Biography
Fazlur Rahman Khan was born on April 3, 1929 in Dhaka, Bangladesh (erstwhile British India). He was brought up in the village of Bhandarikandii, Faridpur district near Dhaka. His father, Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan, BES was ADPI of Bengal and after retirement served as Principal of Jagannath College, Dhaka.
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