PRESENT RULER: Lieutenant
Colonel
Syed Mir ALI IMAM AL MAMUN, present Zamindar of
Padamdi (The Padamdi House, 1 Beradanga Road,
Rajbari District, Bangladesh)
 born
11th September 1950, educated at Nawabpur Government High
School, at Notre Dame College, at Jagannath College, and
at Dhaka University (Economics and Mathematics, 1969); he
joined the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul and was
commissioned as a Second lieutenant in the Artillery Corps
of the Pakistan Army on 29th March 1970, he held posts at
35 Heavy Artillery Regiment, Aide-de-Camp to the Corps
Commander, and took an active part in the defense of
Lahore during the Indo-Pak War of 1971, he was imprisoned
in Sagai Fort during the war and later returned to
Bangladesh under an I.C.R.C. mediated agreement between
independent Bangladesh and Pakistan (1973), 7 Field
Regiment Artillery of 55 Infantry Division; Aide-de-Camp
to Major General Qazi Golam Dastagir, and later, Major
General Khalilur Rahman during the military coup d'etat in
August 1975, he commanded a contingent of around 3,000
troops, he raised 21 Rifle Wing (later, Battalion) in
1976, commander of 14 Field Regiment Artillery, served as
Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator for eight northern
districts, and then as Deputy Area and Administrative
Quarter Master General of the 72 Infantry Brigade during
the period of martial law, commanded 4 Mortar Regiment
Artillery, 11 Infantry Division, served in United Nations
Stabilization Mission in Haiti, then in Bangladesh Rifles
and as Commanding Officer of the 19 Rifle Battalion before
retiring in July 2000; he was awarded the Victory Medal in
1971, the Constitution Medal in 1972, the Distinguished
Service Medal - I in 1981, Distinguished Service Medal -
II in 1991, Distinguished Service Medal - III in 2000,
Dabanol (Wild Fire; 1975) with Gold Bar (1997), Bangladesh
Rifles - Bicentennial 1995, United Nations Peace Medal
1996, Operation Black Panther 1974, Cyclone Relief Medal
1997, Parliament Elections Medal 1991; he married 11th
February 1977, Begum Kalpana Mamun, and has issue.
- Syed Muntasir Asir Mamun, born 1979, a diplomat
(Senior Assistant Secretary) of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, People�s Republic of Bangladesh, and
later the Political First Secretary and Head of the
Chancery, at High Commission for the Government of
Bangladesh in New Delhi, Republic of India. Educated
in the Takshashila Institution, attended National
Maritime Law Enforcement Academy in Washington DC,
USA. Awarded MPhil in World Trade Organization and an
MBA, Finance and Economics from IBA at the University
of Dhaka.
- Syeda Zarin Imam, born 1981.
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PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Syed
Shah
Pahlowan,
an Iraqi clergyman and a descendant of the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad, founded the estate when he came to India and was
granted the jagir of Padamdi by Padshah Jahangir in 1607.
He died in the area and is buried in Shikara. During the
reign of Padshah Shah Jahan, members of the family
commanded the Imperial Artillery and were awarded with the
title of Mir. The
zamindari ended with the abolition of zamindaris, and the
acquisition of the estates by the government, under the
provisions of the East Bengal
State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950 which was
drafted on 31st March
1948 following Independence from the British Government on
15th August 1947, and subsequent partition into the Union
of India and the
Dominions of Pakistan. The bill was passed on 16th May
1951, thereby
abolishing all Zamindari families rights, rule and
responsibilities.
Estate holders were.....
- Syed SHAH PAHLOWAN, founder and 1st
Zamindar of Padamdi 1607/-,
- Nawab Syed Mir MUAZZAM HUSSAIN, Zamindar of
Padamdi, married Daulatunessa Begum, and had issue.
- Syed Mir Musharraf Hussain, he is considered the
first
Muslim Novelist from Bengal, and is a well known
novelist, playwright
and essayist and a pioneer of Bangla Literature; he
is famous for
his novel Bishchaad Shindu; his books are
used as part of the
Bangla Curriculum by the People�s Republic of
Bangladesh, Ministry
of Education; he married 1stly, 1865, Azizunessa
Begum, married 2ndly, 1874, Bibi Kulsoom.
- Syed Mir SHIRAJUL
HAQUE, Zamindar of Padamdi 1860/1890, married
a daughter of the Deldward Zamindar of Tangail and had
issue.
- Mir Syed Shamsul Haque (qv)
- Captain Syed Mir
SHAMSUL HAQUE, Zamindar of Padamdi 1890/-, he
served as an Indian and later Pakistani Civil Servant
and Bureaucrat; he was commissioned into the Royal
Indian Army in 1941 and served during WWII in Lucknow,
British Raj as a Station Transport Officer under the
command of Lt.-Col. Langstone; married and had issue.
- Mir Syed Ali Imam Al Mamun (qv)
- Lieutenant Colonel
Syed Mir ALI IMAM AL MAMUN, present Zamindar
of Padamdi (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Hazrat Syed Fateh Ali Shah, a scion of the family
whose tomb lies in Bogra.
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