Badal Ghosh

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Badal Ghosh (c. 1925 – died in Singapore) was a Pakistani and later Bangladeshi businessman and a political donor to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

He was born in 1925 in Baghdad. His father, S. M. Ghosh, was a Bengali Hindu, and his mother, Asnat Zia Ghosh, was an Iraqi Christian from Baghdad. After returning to Wari, Old Dhaka, his mother raised him and his siblings as Christians. His brothers include Robin Ghosh, a music director, and Ashoke Ghosh, a film director. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Dhaka.

Ghosh owned Ajax Power Industries in Dhaka, started in the 1950s, which imported agricultural machines. The company’s headquarters were on Jinnah Avenue. He also ran Ajax Jute Mills, a subsidiary that closed in 2014. The mill’s current owner, Mohammad Kawsar Zaman Babla, said it had been occupied by Awami League politicians because of his BNP ties.

In the 1960s, the Special Branch investigated him to see if he financed the Awami League led by Mujibur Rahman.

Badal Ghosh died in Singapore.