Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla or Huk Saheb, was born on 26 October 1873, at his maternal uncle's house at Saturia, a prosperous village in the Southern parts of the district of Bakerganj.
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was born in distinguished family of Midnapur in West Bengal in 1892. He was a Prime Minister (provincial Chief Minister was designated as Prime Minister until 1947) of Bengal (1946) and Prime Minister of Pakistan (1956-57).