Qazi Motahar Hossain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Qazi Motahar Hossain

bangladeshi writer and scientist

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1897

Place of Birth: Kushtia District, Khulna Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1981

Profession: physicist, author, journalist

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Qazi Motahar Hossain

  • Qazi Motahar Hossain (30 July 1897 – 9 October 1981) was a Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician, chess player, and journalist. Hossain was a pioneer educationalist of Bangladesh.
  • He did original research in Statistics and pioneered its education in Bangladesh both as a faculty and administrator.
  • As one the early faculties of University of Dhaka, he was vigorously active in the cultural circles that grew around it.
  • As a Dhaka-centric literary figure in late British India, a period marked by communality and religious sentiment, Hossain and his literary group Shikha distinguished themselves as proponents of communal harmony and rationalism.
  • He was among the sceptical intellectuals who warned the consequences of the short-lived state of Pakistan.
  • On several occasion, he vocally criticized Pakistani government policies, most importantly on the state language question.

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