Munier Chowdhury (Bangla:মুনীর চৌধুরী) (born 27 November 1925- died 14 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educator, playright, literary critic and political dissident. This article is about the Bengali language. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

Education

Chowdhury graduated from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1941. He attended Aligarh Muslim University and later studied English literature for his Bachelors degree (with honors, 1946) and Masters (1947) at the Dhaka University. In 1954, he completed a second Masters degree, summa cum laude, in Bangla. In 1958, he obtained another Masters in Linguistics from Harvard University. One of the many modern buildings that have been built in Dhaka in recent years. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Victoria gate, a prominent building at the university Aligarh Muslim University is a university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, or literature composed in English by writers who are not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... This article is about the Bengali language. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ...

Career in Education

Munier Chowdhury started his career in teaching at Brojolal College in Khulna and worked there between 1947 and 1950. Later he worked for some time at the Jagannath College in Dhaka in 1950. After that, he joined the Dhaka University in 1950 and taught both in English and Bengali language departments between 1950 and 1971. Khulna (population ~660,000) is the third-largest city of Bangladesh, located on the bank of the rivers Rupsha and Bhairob. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... One of the many modern buildings that have been built in Dhaka in recent years. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

Political movements

Munier Chowdhury actively participated in the Language Movement of 1952, and was imprisoned by the Pakistan government. He wrote his famous symbolic drama, Kabar (The Grave) during his imprisonment. He also fought against any type of cultural repression during the late 1950s and 1960s. In 1967, he protested against the Pakistan government's directive to ban Tagore songs on Radio and Television. In the late 1960s there was a movement in Pakistan to replace the Bengali language alphabet with the Roman alphabet. As a linguist and writer, Munier Chowdhury protested this move to undermine the native language of East Pakistan. He actively participated in the non-cooperation movement during the early part of 1971 and renounced his award Sitara-e-Imtiaz (awarded by Pakistan Govt in 1966). A Political movement in the erstwhile East Pakistan in 1952. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (Bangla: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, Robindronath Ţhakur) (May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941) (in the Bangla Calendar, 25 Baishakh, 1268 - 22 Srabon, 1348), also called Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher and nationalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913, becoming the first Asian to win... This article is about the Bengali language. ... ... It has been suggested that East Bengal (province) be merged into this article or section. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

Important works

• Kabar (The grave), 1952 - a one act play about the Language Movement
• Raktakta Prantar (The bloody meadow), 1959 - play about the Third Battle of Panipat
• Mir-Manas, 1965 - literary critique of Mir Mosharraf Hossain's literature
• Munier Optima, 1965 - a Bangla keyboard layout design
• Dandakaranya, 1966
• Chithi (The letter), 1966
• Palashi Barrack O Anyanya, 1969
• Tulanamulak Samalochana (Comparative critique), 1969
• Bangla Gadyariti (Bengali literary style),1970

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Awards

• Bangla Academy Prize, 1962
• Daud Prize, 1965
• Sitara-e-Imtiaz, 1966, awarded by Govt. of Pakistan

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Death

On 14 December 1971 Munier Chowdhury, along with a large number of Bengali intellectuals, educators, doctors and engineers, was kidnapped and later executed by the Pakistan Army and its Bengali collaborators, only 2 days before the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Pakistan Army Coat of Arms Pakistan Army is the branch of the Pakistan Military responsible for land based military operations. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Bangladesh Liberation War (two other names are also used occasionally) refers to an armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) that lasted for roughly nine months in 1971. ...

External links

• Banglapedia article on Munier Chowdhury