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Muhammad Shahidullah (Bengali: মুহম্মদ শহীদুল্লাহ; 10 July 1885 – 13 July 1969) [1] was a Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer. [2] [3] In 2004, he was ranked number 16 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time. [4] [5] [6]
Shahidullah became the founder-member of Asiatic Society of Pakistan in 1951. On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, the Asiatic Society of Pakistan felicitated him. In its publication, Muhammad Shahidullah Felicitation Volume, the editor, Md. Enamul Haque, wrote :
Shahidullah, Muhammad (1885-1969) educationist, writer and philologist, was born at Peyara village of 24 Parganas in west bengal on 10 July 1885. His father, Mafizuddin Ahmad, was a warden at the shrine of Pir Gorachand.
Sep 21, 2024 · Timeline of few major events in Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah's life. 1880s - Family moved from village home in Peyara to Howrah (near Kolkata). Shahidullah broke away from family tradition of Khadim (warden) to Pir Gorachand shrine and studied language instead; 1899 - Passed school examination where he offered Sanskrit at third/classical language ...
Jul 13, 2013 · As a celebrated philologist, Dr. Shahidullah made our national language Bangla significant and meaningful by discovering its root and at the same time by reforming its terms and terminology. His...
Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah is well known in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent, nay, much beyond its limit, as an eminent oriental scholar, whose intellectual activities spreading over three successive generations of our people, have been a constant source of inspiration to us.
Muhammad Shahidullah was a Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer.
Jul 14, 2021 · The late Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah (born July 101885-death July 13, 1969) was our national pride because of his many glorious contributions to our national heritage, language and culture.
Feb 21, 2018 · By the time Muhammad Shahidullah was old enough to begin his secondary education, he already knew five languages. Besides his mother tongue of Bangla, he not only learnt Urdu, Persian and...
Throughout his life Dr Muhammad Shahidullah contributed enormously to make Bengali language significant and meaningful. Enthusiastic in Bengali nationalism he not only discovered the root of Bengali language but also reformed its terms and terminology.
