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Name
  
Khan Ahsanullah


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Born
  
27 December 1873, Saturday (
1873-12-27
)
Nalta Sharif, Rajshahi District, Bengal, British India

Other names
  
Sultanul Aaulia Kutubul Aktab Gause Jaman Aref Billah Hazrat Shah-Sufi Aalhaaj Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Warsi

Occupation
  
EducatorAssistant Director of the Department of Education, Undivided Bengal & Assam

Known for
  
Founder of Nalta Central Ahsania Mission, Dhaka Ahsania Mission and Co-Founder of University of Dhaka

Died
  
February 9, 1965, East Pakistan

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Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah (27 December 1873 – 9 February 1965) was an educator, litterateur, Islamic theologist and social reformer of Pre-partition India. He was instrumental in the formation of the University of Dhaka and is the namesake of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology.

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Career

Ahsanullah completed his MA in Philosophy from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1895, and went on to serve as first Muslim Headmaster of Rajshahi Collegiate School. In 1911, he was elected a member of the Royal Society (MRSA) of London. He became the first person amongst the Hindus and Muslims of Undivided Bengal to join the Indian Education Service. He served as a Senator of the University of Calcutta, and was especially active in the movement to establish the University of Dhaka.

Ahsania Mission

Ahsanullah founded "Nalta Central Ahsania Mission (NCAM)" on March 15, 1935 at Nalta Sharif. NCAM is the Central Ahsania Mission in the world. "Divine & Humanitarian Service" is the motto of Ahsania Mission.

Then, in 1958, Ahsanullah founded the Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), a non-profitable organization with broad social goals. DAM founded the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Teachers Training College (KATTC), Ahsania Mission College (AMC), Ahsanullah Institute of Information & Communication Technology (AIICT)], Ahsania Mission Institute of Medical Technology (AMIMT), Ahsania Institute of Technology and Business (AITB), Ahsania e- Solutions ( AeS ), Ahsania Mission Book Distribution House ( AMBDH), Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital (AMCGH), and NCAM also founded Nalta Sharif Ahsania Mission Orphanage (NSAMO) at Dhaka, naming it in honor of their founder.

Works

He wrote around 100 books on different contents. Among his notable books are:

  • Bangabhasa O Musalman Sahitya (1918)
  • Teachers’ Manual (1918)
  • Islam O Adarsha Mahapurus (1926)
  • Hejaz Bhraman (1929)
  • Hazrat Mohammad (Sm) (1931)
  • Shiksaksetre Bangiya Musalman (1931)
  • History of the Muslim World (1931)
  • Tariqat Shiksa (1940)
  • Amar Jibandhara (1946)
  • Sufi (1947)
  • Bangla Sahitya(1948)
  • References

    Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Wikipedia