Tag Archives: M.A. Bakeer Markar

A slice of political life by AJITH SAMARANAYAKE

Political Winds of Change Legislative Speeches of Dr. M. C. M. Kaleel. The Golden Plain – Legislative Speeches of Alhaj H. S. Ismail. Supremacy of Parliament – Parliamentary Speeches of Deshamanya Alhaj M. A. Bakeer Markar. Compiled and edited by A. H. M. Azwer, MP. These three volumes which are a collection of the parliamentary speeches of three leading Muslim …

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Deshamanya M.A. Bakeer Markar – An accomplished, dedicated parliamentarian

24th Commemorative Anniversary Deshamanya Marhoom Al Haj Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar’s ancestry is traced to Sheik Jamaluddeen-Al-Maghdoomi, an Arab settler in Beruwala. His father Hakeem Alia Marikkar Mohomed Marikkar belonged to a family of physicians, whose ancestors too were physicians. He was born in Beruwala on May 12, 1917 and educated at Zahira College, Colombo under the tutelage of Dr. …

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