Badal Ghosh
Businessman
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Badal Ghosh was a Pakistani and later Bangladeshi businessman and political donor to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[1]
Badal Ghosh | |
|---|---|
| বাদল ঘোষ (Bengali) بدل گھوش (Urdu) | |
| Born | c. 1925 |
| Died | |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Parent(s) | S.M Ghosh (father) Asnat Zia Ghosh (mother) |
| Relatives | Robin Ghosh (brother) Shabnam (sister-in-law) |
Early life
Ghosh was born in 1925 in Baghdad.[2][3] His father, S. M. Ghosh, was a Bengali Hindu, and his mother was an Iraqi Christian from Baghdad who separated after returning to Wari, Old Dhaka.[4][2] He and his brothers were raised by their mother as Christians.[4][2] He has two brothers, Robin Ghosh, a music director, and Ashoke Ghosh, a film director.[3][5]
Education
He completed his bachelor's in commerce at the University of Dhaka.[2]
Career
Ghosh owned the Dhaka-based Ajax Power Industries, which he established in the 1950s.[6] He imported agricultural machines.[2] The company was headuarter was on Jinnah Avenue in Dhaka.[7] Another subsidiary, Ajax Jute Mills, was closed in 2014.[8] Its current owner, Mohammad Kawsar Zaman Babla, alleged it was occupied by Awami League politicians because of his association with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[8]
Legal issues
The Special Branch investigated Ghosh in the 1960s to see if he was financing the Awami League led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[1] However, the real reason is said to be an alleged affair between Badal's brother Ashoke Ghosh and Nusrat Jahan Begum (wife of Muhammad Basit).[9][10]
Death
Ghosh died in Singapore.[11]
