Muhammad Sohrab Hossain

Muhammad Sohrab Hossain is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, from April 1972 to March 1973. In the next term he was the Ministry of Housing and Public Works. Sohrab Hossain was born Magura in 1922. Graduated in Science with Distinction from the University of Calcutta in 1946, briefly taught Mathmetics at Jessore Zila School 1947-1948, then studied Law at Dhaka University with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Mollah Jalaluddin. Started practicing as a Lawyer at Magura Bar and established Magura Awami League in 1953-54 being it's first General Secretary, subsequently becoming the President of Magura Mohakuma and Jessore District Awami League and the Agriculture Secretary of East Pakistan Awami League. He was elected Member of Pakistan National Assembly in 1962 and 1970. He was instrumental in the movement against Ayub Khan both in and outside Pakistan Parliament in the '60s and led the Southern East Pakistan against the Pakistani Military Junta and was one of the Founder Fathers of Bangladesh. He was appointed Forest, Fisheries, Livestock, and then Public Works Urban Development and Housing Minister in 1972 until 1975. During the femine of 1974 he was given the additional responsibility of the Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation and successfully averted the Femine. Bangobondhu Sheikh Mujib considered him as the most Honest and Trusted Member of his cabinet and affectionately named him his 'Black Diamond' because of his relatively darker complexion. After the assassination of Bangobondhu he suffered from Alzheimer's disease and died on January 1998 at the age of 76.