Muhammad Nurul Haque was a Bangladeshi cultural activist, social worker, and a writer.
Career
Haque started his own magazine, ''Abhizan'', while still studying at Sylhet Government Aliya Madrasah. He was the founding Secretary of
Sylhet Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad. He edited Al-Islah, the official magazine of Sylhet Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad, for 48 years. He was a Muslim Nationalist who support the
Pakistan Movement
The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the pe ...
. He organized the July
1947 Sylhet referendum that decided whether Sylhet would join the future state of Pakistan or India. He support the
Bengali Language Movement and wrote in favor of making Bengali the State language of Pakistan. On 19 August 1963, he was awarded the
Tamgha-i-Khidmat
Tamgha-i-Khidmat or Tamgha-e-Khidmat ( ur, تمغہِ خدمت, literally "medal of services") is a Civilian and military award of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In Pakistan Army, it is applicable to junior commissioned officers, in addition to ...
by the Government of Pakistan. In 1971, he support the Independence of Bangladesh following the outbreak of Bangladesh Liberation war and denounced his Tamgha-i-Khidmat award. Jatiya Grantha Kendra awarded him a gold medal for his contribution to Bengali literature. In 1986, he was given a
Bangla Academy
The Bangla Academy ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি, ) is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to d ...
fellowship.
Bibliography
*Sangbad-patra Sebai Sylheter Musalman (1969)
*Shesh Nabir Bani (1970)
*Alok Stambha (1980)
*Bigata yuger Adasha (1981)
*Hazrat Shaykh Jalal Mujarrader Shishygan (1982)
Death
Haque died on 2 September 1987.
References
External links
Obituaryat the ''Daily Star''
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Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Bangladeshi journalists
20th-century Bangladeshi writers
People from Bishwanath Upazila
Pakistan Movement activists from Bengal
20th-century journalists