KM Sobhan

Kazi Mohammad Sobhan (25 July 1924 – 31 December 2007)[1] was a Bangladeshi justice, diplomat and activist. He was a former justice of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] He also served as the Bangladeshi ambassador to Germany and Czechoslovakia.[1]

KM Sobhan
Born(1924-07-25)25 July 1924
Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died31 December 2007(2007-12-31) (aged 83)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placeMirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupationjustice

Career

Sobhan was appointed as a judge in 1971.[1]

Sobhan had two sons, Kazi Adnan Sobhan and Kazi Rehan Sobhan and a daughter, Rumana Nahid Sobhan.[1] On 31 December 2007, Sobhan fell sick while walking at Ramna Park and later died of cardiac arrest at Birdem Hospital in Dhaka.[2] He was buried in Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard.[3]

References
  1. "Justice KM Sobhan buried". bdnews24.com. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. "KM Sobhan passes away". The Daily Star. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. "Justice KM Sobhan laid to rest". The Daily Star. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2016.


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