Badal Ghosh

Badal Ghosh was a Pakistani and later Bangladeshi businessman and political donor to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Early life

Ghosh was born in 1925 in Baghdad. His father, S. M. Ghosh, was a Bengali Hindu, and his mother was an Iraqi Christian from Baghdad who separated after returning to Wari, Old Dhaka. He and his brothers were raised by their mother as Christians. He has two brothers, Robin Ghosh, a music director, and Ashoke Ghosh, a film director.

Education

He completed his bachelor's in commerce at the University of Dhaka.

Career

Ghoshowned the Dhaka-based Ajax Power Industries, which he established in the 1950s. He imported agricultural machines. The company was headuarter was on Jinnah Avenue in Dhaka. Another subsidiary, Ajax Jute Mills, was closed in 2014. Its current owner, Mohammad Kawsar Zaman Babla, alleged it was occupied by Awami League politicians because of his association with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Legal issues

The Special Branch investigated Ghosh in the 1960s to see if he was financing the Awami League led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Death

Ghosh died in Singapore.