Khwaja Hassan Askari - Liberation of Bangladesh and Aftermath

Liberation of Bangladesh and Aftermath

At the time of Bangladesh’s creation, Nawab Hasan Askari went through very difficult times. He remained in Dacca till 1975.Towards the end of 1974 at the request of then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who was visiting Dacca, Sheikh Mujeeb-ur-Rehman agreed upon Nawab Hasan Askari leaving Dacca for Karachi. Sheikh Mujeeb-ur-Rehman was of the opinion that the Nawab of Dacca must stay in Bangladesh: in his country and with his people. In January 1975 Nawab Hassan Askari left Bangladesh for Karachi. He left behind a cause for which he and his family had strived for with great commitment, provided financial and political support for and had been part of the struggle for human rights and self-determination of the Muslims of the subcontinent.

Nawab Hassan Askari lived in Karachi for the remainder of his life. During the remaining years of his life till 1984 his health deteriorated - he never overcame the grief of leaving his home country and his people and felt distort over the breakup of Pakistan, a cause for which he and his family had strived. He died in Karachi on the 9th of August 1984 and has been laid to rest in Karachi at the Defence Army Graveyard where his wife Begum Bilquis Askari was also laid to rest in 1995.