Khwaja Atiqullah

On 31 December 1906, he petitioned the British Raj to reconsider the Partition of Bengal. Initially, he was an advocate of United India and Muslim-Hindu unity. He was a proponent of Syed Ahmed Khan. He later changed his views after the annulment of the partition on 12 December 1911. Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah held a meeting of the leading Bengali Muslims, where Atiqullah supported a new partition. He proposed the Muslim majority region of Assam province to be included in the proposed East Bengal.^[2]

He had differences over the ancestral property with his brothers after Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah appointed his son Khwaja Habibullah the Mutawalli (Guardian) of the property. Atiqullah filed a case claiming himself as the true Mutawalli but lost it. Initially he was a strong supporter of the Indian National Congress but later supported the All India Muslim League. He held musical and cultural events in his house, Dilkusha Garden.^[2]

He died in January 1945. His daughter Farhat Banu was married to Khwaja Shahabuddin, his nephew.^[2]