Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury
Journalist, author, columnist
Born: December 12, 1934
Seeing the dead body of Shaheed Barkat on 21 February 1952, a student of Dhaka College changed his mind. He thought that Barkat was none other than his brother. The line of his poem 'Ekushey February painted in my brother's blood, can I forget' was formed in my mind. This is how a long poem was written. His long poem first brought the consonant of Amar Ekushey as the song of Prabhat Ferry to the tune of Abdul Latif and later Altaf Mahmud. The song will survive as long as it is 21st February and the Bengali nation will remember the poet Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury of that poem.
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was born on 12 December 1934 in Ulaniyar Chowdhury Bari, a waterlogged village in Barisal district.
In 1952, the student society of East Pakistan was agitating for the state language of Bengal. The procession was fired upon on the 21st of February. Salam, Barkat, Rafiq, Jabbar gave their lives for the language. A crowd of students gathered at the Dhaka Medical College premises to see the bodies of the language martyrs. Seeing the dead body of Shaheed Barkat, a student of Dhaka College changed his mind that day. He thought that Barkat was none other than his brother. The line of his poem 'Ekushey February painted in my brother's blood, can I forget' was formed in my mind. This is how a long poem was written. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was the name of the 18-year-old college student of that day. Abdul Latif was the first to compose his long poem. Later, the poem to the tune of Altaf Mahmud brought the consonant of Amar Ekushey as the song of Prabhat Ferry. That song will live as long as Ekushey February lasts and the Bengali nation will remember one Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury.
Birth and lineage identity
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was born on 12 December 1934 in Ulaniyar Chowdhury Bari, a waterlogged village in Barisal district. His father Haji Wahid Reza Chowdhury and mother Mosammat Zahura Khatun. Gaffar Chowdhury has three brothers and five sisters. Elder brother Hossain Reza Chowdhury and younger brother Ali Reza Chowdhury. The sisters are Manik Bibi, Laili Khatun, Saleha Khatun, Fazila Begum and Masuma Begum.
In an interview, Gaffar Chowdhury said, 'Our family was a zamindar family. Everyone said the zamindar dynasty of Ulania. It goes without saying that there were not many Muslim zamindars in Barisal then. There was also a Nawab dynasty of Shaistabad and a rare Muslim zamindar dynasty. Dr. Kamal Hossain is associated with them as a family. Our family zamindari in Ulania The family zamindari of the poet Rabindranath Tagore was part of the Tagore estate till 1947. With the eviction of zamindari in 1954, their land ownership was abolished. However, its decline had already begun. The village of Ulania was quite prosperous and prosperous. There was a junior madrasa, an English high school, a beautiful Jame Mosque and an Eidgah. Although the area was predominantly Muslim, all the teachers in the school except Hindus were Hindus. Headmaster Pratap Chandra Guha was M.Sc., B.L. All of the other teachers were graduates.
Education is life
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury's education began in a local madrasa. He studied up to class six at Ulania Junior Madrasa and was admitted to high school. He passed matriculation from this high school in 1950. Admitted to Dhaka College. In 1953 he passed Intermediate from Dhaka College. He then passed Honors from Dhaka University in 1956. Gaffar Chowdhury said about his educational life, 'Even though my education started in a madrasa, Bengali and English were also taught there. The atmosphere there was very open. After the death of his father in 1947, he had to move to Barisal. Admitted to Asmat Ali Khan Institute. At that time, he was suffering from financial difficulties and was looking for a way to earn a living. In 1948, he started working for 'Congress Hitaishi' edited by Congress leader Durga Mohan Sen. In Barisal city, he was involved with RSP, a Marxist party for some time. His literary practice started in his student life. His first story was published in 'Sawgat' in 1949. The writings of Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, a son of Barisal, were then published in the major newspapers of Calcutta. He also encouraged Gaffar to write. Literary discussions were often held between them.
Journalist, author, columnist
Born: December 12, 1934
Seeing the dead body of Shaheed Barkat on 21 February 1952, a student of Dhaka College changed his mind. He thought that Barkat was none other than his brother. The line of his poem 'Ekushey February painted in my brother's blood, can I forget' was formed in my mind. This is how a long poem was written. His long poem first brought the consonant of Amar Ekushey as the song of Prabhat Ferry to the tune of Abdul Latif and later Altaf Mahmud. The song will survive as long as it is 21st February and the Bengali nation will remember the poet Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury of that poem.
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was born on 12 December 1934 in Ulaniyar Chowdhury Bari, a waterlogged village in Barisal district.
In 1952, the student society of East Pakistan was agitating for the state language of Bengal. The procession was fired upon on the 21st of February. Salam, Barkat, Rafiq, Jabbar gave their lives for the language. A crowd of students gathered at the Dhaka Medical College premises to see the bodies of the language martyrs. Seeing the dead body of Shaheed Barkat, a student of Dhaka College changed his mind that day. He thought that Barkat was none other than his brother. The line of his poem 'Ekushey February painted in my brother's blood, can I forget' was formed in my mind. This is how a long poem was written. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was the name of the 18-year-old college student of that day. Abdul Latif was the first to compose his long poem. Later, the poem to the tune of Altaf Mahmud brought the consonant of Amar Ekushey as the song of Prabhat Ferry. That song will live as long as Ekushey February lasts and the Bengali nation will remember one Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury.
Birth and lineage identity
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was born on 12 December 1934 in Ulaniyar Chowdhury Bari, a waterlogged village in Barisal district. His father Haji Wahid Reza Chowdhury and mother Mosammat Zahura Khatun. Gaffar Chowdhury has three brothers and five sisters. Elder brother Hossain Reza Chowdhury and younger brother Ali Reza Chowdhury. The sisters are Manik Bibi, Laili Khatun, Saleha Khatun, Fazila Begum and Masuma Begum.
In an interview, Gaffar Chowdhury said, 'Our family was a zamindar family. Everyone said the zamindar dynasty of Ulania. It goes without saying that there were not many Muslim zamindars in Barisal then. There was also a Nawab dynasty of Shaistabad and a rare Muslim zamindar dynasty. Dr. Kamal Hossain is associated with them as a family. Our family zamindari in Ulania The family zamindari of the poet Rabindranath Tagore was part of the Tagore estate till 1947. With the eviction of zamindari in 1954, their land ownership was abolished. However, its decline had already begun. The village of Ulania was quite prosperous and prosperous. There was a junior madrasa, an English high school, a beautiful Jame Mosque and an Eidgah. Although the area was predominantly Muslim, all the teachers in the school except Hindus were Hindus. Headmaster Pratap Chandra Guha was M.Sc., B.L. All of the other teachers were graduates.
Education is life
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury's education began in a local madrasa. He studied up to class six at Ulania Junior Madrasa and was admitted to high school. He passed matriculation from this high school in 1950. Admitted to Dhaka College. In 1953 he passed Intermediate from Dhaka College. He then passed Honors from Dhaka University in 1956. Gaffar Chowdhury said about his educational life, 'Even though my education started in a madrasa, Bengali and English were also taught there. The atmosphere there was very open. After the death of his father in 1947, he had to move to Barisal. Admitted to Asmat Ali Khan Institute. At that time, he was suffering from financial difficulties and was looking for a way to earn a living. In 1948, he started working for 'Congress Hitaishi' edited by Congress leader Durga Mohan Sen. In Barisal city, he was involved with RSP, a Marxist party for some time. His literary practice started in his student life. His first story was published in 'Sawgat' in 1949. The writings of Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, a son of Barisal, were then published in the major newspapers of Calcutta. He also encouraged Gaffar to write. Literary discussions were often held between them.
Although he worked in a local newspaper since 1947, Gaffar Chowdhury's career started in full swing in 1950. He started his career as a journalist in 'Dainik Insaf' in 1950. Then he got a salary of 60 rupees. Mohiuddin Ahmed and Kazi Afsar Uddin Ahmed used to run 'Dainik Insaf' at that time. When 'Dainik Sangbad' was published in 1951, Gaffar Chowdhury took the job of translator there. As a junior translator, he gets a monthly salary of 100 rupees. He then became associated with many magazines. In 1953, Gaffar Chowdhury became the acting editor of Mohammad Nasir Uddin's 'Masik Saugat'. During this time he also edited 'Masik Naqib'. In the same year he also became the acting editor of 'Dilruba' edited by Abdul Qadir. In 1958, he was appointed assistant editor of 'Daily Ittefaq'. In the same year he became the editor of the literary magazine 'Meghna' of Paramount Press. In 1958, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury became the editor of 'Daily Ittefaq' and Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah became the editor of the political magazine 'Chabuk'. But after a while, when the military rule was introduced, it stopped. He then joined Maulana Akram Khan's 'Dainik Azad' as an assistant editor. At this time he was also the short-term editor of the monthly 'Mohammadir'. In 1982, he joined the daily 'Jihad' as a news editor. In 1983, he became the editor of the weekly 'Sonar Bangla'. The next year, he left journalism in 1964 and started a business and established a printing press called Anupam Mudran. He returned to journalism after two years. In 1986, he published 'Dainik Awaz' as the spokesperson of the 6-point movement. That went on for a couple of years. In 1986, he returned to Dainik Azad as an assistant editor. When a violent dispute over ownership of the paper broke out in 1989, he rejoined the daily Ittefaq. When Ittefaq editor Manik Mia died on January 1, 1989, he joined Hamidul Haque Chowdhury's Observer Group's daily 'Purbodesh' in August. When the war of liberation started in 1971, his family crossed the border and reached Calcutta via Agartala. There the spokesperson of the Mujibnagar government wrote in the weekly 'Joybangla'. During this time he worked as a columnist in 'Dainik Anandabazar' and 'Jugantar' in Calcutta. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1972, he published 'Dainik Janpad'. In 1973, he went with Bangabandhu to the 72-nation Alliance Neutrality Conference in Algiers. After returning to the country, when his wife fell seriously ill, he was first taken to Calcutta for treatment. Unable to recover, he moved to London in October 1984. Then began the history of his expatriate life. Early after moving to Britain, he worked in various grocery stores. Then in 1986 he edited a weekly called 'Banglar Dak'. He has also worked in 'Saptahik Jagran' for some time. In September 1967, he published 'Natun Din' magazine with seven partners. Then in 1990 he published 'Natun Desh' and in 1991 'Purbodesh'. While in exile, Gaffar Chowdhury is still writing regularly in the major newspapers of Bangladesh.
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury married Selima Afroz on 16 February 1956. He has one son Anupam Ahmed Reza Chowdhury and four daughters Tanima, Chinmoy, Binita and Indira.
Abdur Gaffar Chowdhury received the UNESCO award in 1973. He has also received almost all the major awards of Bangladesh including Bangla Academy Medal, Ekushey Padak, Sher-e-Bangla Padak, Bangabandhu Padak. As well as his contribution to journalism, he has also become famous as a well-known writer. Numerous institutions at home and abroad have given him reception and honors.
Although a journalist by profession, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was involved in politics since his student days. Although he was no longer involved in active politics, he has always been in close contact with progressive nationalist politics. Besides, his role as a literary worker is undeniable. He has worked in almost all branches of literature. He wrote a lot of poems at a young age. 'Ekushey February painted in my brother's blood' was also written at that time. He has also written stories, novels, memoirs, children's novels and political essays. These include 'Legend of Chandradwip', 'Picture of Emperor', 'Buriganga flows slowly', 'Bengali or Bangladeshi' etc. He has published about thirty books.
He has also written several full-length plays. These include 'Palashi to Bangladesh', 'Ekjan Tahmina' and 'Bloody August'. The docudrama 'Palashi to Bangladesh' has created a storm of heated discussion. Despite living in exile, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury is deeply involved in the existence of the Bengali nation.
Author: Soumitra Dev
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury married Selima Afroz on 16 February 1956. He has one son Anupam Ahmed Reza Chowdhury and four daughters Tanima, Chinmoy, Binita and Indira.
Abdur Gaffar Chowdhury received the UNESCO award in 1973. He has also received almost all the major awards of Bangladesh including Bangla Academy Medal, Ekushey Padak, Sher-e-Bangla Padak, Bangabandhu Padak. As well as his contribution to journalism, he has also become famous as a well-known writer. Numerous institutions at home and abroad have given him reception and honors.
Although a journalist by profession, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was involved in politics since his student days. Although he was no longer involved in active politics, he has always been in close contact with progressive nationalist politics. Besides, his role as a literary worker is undeniable. He has worked in almost all branches of literature. He wrote a lot of poems at a young age. 'Ekushey February painted in my brother's blood' was also written at that time. He has also written stories, novels, memoirs, children's novels and political essays. These include 'Legend of Chandradwip', 'Picture of Emperor', 'Buriganga flows slowly', 'Bengali or Bangladeshi' etc. He has published about thirty books.
He has also written several full-length plays. These include 'Palashi to Bangladesh', 'Ekjan Tahmina' and 'Bloody August'. The docudrama 'Palashi to Bangladesh' has created a storm of heated discussion. Despite living in exile, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury is deeply involved in the existence of the Bengali nation.
Author: Soumitra Dev
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