Mohammad Nasiruddin (20 November 1888 – 21 May 1994) was a Bangladeshi journalist and progressive thinker. He became an important reformer of Muslim Bengal in early 20th century and provided platform for female writers. He received Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Day Award in 1984 from the Government of Bangladesh.

Career

Nasiruddin published an illustrated literary magazine called ''

Saogat ''Saogat'', also called ''Saugat'' ( ''Presentation''), was a leading Bengali literary journal. First published in Calcutta in 1918, its editor was Mohammad Nasiruddin. Abdul Karim, a scholar, also edited the magazine, which was published on a m ...

'' on 2 December 1918. But due to financial constraints, its publication was kept suspended in 1922. Its publication was resumed in 1926 and since then it continued uninterruptedly until 1947. In 1926, he organized the ''Saogat Sahitya Majlis''. He had published another illustrated weekly called '' Begum'' in 1946. After the

India partition The Partition of British India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: India and Pakist ...

in 1947, he migrated to Dhaka, East Bengal, wherefrom the ''Saogat'' began to appear again regularly since 1954. In 1985, Nasiruddin served as the first chairman of the trustee board of Nazrul Institute. He was the father of leading women's rights leader

Nurjahan Begum Nurjahan Begum (4 June 1925 – 23 May 2016) was the first female journalist in Bangladesh and a trailblazer for female journalists in South Asia. Begum was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2011 by the Government of Bangladesh. She served as the editor ...

Awards and honors

* Fellow of Bangla Academy Award (1975) * Ekushey Padak (1977) * Independence Day Award Nasiruddin introduced the ''Nasiruddin Gold Medal'' after his name in 1976 to be awarded among the writers and journalists.

References

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