Abdul Wahab Khan
Encyclopedia
Abdul Wahab Khan was the 3rd speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
. He was preceded and succeeded by Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
. He was born into a middle-class Sunni Muslim
family in East Pakistan
. In later years, he became a Bengali Nationalist. He is the grandfather of Salman Khan
, founder of the Khan Academy
.
National Assembly of Pakistan
The National Assembly of Pakistan is the lower house of the bicameral Majlis-e-Shura, which also compromises the President of Pakistan and Senate . The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad...
. He was preceded and succeeded by Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan , was the President of Pakistan's first Constituent Assembly.He was born in 1889 in a humble peasant family of Faridpur, Bengal...
. He was born into a middle-class Sunni Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
family in East Pakistan
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
. In later years, he became a Bengali Nationalist. He is the grandfather of Salman Khan
Salman Khan (educator)
Salman Amin 'Sal' Khan is an American educator and the founder of the Khan Academy, a free online education platform and nonprofit organization....
, founder of the Khan Academy
Khan Academy
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit educational organization, created in 2006 by Bangladeshi American educator Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT. With the stated mission of "providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere", the website supplies a free online collection of more than 2,700 micro...
.