Bangladesh, July 13 -- It was not only his brilliance that people remembered, though he possessed it in abundance - a double graduate of the University of Dhaka who went on to earn his Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn.City & Local Guides

Nor was it the high offices he held, including, albeit briefly, the presidency of Bangladesh.

As Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar was laid to rest, those who knew him spoke instead of something far rarer: that throughout nearly seven decades of public life, no shadow of dishonesty or misconduct had ever been cast over his name.

In death, as in life, he was remembered not merely for the positions he held, but for the integrity, dignity and honour with which he served the nation.

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