- Humayun Kabir
Humayun Zahiruddin Amir-i Kabir or Humayun Kabir (
Bangla : হুমায়ুন কবির) (1906-1969) was anIndia n educationist, politician, writer, philosopher. Kabir was born in Faridpur, currently inBangladesh .Background
His father,
Khan Bahadur Kabiruddin Ahmed , was a Deputy Magistrate inBengal and a forward looking man. His grandfather was earlier awarded the title ofKhan Bahadur by the British government.Education
He came first, with star marks, in his matriculation examination in 1922. He was educated at
Presidency College, Calcutta , completing his Intermediate in Arts (I.A.) in English with first class third, andCalcutta University , where he completed his B.A. (Honours) and M.A. in English with first class first. He won a scholarship toExeter College, Oxford where he completed his degree in 'Modern Greats', i.e.Philosophy ,Political Science , andEconomics with afirst class in 1931.Career
In 1932, he was invited by
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan to join as a lecturer at the newly establishedAndhra University . Later, he was aJoint Education Adviser ,Education Secretary and thenChairman of theUniversity Grants Commission inDelhi . He was theMinister of State forCivil Aviation ,Education Minister of India twice, under thePrime Minister ships ofJawaharlal Nehru andLal Bahadur Shastri . He was also Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs Minister. In 1965, Indira Gandhi offered him theMadras Governor 's post, which he declined. In 1956 he was elected as aMember of theRajya Sabha , and from 1957-1969 he was a Member of the Lok Sabha. He was instrumental in dislodging the Congress government inWest Bengal and forming theUnited Front government in 1969.He was one of the co-drafter of the UNESCO 1950 statement titled "
The Race Question ".His daughter
Leila Kabir was married to Indian politicianGeorge Fernandes . His nephewAltamas Kabir is presently aJudge of theSupreme Court of India .Selected works
* Imanuel Kant (1936)
* Sharat Sahityer Multattva ("The main theory of the literature ofSharat Chandra Chattopadhyay ") (1942)
* Banglar Kavya ("The poetry of Bengal") (1945)
* Marxbad ("Marxism") (1951)
* Mirza Abu Talib Khan (1961)
* Poetry, Monads and Society (1941)
* Muslim Politics in Bengal (1943)
* Rabindranath Tagore (1945)
* Men and RiversExternal links
* [http://search.com.bd/banglapedia/HT/K_0005.htm Humayun Kabir at Banglapedia]
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