- Ekramuddin Ahmad
Ekramuddin Ahmad (1872-1940) was a Bengali
litterateur . He was born in 1872 in the village of Kulia under Raina thana inBurdwan district. His father Mahtabuddin Ahmad was a village physician. Ekramuddin passed the Entrance exams from Burdwan High School in 1892 and the FA exams from Burdwan Raj College in 1894. He also studied at Hooghly College for the BA degree, but there are conflicting reports on whether he completed his graduation. In 1896, he entered government service as a surveyor. He was later promoted to the post of sub-deputy magistrate. In 1918, he wrote an important report on the oppression of the indigenousSanthal population by azamindar ofBirbhum district which drew the attention of the government. In 1927, he retired from government service and moved permanently to his in-laws' residence in the village of Kaitha in Birbhum.Ekramuddin Ahmad gained renown as a literary critic and author. He was one of the leading
Muslim commentators on the work ofTagore , and his 1914 book "Robindro-Protibha" (or "The Genius of Tagore") was widely praised. He also wrote volumes ofliterary criticism onMichael Madhusudan Dutt andBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay . He wrote several novels, among them the romantic novel "Kaanch o Moni" (1919). His novels were serialized in "Saogat " and "Mohammadi ", both of which were important Bengali Muslim literary journals of the period. He was also a humorist, essayist andshort story writer, and one of his stories "Bhikkhuk" (or "The Beggar") was a set text in secondary schools inEast Pakistan .Ekramuddin Ahmad died in Kaitha village on
20 November , 1940.
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