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East Pakistan Renaissance Society
The East Pakistan Renaissance Society was a political organisation formed to articulate and promote culturally and intellectually the idea for a separate Muslim state for Indian Muslims and specifically for the Muslims of Bengal. The organisation's founders and leaders included Abul Kalam Shamsuddin, the society president, Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury and Mujibur Rahman Khan. History The "Two-Nation Theory", which argued that the Hindus and Muslims of India were not a common nation and could not live together as a nation, had been propagated by Muslim politicians and intellectuals such as Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Choudhary Rahmat Ali and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the president of the All India Muslim League. The demand for a separate state for Indian Muslims took definite shape when the All India Muslim League adopted the Lahore Resolution (also known as the Pakistan Resolution) on 23 March 1940. The resolution called for the Muslim-majority provinces of British India to be constituted as se ...
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Mujibur Rahman Khan
Mujibur Rahman Khan (23 October 1910 – 5 October 1984) was a Bangladeshi journalist, litterateur and politician. Education and career Khan passed the Entrance examination from Anjuman High School in 1928 and Bachelor of Arts in 1934 from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh. He then enrolled in the Department of English at Calcutta University but left without completing his master's degree. Career Mujibur Rahman became a headmaster Harua High School in 24 Parganas. Journalism Khan was associated with All Bengal Anti-Fascist Writers' Guild, Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Samiti, East Pakistan Renaissance Society, Pakistan Arts Council and Bulbul Lalitakala Academy. He was the first president of East Pakistan Press Club which is today National Press Club. East Pakistan Renaissance Society At a meeting held on 30 August 1942 at the office of the Azad, in Kolkata, the East Pakistan Renaissance Society was established to promote the idea of a separate Muslim state comprising the Musl ...
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East Bengal Map
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Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the Muhammad in Islam, main and final Islamic prophet.Peters, F. E. 2009. "Allāh." In , edited by J. L. Esposito. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . (See alsoquick reference) "[T]he Muslims' understanding of Allāh is based...on the Qurʿān's public witness. Allāh is Unique, the Creator, Sovereign, and Judge of mankind. It is Allāh who directs the universe through his direct action on nature and who has guided human history through his prophets, Abraham, with whom he made his covenant, Moses/Moosa, Jesus/Eesa, and Muḥammad, through all of whom he founded his chosen communities, the 'Peoples of the Book.'" It is the Major religious groups, world's second-largest religion behind Christianity, w ...
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Subhash Mukhopadhyay (poet)
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (; 12 February 1919 – 8 July 2003) was one of the foremost Indian Bengali poets of the 20th century. He is also known as the "podatik kobi" in the field of Bengali literature. A book of thirty of Subhash's best known poems in English translation, titled ' As Day is Breaking', was published in 2014 by Anjan Basu, a Bangalore-based writer/critic. The book includes a rather detailed introduction to the poet's work as well. He was honoured with Jnanpith Award in 1991. Early life Mukhopadhyay was born in 1919 in Krishnanagar, a town in Nadia district in the province of West Bengal. An excellent student, he studied philosophy at the Scottish Church College in Calcutta, graduating with honours in 1941. Career Like his contemporary Sukanta Bhattacharya, Mukhopadhyay developed strong political beliefs at an early age. He was deeply committed to the cause of social justice, and was active in left-wing student politics through his college years. Following gra ...
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Abujafar Shamsuddin
Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (12 March 1911 – 24 August 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1968 and Ekushey Padak in 1983. Early life and education Shamsuddin was born on 12 March 1911, to a Bengali Muslim family of Bhuiyans in the village of Dakshinbagh, Gazipur District, eastern Bengal. His father, Muhammad Waqqas Ali Bhuiyan, was the son of Nadiruzzaman Bhuiyan, a disciple of Karamat Ali Jaunpuri. He started his education in a village school, and in 1924 he completed his junior madrasah examination. In 1929, he completed his high madrasah examination. He joined Dhaka College but did not graduate. Career Shamsuddin joined the Daily Soltan as a sub-editor. He joined the political party of M. N. Roy, Radical Democratic Party. He went on to work as The Azad, The Daily Ittefaq, Purbadesh and The Daily Sangbad. He wrote Baihasiker Parshvachinta, a weekly column. In 1957, he joined the National Awami Party. He used the pseudonym ''Al ...
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Golam Mostofa (poet)
Golam Mostofa ( bn, গোলাম মোস্তফা; 1897 – 13 October 1964) was a Bengali writer and poet. Early life and education Mostofa was born in 1897, in the village of Manoharpur in Shailkupa Thana, which was a part of the District of Jessore but presently in Jhenaidah District, Bangladesh. He was born to a Bengali Muslim family of literature-enthusiasts that were also proficient in Arabic and Persian, in addition to Bengali. His father, Golam Rabbani, and his grandfather, Qazi Golam Sarwar, were both folk poets. Mostofa finished his primary education in Damukdia, then spent two years studying in Fazilpur. He passed the Entrance exam in 1913 from Shailkupa High School. He passed BA from Ripon College in 1918 and BT from David Hare Training College in 1922. Career Mostofa started teaching at Barrackpore Government High School in January 1920. Four years later, he transferred to the Calcutta Hare School and later the Calcutta Madrasa. He became the Depu ...
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Shahadat Hossain
Shahadat Hossain (born: 7 August 1986) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2005 during Bangladesh's first tour of England. When he came onto the international scene he was cited by then coach Dav Whatmore as the fastest bowler in the team. The following year, Hossain made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Kenya. At times Hossain has struggled with conceding too many runs, and for that reason was dropped in 2009. In November 2010, Hossain was a member of the squad that won Bangladesh's first gold in any event at the Asian Games. A broken toe prevented Hossain from playing for Bangladesh in July 2011, but after more than a year since his last Test he returned to the squad in October that year. In November 2019, he was given a five-year ban from cricket, after assaulting a teammate. Early and domestic career Born in Narayanganj, Hossain began playing cricket during his teenage years in his home town, and his father, a banker, agreed to send him to ...
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Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan (M. T. Khan; March 1889 – 19 August 1963) was the Speaker of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly from 1948 to 1954 and National Assembly of Pakistan between 1962 and 1963. Early life Khan was born to a farmer with only three acres of land. He completed his master's in English from presidency college in 1913 and LLB in 1915 from Rippon college and started his legal profession in Faridpur. making him the first Muslim from Faridpur district to complete master's degree. Career Khan joined non-cooperation movement led by Gandhi when he was a student. Later he joined the Indian National Congress and subsequently joined khilafat movement in 1921 and was arrested and sent to Faridpur jail and later was shifted to Central jail in Dhaka. At that time, he was an ardent follower of Chittaranjan Das. Khan was elected vice-chairman of Faridpur Municipality. In 1926, he got elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly from Faridpur. Khan left Congress in 1926 as he thoug ...
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A K Fazlul Huq
Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who presented the Lahore Resolution which had the objective of creating an independent Pakistan. He also served as the first and longest Prime Minister of Bengal during the British Raj. Born on 1873 in a Bengali Muslim family in British Bengal, Huq held important political offices in the subcontinent, including President of the All India Muslim League (1916-1921), General Secretary of the Indian National Congress (1916-1918), Education Minister of Bengal (1924), Mayor of Calcutta (1935), Prime Minister of Bengal (1937-1943), Advocate General of East Bengal (1947-1952), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954), Home Minister of Pakistan (1955-1956) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956-1958). Huq was first elected to the Bengal Legislative Council ...
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Mohammad Akram Khan
Mohammad Akram Khan ( bn, মোহাম্মদ আকরম খাঁ; 1868 – 18 August 1968) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''The Azad''. He was among the founders of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. Early life and education Khan was born in 1868, to a Bengali Muslim family in Hakimpur, 24 Parganas district of Bengal Presidency, British India (in present-day West Bengal). His father, Alhaj Mawlana Ghazi Abdul Bari Khan, was a disciple of Syed Ahmad Shaheed and participated in the Battle of Balakot. His mother's name was Rabeya Khatun. He did not have a British education but studied at Calcutta Madrasah (now Aliah University). He entered the journalism profession at a very young age before becoming involved in politics. Career Journalism Early in his career, he worked at newspapers ''Ahl-i-Hadith'' and ''Mohammadi Akhbar''. Between 1908 and 1921, he worked as the editor of The Mohammadi, the ''Moha ...
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Nurul Amin
Nurul Amin ( bn, নুরুল আমিন; ur, ; 15 July 1893 – 2 October 1974) was a prominent Pakistani leader, and a jurist who served as the eighth prime minister of Pakistan and as the first and only vice president of Pakistan. He is noted as being the last Bengali leader of Pakistan. His term of only 13 days as Prime Minister was the shortest served in Pakistani parliamentary history. Starting his political career in 1948 as Chief Minister of East Bengal, he headed the Ministry of Supply. Still being a Bengali, Amin was against the Bengali language movement in 1952. After participating in the 1970 Pakistani general election, He was appointed as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was the first and only Vice President of Pakistan from 1970 till 1972, leading Pakistan in the Liberation War of Bangladesh. As an anti-war and principal Pakistan Movement activist, Amin is considered within Pakistan a patriot who worked to keep Pakistan united. He opposed the creation ...
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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ( bn, হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্‌রাওয়ার্দী; ur, ; 8 September 18925 December 1963) was a Bengali barrister and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 to 1947 in British India. In Pakistan, Suhrawardy is revered as one of the country's founding statesmen. In Bangladesh, Suhrawardy is remembered as the mentor of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In India, he is seen as a controversial figure; some hold him responsible for the 1946 Calcutta Killings, for which he is often referred as the "Butcher of Bengal” in West Bengal. In India he is also remembered for his performance as the Minister for Civil Supply during the Bengal famine of 1943. Suhrawardy was a scion of one of British Bengal's most prominent Muslim families, the Suhrawardy family. His father Sir Zahid Suhrawardy was a judge of the high court ...
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