Shariatpur(শরীয়তপুর জেলা)

azila, Gosairhat Upazila, Shakhipur Upazila, Naria Upazila, Shariatpur Sadar Upazila and Zanjira Upazila. Boundary: Shariatpur District is bounded by Munshiganj District on the north , Barisal District on the south, Chandpur District on the east, Madaripur District on the west. Area: 1181.53 km². Population: 1,082,300. Among them 543,838 are men and 538,462 women. The gender ratio is 101:100. Religion: Muslim 95.54%, Hindu 4.30% and others 0.16%. Literacy rate: 38.9%. Weather:.Annual average temperature of Shariatpur district is highest 35.8°C and lowest 12.6°C. Annual rainfall is 2105 mm. Transportation system: Main mode of transportation is bus. Communication is by roads and waterways. Major rivers: The Padma, Meghna, Kirtinasha, Palong, Jayanti and Dharmaganj. Major crops: Paddy, Jute, Peanut, Wheat, Sugar cane, chili, battle leaf, Oilseed, Pulse, Turmeric, Onion, Garlic and Coriander. Major fruits: Mango, Jack fruit, Blackberry, Banana and Wood apple. Main occupations: Agriculture 46.53%, agricultural labourer 23.22%, commerce 9.55%, service 4.95% etc. Main exports: Jute, onion, garlic and tomato etc. Newspaper: Daily Hunker, Weekly Mukta Kantha, Weekly Shetu and Weekly Saptapalli Samachar; extinct: Chikundi Barta, Shariatpur Barta, Rudra Kantha, Jabanbondi. Mark of the War of Liberation:
There are 2 Mass graves in Mahisha and 'Digambari' Mayerr Bari) which are the marks of brutality of Pakistani army during 1971. Major educational institutions:
There is a private medical college in Shariatpur. Beside these there are 3 government college, 16 non-government college, 2 government high school, 90 non-government high school and many other government nongovernment primary schools, high schools and madrasas. Char Atra High School, Bijhari Upashi Tara Prasanna High School, Charkumaria Islamia Alim Madrasah(Est: 1930) are some of the notable institutions. History of Shariatpur:
Shariatpur was named after the name of Haji Shariatullah (1781–1840), founder of the Faraizi Movement and an remarkable Islamic and social reformer during British Raj. Earlier the district was known as Palong thana under Madaripur sub-division and then it was converted to Shariatpur Sub-division. After that Shariatpur was upgraded to district on 1 March 1984. Places of interest:
• Burirhat Mosque
• Fatehjongpur Fort
• South Baluchara Mosque
• Bilaskhan Mosque (Mughal period)
• Kedarbari at Kedarpur
• Haturia and Kartikpur zamindarbaris
• Mohishar dighi ( large pond)
• Moth (temple) at Rudrakar
• Rathindra Kanto Ghatak Chowdhury's House at South Baluchara.
• Sureswar Darbar Sharif
• M.A. Raza collage
• Cricuit House
• Bhedargonj upzala chottor.
• Padam River's Char,Char Atra. Shariatpur Town:
Shariatpur town is a small peaceful town . It is a municipal town which consists of 9 wards and 26 mahallas with an area of 25.5 sq km. The Municipality was established in 1990. Shariatpur town has a population of 42154 where male are 51.55%, female 48.45%. The density of population is 1653 per sq km. Highlighted Person:

Author:
1.Abu Ishaque: Abu Ishaque (আবু ইসহাক), (1926-2003) was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author and a famous novelist


Politicians:
Abdur Razzaq, Member of Parliament Shariatpur-3 (2008, 2001, 1996,1991) and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Water Resources Ministry, former Minister.
* B. Muzammel Haque, Member of Parliament, Shariatpur-1 (2008).Organising secretary-Bangladesh Awami Legue
* Col. Showkat Ali (retd), Deputy Speaker of Jatiyo Sangshad, Member of Parliament, Shariatpur-2 (2008, 2001, 1996, 1991).
* Dewan Jasimuddin, Politician, First Upazilla Chairman of [[Gosairhat] Upazila].
* Dr. Kamaluddin Ahmed, politician, founder of "Sasthaya Kallayan Sanstha" (a NGO working in rural health sector).
* K. Hemayet Ullah Aworanga former Member of Parliament, Shariatpur-1 (2001, 1991),
*Md. Shafiqur Rahman Kiron former Member of Parliament, Shariatpur-3(1996).[
* Siraj Sikder (1944-1975), revolutionary politician, was from Bhedarganj Thana. During the Bangladesh Liberation.
“Where is Siraj Sikder” raising his finger skywards.[5]
* Sirajuddin Ahmed (Late), Muslim League leader of East Pakistan , from Gosairhat, Shariatpur.
* T. Giasuddin Ahmed, Former State Minister from Naria Upazila, Shariatpur. Saints:

* Hazrat Jan Sharif Seha Sureshar Kibla Kaba (R), (death 1326 B.S.). Full name was Hazrat Maulana Seha Sufi Syed Ahmed Ali, a Muslim saint, Pir and founder of "Sureshwar Darbar Shorif" at Naria Upazila. He was supported by spiritual guidance of Prophet Mohammad (S) and saint according to Oaisia Tarika. He is very respectful to all section of people. His dissidents are Hazrat Moulana Nur Saha (R:) (died 1361 (B.S.), Hazrat Saha Sufi Jalal Nuri (R:) (died 1406 (B.S.) , present Pir Sah Sufi Syed Alam Nuri (R:) (born 1963 A.D). Uras sharif of Suriswari darbar is held from Magh 19 to 21 each year and attended by devotees from different parts of the country. [1]
* Haji Shariatullah (1781–1840) was an eminent Islamic reformer of Bangladesh. He is known for founding Faraizi movement during British Raj. Shariatpur District was named after him. Freedom Fighters:

* B. Abdul Khaleque, (died in 2003), former chairman of Idilpur Union, Gosairhat



Bureaucrats:

* Abdul Gani Sarder (Late), Civil servant.
* Abdul Haque Faridi (1903-1996), educationist and writer, was born at Naria. He was Director General of the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh in 1977 and initiated the compilation of eighteen volumes Islami Bishwakosh (Encyclopedia of Islam).
* Alhaj Mohammad Shamsul Alam, a Civil servant is famed for huge infrastructural development in Gosairhat during last decade. 200 miles metallic roads and bridges were made including road connection with capital city, extended hospital facilities, new telephone exchange, development of bazaars and embankments and orphanage, constructed many school buildings, installed hundreds of deep tube wells for purified water and expansion of rural electrification in his initiative. He is well known for consecutive 15 years private secretarial job with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. He is from in Gosairhat Upazila of Shariatpur.
* K. Roy Chowdhury (Late), deputy secretary of East Pakistan Government.
* M Azizul Haq, former Adviser of Care Taker Government (2006), former IGP. [2]


Others:
*Atulprasad Sen (20 October 1871 – 26 August 1934) was a Bengali composer, lyricist and singer.বহুমুখি প্রতিভা: অতুল প্রসাদ সেন(Naria-Shariatpur)
* Begum Azufa Khatun, a Ratnagarva Ma awardee.
* Dr. Jogesh Chandra Ghosh (Late), founder of Sadhana Aushadhalaya in 1914, Dhaka and Kolkata, Ayurvedic Medicine Industry.
* Dr. Md. Yousuf Ali (1927-1983), Physician and Educationalist.
* Prof. Nazrul Islam : Chairman, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh
* Shamim Sikder : Sculptor
* Dr. Alamgir Moti: Modern Herbal Group, Chairman and Managing Director

* Poll Giti Singer Abdul Halim, Nawduba,Jajira-Shariatpur

* Daliluddin Boyati (Dholu Boyati) Former Chairman of Bangladesh Baul Somiti. B.K Nagar, Jajira-Shariatpur

*Dr. Moslem Uddin Khan(1 Nov. 1930 - 18 July 2006) Innovator of Orsaline

*Musleh Uddin Ahmed ,(Deputy Secretary (Retired)
President: Jajira Upazila Durniti Protirodh Committee,Founde President: Jajira Foundation, Managing Director: Ananda Multimedia International School- Khulna

*professors M Nurul Islam (vice-chancellor, Maulana Vasani University of Science and Technology) Village: Jajira

*DMP Commissioner AKM Shahidul Huq

Favorite Quotations

Members of Parliament
• Shariatpur-1: B M Muzammel Haque (2008),
K. Hemayet Ullah Aworanga (2001, 1991), Master Mujibur Rahamn 1996 Sarder A.K.M. Nasiruddin Kalu (1988).
• Shariatpur-2: AFM Nurul Haq Hawlader (1973)(Killed by unknown killer), Shawkat Ali (2008, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1979).[4]
• Shariatpur-3: Abdur Razzaq (2008, 2001, 1996,1991), Md. Shafiqur Rahman Kiron ( ).
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1.Abu Ishaque:
Abu Ishaque (আবু ইসহাক), (1926-2003) was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author and a famous novelist. Life Abu Ishaque |} was born in the village Shirmangol of Naria in Shariatpur District on 1 November 1926. His first story, ‘Abhishap’, was published in 1940, in the Nabajug edited by the activist Kazi Nazrul Islam. He passed his matriculation with scholarship in 1942. His first big literary effort, Surja-Dighal Bari, which he finished writing in August 1948, waited some seven years for a publisher. Graduating from Karachi University in 1960, he served in many important posts in the country as well as in diplomatic positions in the high commission offices of Bangladesh. In the year 1984 he retired from the government service. Works Ishaque is often categorized with those who wrote the least and showed the best. Three novels - one of which is a detective novel, two collections of short stories and the voluminous Samokalin Bangla Bhashar Obhidhan (first two parts of it have already been published from the Bangla Academy and the rest [how many?] are being prepared). As literature celebrates only quality, not quantity, he comes forth as a major novelist in contemporary literature with the publication of Surya-Dighal Bari (A Cursed House) written at the age of only twenty one and till now its mighty presence is felt by readers of Bangla fiction. Novels Surja-Dighal Bari (A Cursed House 1955) Padmar Palidwip (Alluvial Island of the Padma, 1986) Jaal (Counterfeit, 1988) Short Stories Jook MahaPatanga (Large Insect) Haarem Awards Bangla Academy Award (1963) Ekushey Padak (1997) Independence Day Award (2004)


Hon’ble Deputy Speaker
Shawkat Ali, MP:
Shawkat Ali was born on 27 January 1937 in the village LONSINGH under
Naria upazila of Shariatpur district. His father’s name is Munshi Mobarak
Ali and mother’s name is Maleka Begum. Shawkat Ali passed his matriculation examination from Khepupara High
School of Patuakhali district in 1953 under East Bengal Secondary
Education Board and was placed in the first division. He passed his
Intermediate Commerce and Bachelor of Commerce examinations from
Shaheed Shurawardy College under Dhaka University. He obtained his
LLB degree from Comilla Law College under Dhaka University. Shawkat Ali had been commissioned in Pakistan Army on 24.01.59 in the
Corps of Ordnance and was an Instructor in Ordnance School, Malir
Cantonment. He was compulsorily retired from Pakistan Army in 1969
consequent upon his being prosecuted (Accused No 26) in the historic
case titled State vs Sheikh Mujibur and others, which is generally known
as Agartala Conspiracy Case. He actively participated in the war of
liberation in 1971. He was again compulsorily retired form the Army in
1975 following the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by the
enemies of Bangladesh. At the time of his retirement, he was the Director
of Ordnance Services of Bangladesh Army. Shawkat Ali was elected Member of the second Parliament in 1979 and
was a member of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Relief and
Rehabilitation. He was again elected Member of the fifth Parliament in
1991. In the fifth Parliament he was a member of the Standing Committee
on Ministry of Defence and the Petition Committee. He was elected
Member of the seventh Parliament in 1996 in which he was Chairman of
the Standing Committee on Ministry of Shipping as well as Chairman of the
Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions. He was also a
member of the Petition Committee and Public Accounts Committee and
member of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Defence. He was again
elected Member of the eighth Parliament in 2001 in which he was a
member of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Defence and a member
of the Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions and also
Public Accounts Committee. Shawkat Ali founded a good number of Primary and Secondary Schools
and Colleges in Naria Upazila of Shariatpur district. He had been President
and Member of the Governing Body/Managing Committee of many
Colleges and High Schools including Bangabandhu College in Mirpur,
Dhaka. He paid official visit to India, UK and Yugoslavia during his service
in the Army. As a member of the Parliamentary delegation he visited
different countries including Australia, UK, Sweden, USA, India South
Korea and attended a number of Parliamentary meetings, seminars and
conferences. He paid private visits to Italy, Australia, UK, Singapore,
Malaysia and India. In the general elections held on 29 December 2008, Shawkat Ali was
again elected Member of the ninth Parliament and on 25 January 2009 he
was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament. Shawkat Ali is married and father of two sons and a daughter. His hobby is
politics, reading books, writing, listening to music and watching sports. He
has authored two books titled “Karagarer Diary” in Bangla and “Armed
Quest for Independence” in English written on Agartala Case. Abdur Razzaq:

MP Abdur Razzaq (Bengali: মো: আ: রাজ্জাক) (born August 1, 1942) is a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Awami League Advisory Council. At present he is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for the Water Resources Ministry.[1] He was the Minister for Water Resources of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 [2] during Bangladesh Awami League government under Sheikh Hasina's cabinet. Contents:

Contribution in Liberation War 1971

Razzaq was the sector commander of Meghaloy (on of four sector commanders of Mujib Bahini) during the Liberation War of Bangladesh 1971. He was also an organizer and trainer of Mujib Bahini and was trained in Dehradun by General Uban of the Indian Army. Mujib Bahini or Bangladesh Liberation Force (BLF) was formed to oppose the Pakistani armed forces. Political career

Abdur Razzaq started his political career in student life being elected as the Secretary of Fazlul Haq Hall Students Union, Dhaka University in 1963. A versatile charismatic leader with dynamic organizing capacity Razzaq emerged as a popular parliamentarian, and took over the responsibilities of different ministries of Government of Bangladesh. He was the member of the Provincial Assembly in 1970 and elected member of the parliament of the independent Bangladesh in 1973, 1991, 1996, 2001[3] and 2008. In 9th parliamentary election Razzaq was elected member of Parliament from Shariatpur-3 (Bhedarganj-Damudya-Gosairhat) constituency getting 102,925 votes while his nearest rival K M Hemayet Ullah Awrangajeb of BNP got 52,672 votes[4]. Chronology of

Razzaq's political career:

• 1959-1960: Student union executive member.

• 1960-1962: Central Member of East Pakistan Students League.

• 1962-1963: Unopposed Assistant General Secretary of Fazlul Huq Hall (University of Dhaka).

• 1963-1965: Assistant Joint Secretary (AGS) of Bangladesh Chhatra League and also the elected General Secretary of Fazlul Huq Hall Students Union.

• 1965-1967: General Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League for two terms.

• 1969-1972: Chief of Awami Volunteer Core.

• 1972-1975: Organizing Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.

• 1975-1978: Secretary of BAKSAL.

• 1978-1981: Secretary General of Bangladesh Awami League.

• 1983-1991: General Secretary of BAKSAL.

• 1991-2008: Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League.

• 2008-2009: Member of Advisory council of Bangladesh Awami League. Imprisonment:

Razzaq was arrested many times and jailed as a political prisoner. The first time he was sent to jail was during 1964-65 by Ayub Khan Government where he appeared his masters examination. Later he was imprisoned from 1967 to 1969 for participating in the 6 Point Movement. After the Liberation War '71, during the Military Coup and the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 to 1978; Razzaq was yet again arrested along with several other followers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman yet again. During Ershad regime he was also imprisoned in 1987. Achievements

* Struggle for establishment of Six point movement during Pakistani regime.
* One of the leading organizers of liberation war and participating liberation war.
* As a minister of water resource 1996-2001, signing of Sharing of Ganges Waters Treaty between Bangladesh & India[5].
* Led a 10-member parliamentary team's fact-finding mission on Tipaimukh Dam project and visited India during July-August 2009. On return from India Razzaq presented a report to the parliament where he said that the Indian ministers had assured them that they would not implement any project to harm Bangladesh.[6]
* He has contributed much for development of Shariatpur and he is the most popular leader there. To establish the dream of Bangabandhu in Bangladesh and make Bangladesh free from terrorism and corruption. Early Life and Education

Razzaq was born in a middle class business family of South Damudya village under Damudya Upazila of Shariatpur District in the province of Bengal (Now Bangladesh) to father Alhaj Imamuddin and mother Begum Akfatun Nesa. His childhood dream was to develop his village into an ideal village where everyone would prosper and be solvent. He passed his Secondary School Certificate examination from Damudya Muslim High School in 1958 and Higher School Certificate examination from Dhaka College in 1960, he then enrolled onto University of Dhaka and passed the B.A. (Honors) in Political sciences and in 1964 he enrolled and passed the M.A. (Postgraduate) in Political Science. Later he passed LLB and enrolled as a lawyer in 1973. Razzaq is married to Farida Razzaq and is father to two; Nahim Razzaq and Fahim Razzaq. Siraj Sikder:(Discussed & Censured)

Sikder, Siraj (1944-1975) revolutionary politician. Siraj Sikder was born on 27 September 1944 at Bhedarganj in Shariatpur district. He passed the matriculation examination from Barisal Zila School in 1959, I.Sc from Barisal Braja Mohan College in 1961, and obtained Engineering degree from the Dhaka Engineering University in 1967. He associated himself with student politics as an activist of East Pakistan Student Union. He was elected vice president of the central committee of Student Union (Menon group) in 1967. He took a job in the C & B Department of the government in 1967, but within three months left the job to join a private company named Engineering Limited in Teknaf. In late 1968, Siraj Sikder resigned from the service of the company, and established the Mao Tse Tung Research Centre in Dhaka. But soon the research centre was closed down by the Pakistan government. In February 1970, Siraj Sikder joined the Technical Training College in Dhaka as a Lecturer. During the war of liberation in 1971, Siraj Sikder made a plan to establish 'Sarbahara' (have-nots) cells in the rural areas of East Bengal. He formed a cadre force styled as Purba Banglar Sashastra Dheshapremik Bahini (The Armed Patriotic Force of East Bengal) on 30 April 1971 at Swarupkathi in Barisal district. On 3 June 1971, he floated a political party named Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party as a political platform of the deprived classes. During the War of Liberation the armed cadres of his party launched many attacks on the Pakistan army positions. After the emergence of Bangladesh, the first congress of the Sarbahara Party was held on 14 January 1972, and Siraj Sikder was elected president of the party. In April 1973, Purba Banglar Jatiya Mukti Front (National Liberation Front of East Bengal) was formed consisting of eleven people's organisations with Siraj Sikder as president. Thereafter he launched armed struggle against the government in different parts of the country with an object of establishing the supremacy and rule of the have-nots (sarbahara). With the promulgation of emergency in the country in 1974 Siraj Sikder went underground. In 1975, he was arrested at Hali Shahr in Chittagong by the intelligence force of the government, and was escorted to Dhaka by air. He was killed on 2 January 1975 by police firing on his way from Dhaka airport to the raksi bahini camp at Savar. Now at present Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party reorganized by the name of Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party ( MBRM )

Shamim Sikder:
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Shamim Sikder is at present a professor at the department of sculpture and modeling at Dhaka University. Her particulars are given below:
Date, Place of Birth : October 22, 1952, Faridpur ( Present Shariatpur), Bangladesh. Family Details : Husband Mr. Zakaria Chowdury, Profession-Poet, They have two kids – Sweety, Shanti . Education : Participated in a three-year course on sculpture (conducted Mr. Siviski, a famous French sculptor), at the Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA, from1965-1967), Dhaka, and obtained a certificate of competence from the Sir John Cass School of Art, London, in 1976; worked with Mr. lee Duli, a famous Chinese sculptor, for one year in China, 1990. Tour : U.K., Italy, China, India, Singapur and Thailand. Profession : Teacher (started as a Teacher in 1980, became an Assistant Professor in 1986, Associate Professor in 1993 and a Professor In 1999) at the institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University. Exhibitions : Solo Shows: At the Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka, 1975. The Commonwealth Institute, London, 1976, Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka 1982, Shilpakala Academy (Academy of Fine Arts), 1982 and many other shows organized by commercial galleries. Group Shows:
Contemporary Art of Bangladesh, Shilpakala Academy (Academy of Fine Arts), Dhaka 1976, Asian Arts, Dhaka, 1981 and 1982. Tenth National Art Show, Dhaka, 1992 Asian Festival, India, 1992, painting show (on the occasion of the International year of Women), Dhaka, 1992. Sixth Biennial Asian Art Show, Dhaka, 1993, Sculptor Show, Alliance Franchise, 1993. Women in Bangladesh Show (of works by female artists) at the German Cultural Centre, Dhaka in 1993; Bangladesh. Festival of Art, India, 1994. Eleventh National Fine Arts Show, Dhaka, 1994. Twelfth National Art Show, Dhaka, 1997. Golden jubilee Shoe of the Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka, 1990. Asian Exhibition held at Shilpakala Academy, 1999. Exhibition held at Shaju Art gallery in 2000. Art Exhibition International Women’s Day – 2000, held at Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University. Major Works : A bust of the Father of the Nation at the Dhaka Central Jail Museum in 1974, Swoparjita Swadhinata at the T.S.C, Dhaka University in 1988, Swami Vivekananda at the Dhaka University (Jagannath Hall) in 1994, Swadhinatar Sangram, (Struggle for Liberation) and Sculpture’s of the famous persons in the Sculpture Park on the Dhaka University Campus in 2000 and the bust of the father of the nation exhibition in the National Sculptural Gallery at 41 Eskaton Garden, Elephant road, Dhaka- 1000 Et other sculptures of celebrated persons of the world. Struggling Forces Situated at the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in 1982, A Sweet Dreamer, situated at the Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University in 1983, A bird of Hopes and Aspirations situated at the Charity Hospital of Mother Teresa, Firm Gate, Dhaka in 1994, Virgo situated at the National Guest House (Padma) of the Government People’s Republic of Bangladesh in 1982, Need of the Going World and a lot of sculpture situated at Anwar Pasha, Dhaka University and what not. Medium : Cement, Bronze, Wood, Plaster of Paris, clay, paper, steel and glass fiber. Special Activities : Painting, Judo, Karate, Shooting,Gardening and Driving. Interest : Poetry, Music and Drama. Honour : Institute of Fine Arts Awards 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974; Silver Jubilee Award of Institute of Fine Arts, 1973; and Prime Minister’s Award for Sculpture in 1974. National Language martyr’s Award “Ekushey Padak” for the year of 2000. Dr. Alamgir Moti:

(CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR
MODERN HERBAL GROUP OF COMPANIES)
Name : Dr. Alamgir Mati , Neuro (China), M.D (India), B.H.M.S (D.U),
Father’s name : Late Moulvi. Golam Mostofa
Mother’s name : Mohtarama Rahima Khatun
Mailing Address : Modern Herbal Food Ltd. 383/1, Rhine Razzak Plaza (3rd & 4th floor);
2- Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Moghbazar crossing,
Moghbazar, Dhaka-1217. Phone : Office: 9357052, 9357693, 9348020, 0191386617, Fax: 88-02-8362871. E-mail address : [email protected]
Web site : www.modernherbal.org
Present Address : Navana Garden, A-5-6th floor, 115, Boro Moghbazar, Dhaka 1217. Permanent Address : Vill: Kolukati, Post: Mulfotganj, P.S: Naria, Dist: Shariatpur, Bangladesh. Date of Birth & place: 1st January 1951, Shariatpur. Marital status : Married. Son & Daughter : 1 son & 3 daughters
Nationality : Bangladeshi
Religion : Islam
Height & Weight : 5’-8”, 70 Kg
Blood group : O (+ve)

Atulprasad Sen:
Atulprasad Sen (20 October 1871 – 26 August 1934) was a Bengali composer, lyricist and singer [1][2]. He is principally remembered as a musician and composer. His songs centred around three broad subjects- patriotism, devotion and love. The sufferings he experienced in his life found their ways into his lyrics; and this has made his songs full of pathos. Atulprasad is credited with introducing the Thumri style in Bengali music.[1] He also pioneered Ghazal's in Bengali, composing about 6 or 7 ghazals.[2]
Early life
Atulprasad Sen's family hailed from the village Magor in South Bikrampur, Faridpur. He was born in his maternal uncle's house in Dhaka (as was the custom at that time). His father died when he was a toddler. Atulprasad was raised by his maternal grandfather Kalinarayan Gupta, who initiated him in music and devotional songs.[1]
In 1890, Atulprasad passed the Entrance examination. Next, he studied at Presidency College in Kolkata, and then went to London to study law. After successfully becoming a lawyer, he returned to Bengal, and opened up a law practice in Rangpur and Kolkata. Later he moved to Lucknow, where he became the president of the Oudh Bar Association and the Oudh Bar Council.[1]


Pulin Behari Das:

Born :24 January 1877
Faridpur, Bengal, British India
Died : 17 August 1949 (aged 72)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Ethnicity: Bengali Hindu
Occupation: Revolutionary
Religion: Hinduism
Parents: Naba Kumar Das

Pulin Behari Das (Bengali: পুলীনবিহারী দাশ) (24 January 1877 - 17 August 1949) was an Bengali revolutionary from British India and the founder-president of the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti. Contents
• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Later life
• 4 Legacy
• 5 References

Early life

Pulin came from a middle class Bengali Hindu family. Though they held landed property they were mostly service holders. His father was an advocate at the sub-divisional court in Madaripur. One of his uncles was a Deputy Magistrate while another was munsif. Pulin was born to Naba Kumar Das in the village of Lonesingh, in the district of Faridpur in the year 1877.[1]
Pulin passed the Entrance examination from Faridpur Zilla School in 1894. He attended the Dhaka College and became the laboratory assistant and demonstrator while still a student at the college. From his childhood Pulin was attracted to physical culture. He was a very good lathial. Inspired by the success of Sarala Devi's akhada in Kolkata, he opened an akhara at Tikatuli in 1903.[1] In 1905, he trained in fencing and lathikhela under Murtaza, the famous lathial. Career
In September, 1906, Bipin Chandra Pal and Pramatha Nath Mitra took a tour of the newly created province of Eastern Bengal and Assam.[2] The latter, while delivering his speech, asked them to come forward who were willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and Pulin had stepped forward.[2] Subsequently he was nominated to organize the Dhaka chapter of the Anushilan Samiti. In October,[3] Pulin founded the Dhaka chapter with 80 young men. Pulin was a remarkable organizer and the Samiti soon had over 500 branches in the province. Pulin founded the National School in Dhaka. It was basically built as a training ground for raising a revolutionary force. In the beginning the students were trained with lathis and wooden swords. Afterwards they were groomed with daggers and finally with pistols and revolvers. Pulin masterminded the plot to eliminate Basil Copleston Allen, the erstwhile District Magistrate of Dhaka. On 23rd December, 1907, when Mr. Allen was on his way back to England, he was shot through his body at the Goalundo railway station but he narrowly escaped with his life.[4] A few days after the incident a gang of around 400 Muslim rioters attacked Pulin at his residence chanting anti-Hindu slogans. He staved off the rioters bravely with barely a handful of his associates. In early 1908, Pulin organized the sensational Barrah Dacoity. The audacious dacoity was committed in broad daylight by a group of revolutionaries at the residence of the zamindar of Barrah, under the Nawabganj police station in the district of Dhaka. The fund was used for buying arms and ammunitions. In 1908 he was arrested along with Bhupesh Chandra Nag, Shyam Sundar Chakravarti, Krishna Kumar Mitra, Subodh Mallick and Ashwini Dutta and interred in Montgomery jail. After his release from jail in 1910, he began to rejuvenate the revolutionary activities. Around this time the Dhaka group began to operate independently of the Kolkata group. After the demise of Pramatha Nath Mitra, the two bodies separated. Cellular Jail, where he was imprisoned between 1912-1918
In July, 1910, Pulin was arrested again along with 46 other revolutionaries on charges of sedition. Later another 44 revolutionaries were arrested. This came to be known as the Dhaka Conspiracy Case. After the trail Pulin was awarded life long imprisonment. He was transferred to the Cellular Jail where he found himself in the company of revolutionaries like Hem Chandra Das, Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Vinayak Savarkar. After the war Pulin's term was reduced and he was released from jail in 1918 but kept in house arrest for another year. In 1919, when he was totally released, he once again tried to revive the activities of the Samiti. The organization had been banned and its members were scattered here and there, and there was only a lukewarm response. At the Nagpur Congress and later at Kolkata, the majority of the surviving revolutionaries accepted in principle the leadership of Mohandas Gandhi and decided to support the Non-Cooperation Movement. Pulin, however, remained a steadfast and declined to comprise with ideals and refused to accept the leadership of Mohandas Gandhi. As the Samiti was then a banned outfit, he founded the Bharat Sevak Sangh in 1920 to carry on the revolutionary activities. Under the patronage of barrister S.R.Das he publishes two periodicals Hak Katha and Swaraj through which he began to spread the revolutionary ideas. He began to criticize the Congress policy of non-violence. The Samiti continued to exist in secrecy, however, his differences with the Samiti began to surface. He severed all his links with the Samiti, dissolved Bharat Sevak Sangha and retired from active politics in 1922. In 1928, he founded the Bangiya Byayam Samiti, at Mechhuabazar in Kolkata. It was an institute of physical culture and effectively an akhada where he began to train young men in stick wielding, swordplay and wrestling. Later life
He came under the influence of a yogi and the feeling of non-attachment grew in him. He never married or settled down. Instead, he retired to the life of a hermit at a tiny cottage near Bagmari. At that time Swami Satyananda Giri and his friends used to frequent his place and hold satsangs at a nearby cottage.[5]
Legacy
The University of Calcutta has a Special Endowment Medal named after him, called the Pulin Bihari Das Smriti Padak. Great Sufi Saint Hazrat Jan Sharif Shah Sureswari (R.A):
Great Sufi Saint Hazrat Jan Sharif Shah Sureswari (R.A) (1856-1919 A.D.) was a Muslim saint and Pir from Bangladesh , founder of Darbare Awlia Sureswar Daira Sharif. He was spiritually guided in the Marifat Tariqah of Prophet Mohammad (S) and saint according to Oaisia Tarika. He was named SHAH AHMAD ALI by his Pir. His titles were Shamsul Ulama Allama Sufi saint, Malaulala, Hadi-E-Zaman, Kutibul Ershad, Mahbub-E-Sobhani, Kutub-E-Rabbani, Mahbub-E-Samdani, Pir-E-Makammel Sureswari. He was very respectful to all section of people. Education
He had is basic education from his mother Hazrat Hafeja Syeda Nur Jahan Khatune Jannat (R.A.). At the age of nine he was send to Kolkata and enrolled to Calcutta Alia Madrasah. As a meritorious student he stood first in all classes and completed his graduation from there. Then he served as head mawlana of Aliah University for 20 years. Spiritual Life
Shah belongs to a spiritual family and his parents were mystic sufi. His father Syed Muhammad Meherullah (R.A) became popular after distributing all their 9900 acres farmland to the peasants. In his early age he took Bay'at (Path of Allegiance) to Hazrat Sufi Saint Syed Fateh Ali Waisi (R.A), a descendent of Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) and become his spiritual disciple when he was a student of Calcutta Alia Madrasa. In course of time he became one of the leading Viceroys of Hazrat Fateh Ali Waisi (R.A), and was authorized to preach Islam, and make disciples in seven Tariqahs named Quadiria, Chistia, Nakshabandia, Mujaddedia, Suheawardia, Masumia & Waisia descending from the Prophet of Islam. He established a Dayera Sharif (place of assemble) in his village under Naria Upazila of Shariatpur District on the bank of Padma. As he preached the virtue of Sur for attaining divinity and people called him SURESWARI (Lord of the Tune). Then his village was called as SURESWAR. Urs sharif of Sureswar Darbar Sharif is held from Magh 19 to 21 each year and attended by a large number of devotees from different parts of the country. Social and religious reforms
Hazrat Jan Shah devoted himself for preaching of Islam and traveled different parts of Bengal for this. He founded many Masjid, Dayra Sharif, Rawja Sharif of his Pir, Madrasah, Musafirkhana, Longarkhana (destitute feeding center). He started a movement for saying Jumu'ah salat of Muslim in Bengal when a group were preaching that no Jumu'ah should be performed as the country was under a Non-muslim ruler. For Jumu'ah prayer Hazrat Sureswari founded many Jame Masjid in different areas of Bengal. Literary Works
He authored several spiritual books including:
1. Sirr-e-Haq-Jam-e-Nure
2. Nur-e-Haq-Ganj-e-Nur
3. Safina-e-Safar
4. Lataef-e-Safia
5. Matla-ul-Uloom
6. Qaul-ul-Keram
7. Shar-e-Sadar
8. Ainain
9. Madinah Kalki Oboter Safina
Life
Hazrat Sharif Shah was a descendant of the Prophet Mohammad (SAWS) through chain of blood relationship to Hazrat Fatimah (R.A), the daughter of Mohammad (SAWS). His forefathers migrated to the Indian Sub-continent from Hajaj in the 16th century. He was born on November 18, 1856 i.e. Ogrohayon 2, 1263 B.S. and died on Ogrohayon 2, 1326 B.S. He was buried at Sureswar Darbar Sharif. After his death his dissidents were Hazrat Moulana Nur Saha (R:) (died 1361 B.S.), Hazrat Saha Sufi Jalal Nuri (R) (died 1406 B.S.). Faridi, Abdul Haque:
Faridi, Abdul Haque (1903-1996) educationist and writer, was born on 25 May 1903, at NARIA thana under SHARIATPUR district (previously FARIDPUR). After initial schooling at a village MAKTAB, he was admitted to a New Scheme Madrasa and passed the Entrance examination in 1923, topping the list of candidates in Bengal and Assam. In 1925 he passed the Islamic Intermediate examination, again topping the list. He completed BA Honours (1928) and MA (1929) in Islamic Studies from Dhaka University, and a second MA degree in Persian (1933), standing first class first. He received a diploma in Education from the University of Leeds and a certificate in Educational Management from the University of Illinois. Faridi began his professional career as a lecturer at Chittagong Government College. He was upgraded to the Bengal Educational Service and appointed as Assistant School Inspector for Muslim Education in Burdwan division. After serving in various posts, he retired in 1966 as Director of Public Instruction of East Pakistan. After retirement he served as Honorary Treasurer of Dhaka University and was also acting Vice-Chancellor for some time. He was appointed Director General of the ISLAMIC FOUNDATION BANGLADESH in October 1977. He initiated the compilation of Islami Bishwakosh (Encyclopedia of Islam) in 25 volumes as well as in a concise version, and was president of its editorial board. Eighteen volumes of the encyclopedia were published during his lifetime. Apart from doing a number of translations, he also wrote a book on madrasa education: Madrasa Shiksha: Bangladesh (1976). He died on 5 January 1996 in Dhaka. Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (Bengali: গোপাল চন্দ্র ভট্টাচার্য:
Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (Bengali: গোপাল চন্দ্র ভট্টাচার্য, 1895-08-01 – 1981-04-08 ) was a Bengali entomologist and naturalist known for his pioneering work on social insects and the role of bacteria in metamorphosis. He is the author of bAnglAr kITa-patanga[1] (insects of Bengal), which won the Rabindra Puraskar, Bengal's highest literary award, in 1975. He is also noted for his work on the popularization of science, especially the three-volume text on hands-on science, kare dekha,[2] lit. kare =do, dekha =see). Over his career, he contributed more than 1000 articles on science to most of the popular Bengali periodicals of the time. Contents
• 1 Life and career
o 1.1 Science popularization
• 2 Scientific findings
o 2.1 The Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya Award
o 2.2 List of works
o 2.3 Awards and citations
• 3 References

Life and career
Gopal Chandra was born in the village of Lonsing, Faridpur, (then British India, now Bangladesh), to a poor kulin Brahmin family. His father Ambika Charan Bhattacharya made a scant living as family priest to the indigent villagers. He also worked from time to time in the estates of the local landowners. Gopal Chandra's mother, Shashimukhi Debi, was a housewife. After finishing upper school, he enrolled for the Intermediate of Arts (I.A., college entrance) degree in 1913, but was not able to finish the course due to the family's need for funds - he took up a job as a teacher in a school. By this time, he had developed a strong interest in literature, and started writing lyrics for jarigan (elegiac music related to muharram) and pala gan (songs related to Bengali folk drama) culture. Around this time, he also published several issues of a handwritten literary magazine. He had an early interest in nature, and for some time he also experimented on the hybridization of fruits and flowers. In 1918, while he was working as a telephone operator in a mercantile firm, he published the article jaibadyuti (bioluminescence) in the popular magazine Prabasi. This article attracted the attention of leading scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose, who obtained a lower position for Gopal Chandra at the newly opened Basu Vigyan Mandir (presently Bose Institute). Starting with small jobs like instrument repair, sketching, etc. he soon started to work on his own research projects. He published his first research papers in 1932, on life events in the body of plants. Subsequently, he also published work on bioluminescence and other botany topics, but gradually his interests shifted to entomology. He became an expert photographer, and photographed many varieties of ants, spiders, small bats and tadpoles.[3] In total, he published 22 papers in English, including journals such as the Natural History of the American Museum of Natural History. In 1951, he was invited to present his work onon Indian social insects at the international circle meeting at Paris. However, throughout his career, he kept facing discrimination because of his lack of academic degrees; on one occasion, another scientist refused to share a podium with him, labelling him as an amateur.[3]
Science popularization
In 1948 he worked with Satyendra Nath Bose (of Bose-Einstein statistics fame) to establish the Bangiya Vigyan Parishad (Bengal Science Council), a society for science research. Along with friends like Pulin Behari Das, he worked tirelessly for popularization of science. In 1950, he officially became the editor of the Bangiya Vigyan Parishad magazine Jnan o vigyan (lit. jnan=knowledge, vigyan=science), which he had been editing anyhow from behind the scenes. In 1977 he became the chief advisor for the magazine. He was also a member of several groups, including one working on a Bengali encyclopedia, the Bharatkosh. It is estimated that he had published more than a thousand articles on popular science across a wide range of magazines and other media. He retired from his official job in 1965, but continued to work on insects and writing on popular science. He won the Ananda Puraskar for Bengali literature in 1968, and the highest award for Bengali literature, the Rabindra Puraskar, in 1975. Less than three months before he died, this man who never finished college was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Calcutta. In failing health, he died the same year. Scientific findings
In 1940, possibly before the fact had been established among naturalists, Gopal Chandra published an article in the Transactions of the Bose Institute of Calcutta, outlining how the queen in social insects such as ants or bees, produces other queens, workers or soldiers, by appropriately altering the nature of the royal jelly fed to the larvae. His observations were based on the Indian variety of ants, Occophylia.[3] He managed to have the ants make nests inside transparent cellophane so that they could be quietly watched, and he noticed how only a special food, certain newly sprouted leaves and buds, induces the formation of queens. This remarkable finding was published in 1940, but the journal was not well circulated abroad during the war years, and it is only now that Gopal Chandra's pioneering work is being recognized. He was also an early observer of tool use by animals, particularly how hunting wasps use small stone chips for closing nest holes. He also observed how earwigs in the breeding period, grow a muddy ball (like a boxing glove) on its hind legs, which it uses for defending its eggs from predators. If the mud is washed away, the insect promptly places its hind legs into the mud until a new ‘boot’ is formed. This behaviour is not seen outside the breeding season. Since this observation was reported in a Bengali language article in the 1940s, it was not widely known. Another important observation by Gopal Chandra involves metamorphosis in amphibians. He showed that administering penicillin inhibits certain bacteria in tadpoles, which then fail to mature into frogs. This was against the then prevalent notions that bacteria are always harmful (pathogenic), and Gopal Chandra may have been among the pioneers in demonstrating the existence of salogenic i.e., health giving, bacteria. This pioneering study was later published by his associates in Science and Culture, a Kolkata-based journal. His magnum opus, bAnglAr kiTa-patanga (1975), which collects these and many other observations, has yet to be translated. The Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya Award
In 2005, the government of West Bengal instituted an award for science popularization in his name, the Gopal Chandra Bhattacharyya Smriti Puraskar.[4] In 2005, the entomologist Debashis Biswas[5] was awarded this prize for writing several books that describe the biology of mosquitoes and malaria prevention through stories. List of works
• Adhunik avishkar(Modern Inventions)
• bAnglAr mAkaRShA (Spiders of Bengal, 1949)
• banglAr kITa-patanga (Insects of Bengal, 1975)
• kare dekha (Do and see)
• Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose(Biography) 1963.
• mane paRe (Reminiscences) 1977.
• pashu-pAkhi jIbjantu (Plants and animals)
• bigyAner Akasmik AviShkAr(Accidental Discoveries of Science).
• Translation works on The Atom Bomb, Space Journey. Research dissertation:
• Fish-eating spiders of Bengal. Bose Research Institute Transactions Vol. VII 1934.
• Peculiar habits of an antmimicking spider,Amiciaea forticeps,Camb.B.N.H.S.,Vol###VII,NO.I.1934
• Lizard eating spiders of Bengal,Scientific Monthly(U.S.A),Vol.###IX.Aug,1934.
• A gregarious spider of Bengal,mimicking Camponotus compressus,Science and Culture,Vol.I No.3,1935
• A new spider of Bengal that mimicks the ant (Ecophylla smaragdina)B.N.H.S.' Vol###VII,No.4.1935.
• Diving spiders of Bengal,Natural history magazine,New York Vol.###VII,No.I,1936.
• Tadpoles of Rana tigrina feeding on mosquito larvae,Current Science,Vol.V No.48.1936
• Some peculiar habits of Marpissa melangostictus,B.N.H.S,Vol.###ix,1936.
• Description of habits and nuptial flight Diacamma vagans,Smith ,Current Science,Vol V No.8,1937.
• On the moulting and metamorphosis of Myrmarachne plateleods,Camb,B.R.I.Transactions,Vol.XII,1936-37.
• Moulting process of Myrmarachne plateleoids.Bombay Natural History Magazine Society,April,15,1937.
• Fighting of agrresive red-ants (Ecophylla smaragdina)Fabr.Wildlife(Agra)1937.
• The life cycle of butterfly,Modern Review,April,1937.
• Reproductive role of Diacamma vagans,Smith,B.R.I.Transactions,Vol.XIII,1937-38.
• The death expedition of Hibicus Caterpillars,B.N.H.S,Vol.XLII,No4,1941.
• The food habits of H.Venatoria,Linn,B.N.H.S.,Volxlii,No4, 1941
• Heteropoda venatoria preying on pipistrella bat,Current Science,Vol.10,No3,1941.
• Reproduction and Caste differentiation in agrressive red -ants(Ecophylla smaragdina)B.R.I.Transactions,Vol.XV.1942-43.
• On the chemical nature of substances which are(i)effective in the transmission of excitation in Mimosapudica and(ii)Active
in the contraction of its pulvinus.[Co-author B.Banerjee & D.M.Bose]B.R.I.Transactions,Vol.XVI,1944-46.
• Retardation of metamorphosis in tadpoles by antibiotic treatment,Science and Culture,Vol.11,May,1954.
• On the action of penicillin in the retardation of metamorphosis of tadpoles,Science and Culture,Vol.22,Sept,1956.
• Induced metamorphosis of tadpoles(Bufo melanostictus).Science and Culture,Vol.22,Jan 1958. Awards and citations
• 1951-Invited to conduct the Indian delegation at the International Union Of The Study On Social Insects.
• 1968-Ananda Purashkar
• 1974-Felicitation at Bose Institute of Science.
• 1974-Acharya Satyendranath Bose Award
• 1975-Rabindra Purashkar
• 1979-Jubilee Medal on the Diamond Jubilee Celebration Of The Bose Institute.
• 1980-Honourary D.Sc degree by Calcutta University. Atulprasad Sen:
Atulprasad Sen (20 October 1871 – 26 August 1934) was a Bengali composer, lyricist and singer [1][2]. Later he moved to Lucknow, where he became the president of the Oudh Bar Association and the Oudh Bar Council.[1]


Gostha Pal :
Gostha Pal was an excellent Football Player from India, and formed a strong basis for the success of Indian Football team at the international level in later years. He was a very famous defender and used to play barefooted. Early Life
He was born on 20th of August 1896 in Faridpur District of Bengal. Pal began playing the game of Football at a very early age, and at the age of just 11 years he joined the Kumartuli Club of Calcutta (Now Kolkata) in the year 1907, and played for it for 6 years. Domestic Career
The well known Football player Rajen Sen helped Gostha in joining Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, which had won the I.F.A. Shield one year ago. Gostha joined Mohun Bagan in the year 1913 and continuously played for the same club for a span of 23 years, till 1936. One year after his joining Mohun Bagan, the club had been awarded a First Division League status. Gostha was made the Captain of Mohun Bagan in the year 1921, and led the team till the year 1926. By the time he reached the age of 25 years, Pal had made a name for himself as a strong defender owing to his wonderful skills. He played from the Right Back position, and people used to compare him with the Great Wall of China, honoring his defensive capabilities. It is famous that once when he visited Shantiniketan, even Rabindranath Tagore, the famous poet was excited to see him and promptly remarked “Yes you truly are the Chinese wall!”

International Career
He was selected as the Captain of the Indian Football team which went to play its first overseas Football match in the year 1924. He also led the Indian Football team to Sri Lanka in the year 1933, and India defeated Sri Lanka by 1-0. The Controversial Retirement
He left Mohun Bagan in the year 1936 when he eventually retired from his Football career, and his retirement took place in quite a dramatic way. A match was being played between Mohun Bagan and Calcutta Club in 1936. Calcutta Club was known to be a British favoring club, and was supported by the British Raj. The referee of the match was a British himself, Mr. Clayton and he was completely biased towards the Calcutta Club during the match. It is said that whenever any Mohun Bagan player would enter the penalty box of the Calcutta Club, the referee used to promptly blow the whistle. All this was annoying the Mohun Bagan team including the Captain Gostha Pal, and the team lay down in the ground as a protest to the prejudice. Although the protest paid them off, it was taken as an insult by the Indian Football Association (IFA) which was primarily controlled by the British rule. Hence, Gostha Pal had to leave the game of Football for his life, which caused him to retire from the game in a sudden and shocking manner. Other Achievements
Gostha Pal was the first Indian Football player who was honored with the Padma Shri award in the year 1962 by the Government of India. He was also bestowed upon the Mohun Bagan Ratna award as an honor to the services he contributed to the club. Apart from it, a statue of him was erected right in front of Eden Gardens in Kolkata, and the Government of India issued a Postage Stamp in his honor in the year 1998. The Football legend passed away on the 8th of April 1976 at Kolkata. Muhammad Shamsul Alam(মোহাম্মদ শামসুল আলম):
A career bureaucrat (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ শামসুল আলম) from Bangladesh who underscore the unprecedented career-track world record in performing private secretarial job with Bangladesh Prime Minister for consecutive 15 years. He is a column writer and a researcher at the same time, work on public administration and governance issues in Bangladesh. Shamsul Alam is seen with Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia and US Ambassador to Dhaka Harry K. Thomas, Jr. Contents

* 1 Early life and Education
* 2 Career
* 3 Areas of Expertise
* 4 Publications
* 5 Conference and seminars
* 6 Association activities
* 7 Social Works
* 8 Foreign visits
* 9 Controversies
* 10 References
* 11 External links

Early life and Education

A graduate of Dhaka University Alam received his Master of Arts (postgraduate) in Philosophy and Masters of Business Administration from Daffodil International University. The second oldest of six children of Dr. Md. Yousuf Ali, a physician and mother Begum Azufa Khatun, recipient of Ratnagarva Ma Award, Alam was born to a Muslim family in the village of Dasherjangal in Gosairhat Upazila under Shariatpur District of Bangladesh. His early childhood was spent in the village of Dasherjangal and started elementary schooling in Dasherjangal Government Primary School of Gosairhat and completed S.S.C. in 1st division from Idilpur Pilot High School. Then moved to the city of Chandpur and passed the H.S.C. in 1st division from Chandpur Government College. Later studied at famous Jagannath Government College, and finally enrolled in the department of Philosophy at Dhaka University and then Daffodil International University. Received Masters of Arts in Philosophy from Dhaka University and Masters of Business Administration from Daffodil International University, also a MCP. Alam married to Major Khadiza Anam (now retired), was protocol officer to Bangladesh Prime Minister during 2002-06. They are blessed with two children Subah (13) and Shaffin (9). Career

Towards the end of 90s, Alam joined the BCS (Administration) Cadre as a fast-track career civil servant after succeeded in securing merit position in Bangladesh Civil Service Gazetted officers’ list through an open competitive examination held in 1988. He worked in the Prime Minister’s Office and was in charge of protocol affairs of Prime Minister and later private secretarial job with Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia from 1992 to 2006. For a short time he also worked for the Economic Relation Division, Ministry of Finance and Bangladesh Institute of Administration & Management (BIAM) in the capacity of Deputy Project Director. Before joining to civil service Shamsul has had his experience of working as Bangladesh Krishi Bank officer. He is currently a Deputy Secretary of the Government People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Areas of Expertise

* As a civil servant areas of expertise is public administration job design,

* Public policy formulation,

* Special expertise to design and coordination of schedule and program management of the head of government,

* Protocol design for national and International dignitaries,

* Human resource planning,

* Good governance,

* Political systems of Bangladesh,

* Received many specialized professional training including civil services foundation training from Bangladesh Public Administration Training Center and secretarial training from Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy, Dhaka and

* Education systems in Australia. Publications

Alam has published his articles in international journal:

• SMEs in Bangladesh and Their Financing: An Analysis and Some Recommendations (2006), The Cost and Management Journal, Vol.34 No.3, May-June 2006, pp 57-72.[1]

• Bangladesh’s Budget 2006-07 and Poverty Alleviation: The Strategic Mapping and Challenges for the Government (2006), The Cost and Management Journal, Vol.34 No.4, July-August 2006, pp 44-58.

• Other publications are related to his outstanding write up in numerous newspapers & magazines. He is well known as columnist and researcher with special attention to governance crisis and political downturn during democratic era of Bangladesh. His articles were published in Daily Naya Diganta, Akhon Samoy, Thikana, Bangla Patrika, Probashi Voice and Probashi barta of New York and Surma of London. Conference and seminars

* Attended as member of Bangladesh official delegation to Commonwealth Summit in Cyprus, 1994.

* Attended as member of Bangladesh delegation to The World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, March 1995, Denmark.

* Attended OIC Summit as Bangladesh Government Official delegation, Morocco in 1995 and Malaysia in 2006.

* Attended as member of Bangladesh delegation to SAARC Summit, India 1995, Nepal 2002 and Bangladesh 2005.

* Participated as a member of Bangladesh delegation to the United Nations Special General Assembly on Children, New York, 2002.

* Attended as member of Bangladesh Government official delegation to NAM Conference, Indonesia 2004.

* Attended workshop to observe the status of Primary Education Develops in Australia, Canberra 2003. Association activities

• He is a Registered Graduate of Dhaka University. • During 2004-06 Alam contributed for the prospect and enhancement of Civil services as an elected Joint Secretary of BCS (Administration) Services Association, a service organization of 4500 civil servants where he also a life member.[2] • He has performed prestigious job of the member recruitment of Officers' Club during 2004-6 where he is permanent member. • He also served as chair of the Ninth BCS Forum 2004-06. • During early age formed Royal Sporting Club in Gosairhat as founder secretary during 1984-85 which played significant role in sports and cultural field and also relief works. Social Works

Alam is prominent in his locality for massive infrastructural expansion of Gosairhat. He organizes funds and projects to provide appropriate support for the development of the underdeveloped region, also helped local government to prepare new projects. Prior to 1995 where there were no pucca road in Gosairhat Upazila, during the last decade 200 miles metallic roads and bridges were made including road connection with capital city in his initiative. Other infrastructural developments were extended hospital facilities, new telephone exchange, development of 5 bazaars, 7 growth centers, embankments and orphanage, constructed many school buildings, installed hundreds of deep tube wells for purified water and expansion of rural electrification. At present Gosairhat is one of the developed upazilas of Bangladesh. Moreover, he also helped in development of different areas like Damudya, Bhedarganj, Muladi, Shariatpur, Natore and Narail District. Foreign visits

Widely traveled the world includes Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Cyprus, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, and performed holy Hajj Umrah several times. Controversies

Being a young farsighted civil servant he addressed many challenges during his career. One of the remarkable issue he challenged is to point out the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, as a black sheep in the Prime Minister’s Office who subsequently embarrassed Begum Khaleda Zia’s government through controversial activities and interview to Bangladeshi daily Janakantha newspaper. Some influential corners tried to ousted Alam from personnel team of Khaleda Zia but they failed and made propaganda against him which subsequently nullified by an investigation. Owing to his sincerity, integrity and trust worthiness, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia select him in her own office personnel team from 1992 to 2006. Geeta Dutt:
Birth name:Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhury
Born :November 23, 1930

Origin:Faridpur, Bangladesh

Died :July 20, 1972 (aged 41)
Genres
playback singing

Occupations:Singer
Instruments
Vocalist
Years active:1946–1971
Geetā Dutt (Bengali: গীতা দত্ত, born Geetā Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri) (23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972) was an Indian playback singer in Hindi movies in the 1950s and 60s, and also a singer of modern Bengali songs. Contents
• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Death
• 5 A list of notable songs
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life
Geeta Dutt was born in 1930 into a rich zamindār's family as Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri in Faridpur, (then in Bengal, India; now in Banglādesh). In 1942, her parents shifted to an apartment in Dādar, Bombay (now Mumbai) when she was twelve. There, composer/music director Hanumān Prasād once overheard her singing casually, and, feeling impressed, he offered to impart her training in singing. He launched her in a chorus song in Bhakta Prahlād (1946), where she sang only two lines. But her rendering of those two lines stood out. The following year, she got a major assignment as a playback singer for Do Bhāi, and her renderings in that movie brought Geeta to the forefront as a top playback singer.[1]
Career
Here is an essay that Nasir Ali, a veteran music lover wrote about Geeta Roy: [2]
Even when we restrict ourselves to Geeta Roy of the Nineteen Forties we cannot but marvel at her transformation from the unknown child to the idol of the millions when she had not even crossed her teens. We do know that she belonged to the rich Zamindar family of Debendranath Ghosh Roy Chowdhary and was one of the tenth children born to Amiya Devi on November 23, 1930 at Faridpur in Central Bengal. Leaving their titled land and other property, the family had to shift to Calcutta in early Forties and in 1942 they shifted to Bombay (now Mumbai). The reasons for this are circumstantial and not too far to seek. Bengal had been a great nationalist centre during the British Raj. It was divided into West Bengal and the East Bengal by Lord Curzon in 1905. The two parts were again reunited in 1911 and the separate states of Bihar and Orissa were also created with the capital being shifted to Delhi. Bengal came to be finally partitioned in 1947 when Pakistan was also created. The eastern portion of Bengal which was dominantly Muslim was created as East Pakistan and that in 1971 came to be liberated as the Bangla Desh. Faridpur is the paragna of the Adilpur (or Idilpur) Village where Geeta Roy was born, and is part of that portion of Bengal. Personal life
During Geeta's recording of songs for the movie Baazi, she met the movie's young and upcoming director, Guru Dutt. Their romance culminated in marriage on 26 May 1953. Geeta went on to sing some of her best songs in his movies while continuing to sing in various other assignments as well. Geeta and Guru Dutt had three children: Tarun (b. 1954), Arun (b. 1956), and Ninā (b. 1962). In 1957, Guru Dutt launched a movie, "Gauri",' with Geeta as its singing star. It was to be India's first movie in Cinemascope, but the project was shelved after only a few days of shooting. By then, their marriage was on the rocks, Guru Dutt had got romantically involved with Waheedā Rehmān, and Geeta had taken to drinking. The breakup of their marriage affected Geeta's singing career. In 1958, S.D. Burman had developed discord with Lata Mangeshkar as a playback singer, and he attempted to work with Geeta as the main singer of his compositions rather than the upcoming Asha Bhosle, who, he felt, was relatively raw. However, out of her personal problems, Geeta would not practice her art sufficiently, and failed to meet Burman's demanding standards. (He, and O.P. Nayyar too, then started to work with Asha and helped her blossom as a singer.) In 1964, Guru Dutt died from a combination of alcohol and an overdose of sleeping pills. (His death was widely perceived as a su***de following two earlier attempts[3].) Geeta then suffered a serious nervous breakdown, and also ran into financial problems. She tried to resume her singing career, cutting discs at Durgā Pujā, and giving stage shows. She also performed in a leading role in a Bengali movie, Bhadu Bharan (1967), and sang admirably for a movie, Anubhav (1971), which turned out to her final performance to the music of Kanu Roy. Death
Geeta died of cirrhosis of the liver on 20 July 1972


Khuda Buksh:(Damodya, Shariatpur)
Khuda Buksh was born on February 1, 1912 in Damodya, Shariatpur (erstwhile Faridpur). He passed his entrance (matriculation) examination from Shamacharan Edward Institution, in 1929. Later on, he completed Intermediate Examination from Islamia College (presently Moulana Azad College), Kolkata, India in 1931. In 1933 he got admitted to B.A. (Hons) in Presidency College, Kolkata. In December 1935 he joined Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Company Kolkata, India (OGSLA) as a life insurance agent. He was promoted to the position of Inspector of OGSLA in 1946. In 1952 Khuda Buksh left OGSLA and joined as Life Manager, Eastern Federal Union Insurance Company Limited (EFU), East Pakistan. As Life Manager, Khuda Buksh worked tirelessly to overcome ingrained religious and cultural prejudices against life insurance. His passion, devotion and unique sales strategies led him to train, motivate, and manage thousands of salesmen during his long career. He created a large number of field organizations from scratch and under his leadership life insurance flourished in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). During his overall tenure in East Pakistan, life insurance was synonymous with Khuda Buksh. He was subsequently promoted to Life Manager, Deputy General Manager and General Manager in 1960, 1963 and 1966 respectively of EFU Life department, Pakistan. With the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation in 1971 a new era started. In 1972 all life insurance companies were nationalised in Bangladesh. Khuda Buksh was chosen as one of the directors of the Surma Jiban Bima Corporation. In 14 May 1973 Khuda Buksh was nominated Managing Director of Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC). However, he was relieved by the Bangladesh government from JBC in November 1973 following vehement trade union unrest. He died on 13 May 1974. Along with his activities as an administrator, he published a good number of articles on insurance; its prospects and possibilities. His articles 'Selling Life Insurance Successfully - A Career' (1961), 'Life Insurance Selling - A Profession' (1965), 'Your Duty Onerous', 'Symposium of Life Insurance' (1967), 'A Reminiscence: When I look back' (1967), 'Amar Sritikatha' (1967) are some very significant writings from his pen. All this information about Khuda Buksh is a treasure that the book provides. Excluding the first three formal sections called Mukhobondho (Forward), Bhumica (Introduction) and Kritojnata (Gracefulness), the main section is divided into five parts. The first one comprises interviews and reminiscences of people who are or were associated with insurance. In the second part we come across insurance personalities of Pakistan who have given interviews or written about Khuda Buksh. The same sort of writing but by people belonging to his friends' circle and those close to him are presented in the third part. In the fourth, we get some writings by Khuda Buksh himself and his directives to the people engaged in insurance. The speeches of Khuda Buksh along with his interviews, letters and others are neatly organised in the last, namely, the fifth part. The Mukhobondho of the books is by M. Harunur Rashid while the Bhumica has come from the pen of Sazzadur Rahman, on behalf on the editorial board. There is no doubt that Khuda Buksh Smarak Grantha is a production on an iconic person who should not go into oblivion. The foundation has done a creditable job in bringing out the known and unknown facts about this personality three decades after his death. It might be worth mentioning here that another book, titled Khuda Buksh: An Icon of Life Insurance, is in the pipeline --- to be published through research by Obaidur Rahim, a member of the editorial board of the present book.


ডা. দ্বারকানাথ গুপ্ত :
জন্ম দক্ষিণ বিক্রমপুর বর্তমান শরীয়তপুর জেলায়। তৎকালীন সময় তিনি অনেক ওষুধের আবিস্কারক। ম্যালেরিয়া রোগের প্রতিষেধক বিখ্যাত অ্যান্টি-পিরিয়ডিক মিকচার-এর আবিস্কারক ছিলেন। দেবেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের সময় তিনি ঠাকুর পরিবারের চিকিৎসক ছিলেন।


অবলা-বান্ধব দ্বারকানাথ বন্দোপাধ্যায় :
দক্ষিণ বিক্রমপুর বর্তমান মাদারীপুর জেলায় জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। স্ত্রী-শিক্ষা বিস্তার ও অসহায় নারীদের রক্ষার্থে আত্মনিয়োগ করেন। ১৯৬৯ সালে বর্তমান শরীয়তপুরের লোনসিং গ্রাম থেকে তিনি মাসিক অবলা-বান্ধব পত্রিকা প্রকাশ করেন। পরে তা কোলকাতার অন্যতম বিখ্যাত পত্রিকা রূপে প্রতিষ্ঠা লাভ করে। ১৮৭৩ সালে কোলকাতায় হিন্দু মহিলা বিদ্যালয় ও ১৮৭৬ সালে বঙ্গ মহিলা বিদ্যালয় প্রতিষ্ঠা করেন। ছাত্রীদের প্রবেশিকা পরীক্ষা ও মহিলাদের মেডিকেল কলেজে ভর্তির ব্যাপারে আন্দোলনের নেতৃত্ব দেন এবং দাবী আদায় করেন।

অনারেবল গুরূপ্রসাদ সিং :
বর্তমান শরীয়তপুরের ডোমসার গ্রামে জন্ম। ১৮৬৪ সালে এম.এ পাশ করেন। তিনিই পূর্ব বঙ্গের প্রথম এম.এ। ১৯৬৫ সালে বি.এল. পাশ করে বিহারে আইন ব্যবসা শুরু করেন। সেখানে তিনি বহু শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠানসহ অসংখ্য উন্নয়নমূলক কাজ করেন। তিনি বিহার হেরাল্ড নামে একখানা ইংরেজি দৈনিক পত্রিকা প্রকাশ করেন। তাকে আধুনিক বিহারের জনক বলা হয়।

যোগেশচন্দ্র ঘোষ :
শিক্ষাবিদ ও আয়ুর্বেদ শাস্ত্রবিশারদ। তিনি সাধনা ঔষধালয়ের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা।
১৮৮৭ সালে শরীয়তপুরের গোঁসাইরহাট গ্রামে তিনি জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। তিনি ১৯০২ সালে ঢাকা জুবিলী স্কুল থেকে এন্ট্রান্স, ১৯০৪ সালে জগন্নাথ কলেজ থেকে এফএ, ১৯০৬ সালে কুচবিহার কলেজ থেকে বিএ এবং ১৯০৮ সালে কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে রসায়নশাস্ত্রে এমএ পাস করেন।
শিক্ষাজীবন শেষে যোগেশচন্দ্র শিক্ষকতাকেই পেশা হিসেবে গ্রহণ করেন। ১৯০৮ থেকে ১৯১২ সাল পর্যন্ত তিনি ভাগলপুর কলেজে ও ১৯১২ থেকে ১৯৪৮ সাল পর্যন্ত জগন্নাথ কলেজের রসায়নশাস্ত্র বিষয়ের অধ্যাপনায় নিয়োজিত ছিলেন। শেষ দু’বছর তিনি জগন্নাথ কলেজের অধ্যক্ষের দায়িত্ব পালন করেন। ১৯৪৮ সালে তিনি শিক্ষকতা পেশা থেকে অবসর গ্রহণ করেন।
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