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Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi
Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi was a Bengali Muslim writer and philosopher. Early life Mashadi was born in 1859 in Charan, Ratanganj, Tangail District, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. He learned Bengali, English, Sanskrit, and Urdu. Career Mashadi joined an aliya madrasa in Calcutta as the professor of Bengali and Sanskrit in 1886. He published Prabandha Kaumudi in 1892. He worked at the aliya madrasa for seven years. He was involved in the literary scene in Calcutta and worked with Mearajuddin Ahmad, Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad, and Sheikh Abdur Rahim. Together they created an Islamic literary scene in Bengal. He published Theories of Islam: Volume One in 1888 and published volume two in 1889. Mashadi published Samaj O Samskarak in 1889 and Agnikukkut in 1890 about the cultural heritage of Muslims with the intention to prevent the conversion of Muslims. His book Samaj O Samskarak was about the life of Pan-Islamist Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī was banned by the British Colonial governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangail District
Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল জেলা) formerly a small Mohokuma of Greater Mymensingh district is a district (''zila'') in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 square kilometers of its land and 3177 square kilometers of land from Mymensingh district. It is the largest district of Dhaka division by area and second largest by population (after Dhaka district). The population of Tangail zila is about 3.8 million and its area is . The main city of the district is Tangail. It is surrounded by Jamalpur District on the north, the Dhaka and Manikganj Districts on the south, the Mymensingh and Gazipur on the east, and the Sirajganj on the west. History Tangail was a part of Greater Mymensingh till 1969. Tangail was separated from Mymensingh District in order to subdue its dominance. Before the 6 Upazila event, Mymensingh District had a greater economic growth rate than the capital, Dhaka. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia. Bengal proper covered the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal (present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). Calcutta, the city which grew around Fort William, was the capital of the Bengal Presidency. For many years, the Governor of Bengal was concurrently the Viceroy of India and Calcutta was the de facto capital of India until 1911. The Bengal Presidency emerged from trading posts established in Mughal Bengal during the reign of Emperor Jahangir in 1612. The East India Company (HEIC), a British monopoly with a Royal Charter, competed with other European companies to gain influence in Bengal. After the decisive overthrow of the Nawab of Bengal in 1757 and the Battle of Buxar in 1764, the HEIC expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * and lasted from 1858 to 1947. * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mearajuddin Ahmad
Mearajuddin Ahmad ( bn, মেয়রাজউদ্দীন আহমদ) was a 19th-century Bengali academic, writer, and Islamic scholar. Early life Ahmad was born in Satkhira District, Khulna Division, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. He was fluent in Bengali and Urdu languages. Career Ahmad translated Urdu-language articles into Bengali for the Sudhakar magazine. In 1885 he wrote Tuhfatul Moslemin with Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad. He was the professor of Arabic and Persian languages at the St Xavier's College in Kolkata. In 1890 he wrote Dharmayuddha Ba Jihad O Samaj Samskar, about Jihad and social welfare, in collaboration with Sheikh Abdur Rahim. In the book he wrote that the Muslims of India should not revolt against the British colonial government because they protected freedom of religion of the Muslims. The Dhaka Mussalman Suhrid Sammilani, a pro-women's education movement, asked him to write a book for young girls. He wrote ''Tuhfatul Moslemin'' for them. He also t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad
Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad (1861–1933) was a Bengali Muslim writer, journalist, and thinker. Early life Ahmad was born in 1861 in the village of Barisal Sadar Upazila, Kaunia in Barisal District, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. His father died when he was eight. He was raised in the home of Muhammad Wajid, the father of Bengali politician A. K. Fazlul Huq. He received his education from Barisal Banga Vidyalay and Bajapti Circle School, studying the Arabic, Bengali language, Bengali, and Farsi, Persian languages. Career Ahmad started his career as a primary school teacher in Rupsa. He developed an interest in journalism after reading local newspapers like ''Bangabasi'', ''Dhaka Prakash'', ''Education Gazette'', ''Hughli Dainik'', and ''Sanjibani''. He was the postmaster of Rupsa Post Office. He operated a stationery shop in Rupsa. He moved to Kolkata in 1883 and joined the Mussalman. He worked as an editor in the Mussalman. He then joined Shrimanta Saodagar in Dhaka as an assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Abdur Rahim
Sheikh Abdur Rahim (1859 – 14 July 1931) was a Bengali writer and journalist. Early life Rahim was born in 1859 in Muhammadpur, Basirhat, 24-Parganas in the then British India. His mother died at a young age and he was subsequently raised by Radhamadhav Basu. Basu was the Zamindar of Taki and a Deputy Magistrate. Rahim studied at a school in Taki and went to High School in Kolkata. He could not complete his education as a result of contracting smallpox. Career Rahim was very aware of Bengali Muslim community's wealth and history. He edited Sudhakar in 1889 and Islam Pracharak in 1891. He would also go on to work for Mihir, Mihir O Sudhakar, Moslem Bharat, Moslem Hitaisi Hafez, and Islam-Darshan. He was a member of the Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Samiti, Calcutta Central Textbook Committee, Calcutta Mohammedan Union, and Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. He was an entrance examiner of Bengali language at the University of Calcutta. Bibliography * ''Hazrat Muhammader Jibon Chorito O Dh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sudhakar
Sudhakar was a Bengali weekly magazine established by Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi and Sheikh Abdur Rahim. It began publication on 8 November 1889 (23 Kartik 1296 of the Bangla calendar) from Kolkata. Background It was first edited by Sheikh Abdur Rahim or Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad according to other accounts. The magazine primary aim was preaching Islam. At some point, the magazine changed its name to ''Mihir O Sudhakar''. The magazine printed polemics on religious issues against another ''Khristiya Bandhab'' (Friends of Christians), a magazine published by Christian missionaries. Ideological stance According to Nurul Kabir, its objectives were defending Islam from orientalist's criticisms and the vilification of the Muslims by the local communalist Hindu intellectuals, enlightening the Bengali Muslims with Islamic principles and prevent conversions to Christianity. When Mir Mosharraf Hossain supported the ban on cow-slaughtering, the ''Sudhakar'' endorsed Tangail's Maulvi Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Karim Ghaznavi
Sir Abdul Karim Ghaznavi (25 August 1872 – 24 July 1939) was a British Indian politician, traveler, minister, member of Bengal Governor's Executive Council, Bengal Provincial Council and Central Legislative Assembly, reformer of Muslim education and one of the pioneer of Muslim renaissance in Bengal. He was involved in Central National Mohammedan Association founded by Syed Ameer Ali. Early life and education Abdul Karim Ghaznavi was born in a zamindar family of Delduar, Tangail in Bengal Presidency. His father was Abdul Hakim Khan Ghaznavi and mother was Karimunnesa Khanam. Abdul Hakim Ghaznavi was zamindar of Delduar. Abdul Karim Ghaznavi studied in St. Peter's School of Devonshire in England, Wren and Gurney's Institution and London University. Then he studied for a short period in Jena University of Germany. While travelling Europe he visited many educational institutions. He participated in ICS examination in 1890. His mother inspired him for education. Zamindar After r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Mosharraf Hossain
Mir Mosharraf Hossain ( bn, মীর মশাররফ হোসেন; 1847–1912) was a Bengali writer, novelist, playwright and essayist. He is considered to be the first major writer to emerge from the Muslim society of Bengal, and one of the finest prose writers in the Bengali language. His magnum opus '' Bishad Sindhu'' (Ocean of Sorrow) is a popular classic among the Bengali readership. Early life Mir Mosharraf Hossain was born in the village of Lahinipara in Kumarkhali Thana under Kushtia District. He spent most of his life at his ancestral Padamdi Nawab Estate in Baliakandi in erstwhile district of Faridpur (now part of Rajbari District). His widely accepted date of birth is 13 November 1847. But some researchers also claim his date of birth is 26 October 1847. His father was Nawab Syed Mir Moazzem Hossain, a Muslim aristocrat and the Zamindar of the Padamdi Nawab Estate. His mother was called Daulatunnesa Begum. Mosharraf Hossain learned Arabic and Persian with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1859 Births
Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final unification takes place on December 1, 1918; Transylvania and other regions are still missing at that time). * January 28 – The city of Olympia is incorporated in the Washington Territory of the United States of America. * February 2 – Miguel Miramón (1832–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * February 4 – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the ''Codex Sinaiticus'', a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt. * February 14 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. * February 12 – The Mekteb-i Mülkiye School is founded in the Ottoman Empire. * February 17 – French naval forces under Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Deaths
This year is noted for the end of the World War I, First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui people, Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
