Mohammad Sultan
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Mohammad Sultan (24 December 1926 – 31 December 1983) was a Bangladeshi
Bengali Language Movement
.
Early life
He was born at Panchagarh on 24 December 1926. He was the son of Shomsher Ali and Gulzannessa. He passed entrance examination from Jessore Zilla School. He received his Honors from Rajshahi College in and finished his master's degree in political science in 1953 from the University of Dhaka.
Political career
Mohammad Sultan was inspired by Quit India movement in his youth and joined in Pakistan Movement in 1946. In 1948, he helped to organize the Language Movement in
Maulana Bhasani. Later he started publishing political literature with M.R.Akhtar Mukul. He also published the famous collection on Bengali Language Movement "Ekushey February" on 1953. Muslim League run government eventually banned the collection. Mohammad Sultan had to suffer a considerable period of his life in jail. In 1954, he was arrested and kept imprisoned for about a year. After the beginning of Martial law in Pakistan in 1958, Sultan was again arrested and served in jail for four years without any specific trial. He was a lifetime member of Bangla Academy and vice-chairman of Bangladesh Book Publishers Committee.[1]
Road Number 3 in
Dhanmondi
is named after him.
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References
Further reading
- প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব [Famous personalities]. Panchagarh District (in Bengali).
- ভাষা সৈনিক সুলতান আজও অবহেলিত. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 20 February 2014.
- ঢাবিতে প্রথম কালো পতাকা তোলেন সুলতান. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 21 February 2016.
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