Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah
Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah | |
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Born |
Nalta Sharif, Satkhira District, Bengal, British India | 27 December 1873, Saturday
Died |
9 February 1965 91), Tuesday Nalta Sharif, Satkhira District, East Pakistan | (aged
Other names | Sultanul Aaulia Kutubul Aktab Gause Jaman Aref Billah Hazrat Shah-Sufi Aalhaaj Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Warsi |
Occupation |
Educator Assistant Director of the Department of Education, Undivided Bengal & Assam |
Known for | Founder of Nalta Central Ahsania Mission, Dhaka Ahsania Mission and Co-Founder of University of Dhaka |
Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah (27 December 1873 – 9 February 1965) was an educator, litterateur, Islamic theologist and social reformer of Pre-partition India.[1] He was instrumental in the formation of the University of Dhaka and is the namesake of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology.[2]
Career
Ahsanullah completed his MA in Philosophy from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1895, and went on to serve as first Muslim Headmaster of Rajshahi Collegiate School. In 1911, he was elected a member of the Royal Society (MRSA) of London. He became the first person amongst the Hindus and Muslims of Undivided Bengal to join the Indian Education Service. He served as a Senator of the University of Calcutta, and was especially active in the movement to establish the University of Dhaka.
Ahsania Mission
Ahsanullah founded "Nalta Central Ahsania Mission (NCAM)" on March 15, 1935 at Nalta Sharif. NCAM is the Central Ahsania Mission in the world. "Divine & Humanitarian Service" is the motto of Ahsania Mission.
Then, in 1958, Ahsanullah founded the Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), a non-profitable organization with broad social goals. DAM founded the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Teachers Training College (KATTC), Ahsania Mission College (AMC), Ahsanullah Institute of Information & Communication Technology (AIICT)], Ahsania Mission Institute of Medical Technology (AMIMT), Ahsania Institute of Technology and Business (AITB), Ahsania e- Solutions ( AeS ), Ahsania Mission Book Distribution House ( AMBDH), Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital (AMCGH), and NCAM also founded Nalta Sharif Ahsania Mission Etimkhana (NSAME) at Dhaka, naming it in honor of their founder.
Ahsania Mission in the World [3][4][5] | ||||||
Ahsania Welfare Mission | Ashashuni Ahsania Mission | Ashkarpur Ahsania Mission | ||||
Australia Ahsania Mission | Bagbati Ahsania Mission | Bagmari Ahsania Mission | ||||
Bajropatulia Ahsania Mission | Baliadanga Ahsania Mission | Baligonj Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Bashantopur Ahsania Mission | Bashantopur Ahsania Women Mission | Bashdoha Ahsania Mission | ||||
Canada Ahsania Mission | Chandipur Ahsania Mission | Chandipur Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Chanduria Ahsania Mission | Charda Ahsania Mission | Charda Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Charsripur Ahsania Mission | Chinedanga Ahsania Mission | Chiringa Ahsania Mission | ||||
Chitra Ahsania Mission | Chittagong Ahsania Mission | Chok-maghri Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Chokoria Ahsania Mission | Choubaria Ahsania Mission | Debhata Bashantapur Ahsania Mission | ||||
Debipur Ahsania Mission | Dhaka Ahsania Mission | Dhaka Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Dhaka Metropolitan Ahsania Mission | Dulahajra Ahsania Mission | Fuldi Ahsania Mission | ||||
Ghonapara Ahsania Mission | Ghuni Ahsania Mission | Gobordari Ahsania Mission | ||||
Gobordari Ahsania Women Mission | Gopalgonj Ahsania Mission | Goranbaria Ahsania Mission | ||||
Gulbag Ahsania Women Mission | Hadipur Ahsania Mission | Hawalkhali Ahsania Mission | ||||
Hinguli Ahsania Mission | Hobigonj Ahsania Mission | Hobigonj Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Jamalnagar Ahsania Mission | Jessore Ahsania Mission | Jhikra Ahsania Mission | ||||
Jogonnatpur Ahsania Women Mission | Kajla Ahsania Mission | Kakra Ahsania Mission | ||||
Kaligonj Ahsania Mission | Kalutola Ahsania Mission | Kamta Ahsania Mission | ||||
Kamta Ahsania Women Mission | Kaondanga Ahsania Mission | Kashibati Ahsania Mission | ||||
Katonda Ahsania Mission | Khanjia Ahsania Mission | Khejurbaria Ahsania Mission | ||||
Khilgaon Ahsania Mission | Khulna Ahsania Mission | Khulna Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Kolaroa Ahsania Mission | Kora Ahsania Mission | Kulia Ahsania Mission | ||||
Kumira Ahsania Mission | Kushkhali Ahsania Mission | Kushkhali Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Kutijuri Ahsania Mission | Labsha Ahsania Mission | Labsha Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Lalmatia Ahsania Mission | Lalmatia Ahsania Women Mission | Lalmonirhat Ahsania Mission | ||||
Maghri Ahsania Mission | Maghri Ahsania Women Mission | Maghurali Ahsania Mission | ||||
Maghurali Ahsania Women Mission | Marka Ahsania Mission | Moddho-Bashabo Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Mohanagari Ahsania Mission | Moheshpur Ahsania Mission | Mohishpur Ahsania Mission | ||||
Moricha Vangor Ahsania Mission | Moricha Vangor Ahsania Women Mission | Nalta Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Nalta Central Ahsania Mission | Nangla Ahsania Mission | Nangol-kort Ahsania Mission | ||||
Naoga Ahsania Mission | Naranpur Ahsania Mission | Nazimgonj Ahsania Mission | ||||
Noapara Ahsania Mission | Norar-chok Ahsania Mission | Nurnagar Ahsania Mission | ||||
Pabna Ahsania Mission | Paikara Ahsania Mission | Paikara Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Parulia Ahsania Mission | Parulia Ahsania Women Mission | Patli Ahsania Mission | ||||
Pyegram Ahsania Mission | Ramzankati Ahsania Mission | Rupdia Ahsania Mission | ||||
Satbosh Ahsania Mission | Satkhira Ahsania Mission | Shikri Ahsania Mission | ||||
Shokhipur Ahsania Mission | Shokhipur Ahsania Women Mission | Shonatikari Ahsania Mission | ||||
Shonatikari Ahsania Women Mission | Sri-ula Ahsania Mission | Sultanpur Ahsania Mission | ||||
Sylhet Ahsania Mission | Tangra Ahsania Mission | Tejgaon Ahsania Mission | ||||
Tejgaon Ahsania Women Mission | Tetulia Ahsania Mission | Valuka Chandpur Ahsania Mission | ||||
Varasimla Ahsania Mission | Varukhali Mahmudpur Ahsania Mission | Varukhali Mahmudpur Ahsania Women Mission | ||||
Vetkhali Ahsania Mission | Veula Ahsania Mission | Virginia Ahsania Mission | ||||
Works
He wrote around 100 books on different contents. Among his notable books are:
- Bangabhasa O Musalman Sahitya (1918)
- Teachers’ Manual (1918)
- Islam O Adarsha Mahapurus (1926)
- Hejaz Bhraman (1929)
- Hazrat Mohammad (Sm) (1931)
- Shiksaksetre Bangiya Musalman (1931)
- History of the Muslim World (1931)
- Tariqat Shiksa (1940)
- Amar Jibandhara (1946)
- Sufi (1947)
- Bangla Sahitya(1948)