Khwaja Hassan Askari

Khwaja Hassan Askari
Nawab of Dhaka
Reign1958–1975
PredecessorNawab Khwaja Habibullah
Successorposition abolished
Born1920 (1920)
Dacca, Bengal, British India
Died1984 (aged 63–64)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Burial
Defence Graveyard Karachi
HouseDhaka Nawab Family
FatherNawab Khwaja Habibullah
MotherShehryar Bano
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
Service years1944–1961
RankMajor

Nawab Major Khwaja Hassan Askari (21 August 1921 – 9 August 1984) was a Pakistani-Bengali and a military officer who was the sixth and last Nawab of Dhaka. He was born at the Ahsan Manzil Palace in Dhaka. He was the eldest son of Nawab Habibullah Bahadur and Shahryar Begum (the granddaughter of Nawab Khwaja Ahsanullah). He became the Nawab of Dhaka after his father's death in 1958.