General Khwaja |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Wasiuddin,_Lt_General_Khwaja |website=Banglapedia |access-date=5 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Zakiuddin died on 16 January 2003 in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="kz" /><ref name="st" /><br />
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