Serajul Huq (1 April 1905 – 4 March 2005) was a Bangladeshi educationist.

Early life and education

Huq was born in

Noakhali District Noakhali District (), historically known as Bhulua (), is a Districts of Bangladesh, district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in Chattogram Division. It was established as a district in 1821, and officially named Noakhali in 1868. The distr ...

in 1905. He passed matriculation examination in 1921 from Dhaka Muhsinia Madrasa and Intermediate examination in 1923 from Dhaka Islamic Intermediate College. He then enrolled to

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

. He earned BA with Honors in Islamic Studies in 1926 and MA in Persian in 1927. In 1934 Huq earned his PhD degree from

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

Career

In 1928 Huq joined Dhaka University as a faculty as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies. He became Professor in 1951. In 1979 Huq was elected President of the

Asiatic Society of Bangladesh The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiati ...

Awards

* Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1969) * Fellowship of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (1973) *

Independence Day Award The Independence Award (), formally known as the Independence Day Award or Swadhinata Padak (), is the highest state award given by the government of Bangladesh. Introduced in 1977 by President Ziaur Rahman, this award is bestowed upon Banglade ...

(1983) * Islamic Foundation Padak (1985) * Professor Sukumar Sen Gold Medal of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta (1996) * Ekushey Padak (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huq, Serajul 1905 births 2005 deaths Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Recipients of the Independence Award University of Dhaka alumni Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Bangladeshi scholars People from Noakhali District Alumni of the University of London Islamic studies scholars Kabi Nazrul Government College alumni