Talukder Moniruzzaman (1 July 1938 – 29 December 2019) was a Bangladeshi political scientist. He was inducted as a

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by the

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in 2006.

Biography

Moniruzzaman was born on 1 July 1938 at Tarakandi in

Sirajganj Sirajganj is a city in north-western Bangladesh on the right bank of the Jamuna River, located in Rajshahi Division. It is the administrative headquarters of Sirajganj District, and with a population of 500000, it is the 14th largest city in Ba ...

. He was admitted to

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

's political science department in 1956. He completed his graduate and postgraduate studies from there. After obtaining a postgraduate degree from

, Moniruzzaman went to

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in 1963 and was admitted to Queen's University. He returned to his country in 1966 and joined

Rajshahi University The University of Rajshahi (), also known as Rajshahi University (RU), is a Public university, public research university located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It is the second oldest and third largest university in Bangladesh. The university's 59 ...

. He taught there until 1974. Moniruzzaman joined

in 1974. He retired from there in 2006. He was inducted as a

by the

in that year. He was also involved in writing books, writing a total of nine books. Moniruzzaman was married to Razia Aktar Banu. They had two sons and one daughter. Moniruzzaman died on 29 December 2019 in Apollo Hospital, Dhaka at the age of 81.

References

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