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Habibur Rahman

মুহাম্মদ হাবিবুর রহমান

Rahman in 2011

Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Acting

In office

31 March 1996 – 23 June 1996

President Abdur Rahman Biswas

Preceded by Khaleda Zia

Succeeded by Hasina Wazed

 Chief Justice of Bangladesh

In office

1 February 1995 – 30 April 1995

Preceded by Shahabuddin Ahmed

Succeeded by A. T. M. Afzal

Personal details

Born 3 December 1928

Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died 11 January 2014 (aged 85)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Political party Independent

Alma mater University of Dhaka

University of Oxford

Muhammad Habibur Rahman (3 December 1928 – 11 January 2014) was a Chief

Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1995.[1] He was the Chief Adviser of the
1996 caretaker government which oversaw the Seventh parliamentary elections in
Bangladesh.[1] A language activist and advocate of the Bengali language, he wrote
extensively and published eight books on the subject. [2] He played a significant role to
implement Bengali in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[3] He
wrote Jathashabdo (1974), the first thesaurus in the Bengali language. [4]
Rahman was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1984 and Ekushey Padak in
2007 by the Government of Bangladesh. He served as a Fellow of Bangla
Academy, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and Worcester College, Oxford.[1]

Contents

 1Education
 2Career
  3Literature
 4Legacy
 5Death
 6References

Education[edit]
Rahman was educated in Kolkata, Dhaka, Oxford and London. He attended
the University of Dhaka[1] and was an activist in the Bengali Language Movement.[5]

Career[edit]
Rahman began his career as a lecturer in history of Dhaka University in 1952. Later he
joined Rajshahi University where he subsequently held the office of Dean of the Faculty
of Law (1961) and of Reader in History (1962–64). He changed his profession in 1964
when he took to law and joined the Dhaka High Court Bar. In his legal career, he held
the offices of Assistant Advocate General (1969), Vice President of High Court Bar
Association (1972) and member of Bangladesh bar council(1972). [1]

Literature[edit]
Rahman was an author of seventy books in Bengali on law, language, literature, poetry
and religion and five books in English, including two books of verse. Law of Requisition
(1966), Rabindra Prabandhey Sanjna O Parthakya Bichar (1968), Jatha-sabda (1974),
Matri-bhashar Sapakshey Rabindranath (1983), Qur'an-sutra (1984), Bachan O
Prabachan (1985), Gangariddhi thekey Bangladesh (1985), Rabindra Rachanar
Rabindra-byaksha (1986), Rabindra-kabyey Art, Sangeet O Sahitya (1986), Koran-
shorif Sorol Banganubad, On Rights and Remedies, Amara ki Jabo-na Tader Kachhey
Jara Shudhu Banglai Katha Baley (1996).

Legacy[edit]
Rahman made notable contributions to the Language Movement, 21 February 1952 of
the then East Pakistan. He was the first person to break the Section 144 lead the first
batch of a procession and was arrested soon after that. On that day, the police and
parliamentary forces resorted to widespread tear gas shelling, clubbing and finally
shooting. Consequently, several students were killed, hundreds were injured and
thousands were arrested.

Death[edit]
On 11 January 2014, at the age of 85, Rahman died at United Hospital,
Gulshan, Dhaka.[1]

References[edit]
 1. ^ Jump up to:            Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Rahman, Justice
a b c d e f

Muhammad Habibur". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A.

(eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh  (Second
ed.).  Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. ^ Anisuzzaman (2014-03-24).  মুহাম্মদ হাবিবুর রহমান.  কালি ও কলম (in
Bengali). Retrieved  2019-04-27.
3. ^ Khan, Salimullah  (2014-01-12).  বিচারপতি হাবিবুর রহমান: মহাপ্রয়াণের
পর. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved  2019-04-27.
4. ^ "Remembering Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman". The Daily
Star. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
5. ^ "Habibur Rahman passes away".  bdnews24.com. 11 January 2014.
Retrieved 8 July  2017.

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