Nationality Bangladeshi Religion Islam Role Author | Occupation Writer Name Qazi Haq Died 1926 | |
Full Name Qazi Imdadul Haq Awards British Government awarded (1926) | ||
Qazi Imdadul Haq or Kazi Imdadul Huq(1882–1926), a Bangladeshi author, was born in Khulna.
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Career
Qazi Imdadul Haq had a very clear view of Muslim society and tried to reform the ideas of Bengali Muslims.
Teaching
Imdadul Huq joined the Calcutta Madrasa (now Aliah University) as a temporary teacher in 1904. In 1906 he worked briefly in the Education Department in Shillong, Assam. The next year he joined the Dhaka Madrasa as a teacher. In 1911, he became professor of Geography at the Dhaka Teachers' Training College, in 1914, Assistant School Inspector of Muslim Education for the Dhaka Division, and headmaster of the Calcutta Training School in 1917. In 1921 he became superintendent of the newly founded Dhaka Education Board and continued there till his death.
Awards and recognition
In recognition of his services, the British Government awarded him the titles ‘Khan Sahib’ in 1919 and Khan Bahadur in 1926.
Journalism
Imdadul Huq was involved with M. Hedayetullah, Syed Emdad Ali and M. Asad Ali to publish monthly Nabanur(1903–06) and was president of the Publication Committee of the Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Patrika, a Bengali literary quarterly established on 4 September 1911 in Calcutta.
In May 1920, Imdadul Huq became editor of Shiksak, an educational monthly magazine and remained with this magazine for three years. He was also a writer and earned considerable fame for his poems, novels, essays, and children's literature.
His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.
Literary Works
Personal life
He was the father of Kazi Anwarul Haque, a bureaucrat, technocrat adviser-minister and writer of Bangladesh.
Death
Imdadul Huq died on 20 March 1926 in Kolkata.