Khondakar Abdul Hamid (1 March 1918 – 22 October 1983) was a Bangladeshi journalist and politician. He was awarded Ekushey Padak for journalism in 1977 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Early life and education

Hamid was born in Kasba village in

Sherpur District Sherpur district ( bn, শেরপুর জেলা, ''Sherpur Jela'' also ''Sherpur Zila'') is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Mymensingh Division. Sherpur district was a sub-division of Jamalpur District before 1984. It was ...

to Khondakar Abdul Latif, a commissioner of Sherpur Municipality and Begum Amirunnesa. Hamid passed matriculation examination in 1935 from Govindapur Peace Memorial High School and IA examination from

Ananda Mohan College Government Ananda Mohan College is a higher secondary school and National University, Bangladesh affiliated college in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. One of the oldest educational premises in South Asia, the institute was established in 1883 by Anand ...

in 1937. Then he graduated from Calcutta University in 1940.

Career

Hamid was assistant editor of the Daily Ittehad of Calcutta during 1946-1948 and Chairman of the Board of Editors of the '' Daily Millat'' during 1953–1956. He actively joined politics at the time of 'Jukta Front'and became the Member of the Provincial Assembly in 1954 and 1965. He served as the Secretary of the Parliamentary Party in the then East Pakistan Assembly from 1956 to 1958. He was imprisoned during the rule of General Iskander Mirza under article 92-A in 1954. He served as the editor of the ''

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'' in 1969. He later joined '' The Daily Ittefaq'' as senior lead writer in 1973. He became an admired columnist for his writings as 'Spashtabhashi' in 'Daily Ittefaq's post-editorial 'Manche Nepathye'. He was later appointed as the chairman of the board of editors of '' Dainik Desh'' in 1982.

References

1918 births 1983 deaths People from Sherpur District University of Calcutta alumni Bangladeshi journalists Recipients of the Ekushey Padak 20th-century journalists Indian journalists Pakistani journalists {{Bangladesh-bio-stub