The sixty-second death anniversary of second Prime Minister of Pakistan, Khawaja Nazimuddin is being observed today (Thusrday). 

Born in Dhaka to the family of Nawabs, Khawaja Nazimuddin studied at Aligarh Muslim University and Cambridge University.

Khawaja Nazimuddin was a prominent leader of the freedom struggle and a trusted associate of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

He served as the second Governor-General of Pakistan from 1948 to 1951, and later as the second Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953.

Khawaja Nazimuddin died on this day in 1964, at the age of 70.