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When Karim was a high school student, [[Saratchandra Chatterjee]]'s novel ''Pather Dabi'' (Demand for a Pathway) inspired him to dream of a revolution.<ref name="Junaidul Haque">{{cite news |last=Haque |first=Junaidul |title=The life of a man of commitment |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-6724 |access-date=12 December 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=6 October 2007}}</ref> He matriculated from Barisal Zilla School in 1940.<ref name="Hossain2000" /> |
When Karim was a high school student, [[Saratchandra Chatterjee]]'s novel ''Pather Dabi'' (Demand for a Pathway) inspired him to dream of a revolution.<ref name="Junaidul Haque">{{cite news |last=Haque |first=Junaidul |title=The life of a man of commitment |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-6724 |access-date=12 December 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=6 October 2007}}</ref> He matriculated from Barisal Zilla School in 1940.<ref name="Hossain2000" /> |
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He completed his [[Intermediate of Arts]] (IA) at Dhaka Intermediate College in 1942.<ref name="Hossain2000" /> He then became a student of [[Dacca University]], initially studying English but soon shifting to philosophy because [[Haridas Bhattacharya]]'s class lectures had attracted him.<ref name="Junaidul Haque"/> He earned an honors BA, and in 1946, an MA.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Iqbal |editor-first=Shahryar |year=1997 |title=Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58) |publisher=Agamee Prakashani |pages=415-416 |isbn=984-401-385-2}}</ref> |
He completed his [[Intermediate of Arts]] (IA) at Dhaka Intermediate College in 1942.<ref name="Hossain2000" /> He then became a student of [[Dacca University]], initially studying English but soon shifting to philosophy because [[Haridas Bhattacharya]]'s class lectures had attracted him.<ref name="Junaidul Haque"/> He earned an honors BA, and in 1946, an MA.<ref name="Iqbal1997">{{cite book |editor-last=Iqbal |editor-first=Shahryar |year=1997 |title=Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58) |publisher=Agamee Prakashani |pages=415-416 |isbn=984-401-385-2}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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In 1954, while in prison, he was elected to the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]] as a Jukto Front candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sardar Fazlul Karim passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sardar-fazlul-karim-passes-away-28609 |work=The Daily Star |date=15 June 2014}}</ref> He was released in 1955 by the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]] government.<ref name="Junaidul Haque"/> |
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He became a lecturer in 1946 at the age of 21. Involved in progressive politics as a student, he was an "enemy" of the then [[East Pakistan|Pakistan government]] and in four phases spent almost the full twenty-four years of Pakistani rule in jail. [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]] and [[Abdul Monem Khan|Monem Khan]] ensured that he could never return to his teaching job during the Pakistan period. He participated in the 58-day hunger strike of political prisoners demanding humane treatment. He was elected a member of [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]] while in prison. ''Bangabandhu'' [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and [[Abdur Razzaq (Professor)|National Professor Abdur Razzak]] brought him back to the [[Dhaka University]] immediately after the independence of Bangladesh in 1972.<ref name="Daily Star 2011"/> |
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He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in 1955.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Iftikhar |year=1976 |title=Pakistan General Elections: 1970 |publisher=South Asian Institute, Punjab University |page=120 |oclc=3933811}}</ref> Arrested again during martial law, he was released in 1962.<ref name="Junaidul Haque"/> |
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He left politics in 1963 and joined the translation section of the Bangla Academy.<ref name="Junaidul Haque"/><ref name="Iqbal1997" /> From 1969 to 1971 he directed the academy's cultural section.<ref name="Junaidul Haque"/> |
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In 1972, after Bangladesh won its independence, he rejoined Dacca University as a professor of political science.<ref name="Iqbal1997" /> |
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== Recognition == |
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Karim received the [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1976,<ref name="Iqbal1997" /> and the [[Independence Day Award]] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/view_award.php?year_select=2000&Submit=GO&lang=en |title=2000 award |access-date=2013-06-26 |website=Cabinet Division |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132334/http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/view_award.php?year_select=2000&Submit=GO&lang=en |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 06:06, 10 August 2023
Sardar Fazlul Karim | |
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Native name | সরদার ফজলুল করিম |
Born | Atipara, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency (now Barisal District, Bangladesh) | 1 May 1925
Died | 15 June 2014 | (aged 89)
Occupation | Academic, philosopher, translator, political activist, essayist |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Dacca University |
Genre | essay, translation |
Notable awards | |
Member of the 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 1955–1958 | |
Sardar Fazlul Karim (Bengali: সরদার ফজলুল করিম; 1 May 1925 – 15 June 2014) was a Bangladeshi academic, philosopher and essayist.[1][2]
Early life and family[edit]
Sardar Fazlul Karim was born on 1 May 1925, to a lower middle class family in the village of Atipara located in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency (present-day Wazirpur Upazila, Barisal District, Bangladesh). His father, Khabiruddin Sardar,[1][3] was a farmer, and his mother, Safura Begum, was a housewife. He had one brother and three sisters, and they grew up in the village.[4]
Education[edit]
When Karim was a high school student, Saratchandra Chatterjee's novel Pather Dabi (Demand for a Pathway) inspired him to dream of a revolution.[5] He matriculated from Barisal Zilla School in 1940.[3]
He completed his Intermediate of Arts (IA) at Dhaka Intermediate College in 1942.[3] He then became a student of Dacca University, initially studying English but soon shifting to philosophy because Haridas Bhattacharya's class lectures had attracted him.[5] He earned an honors BA, and in 1946, an MA.[6]
Career[edit]
In 1954, while in prison, he was elected to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Jukto Front candidate.[7] He was released in 1955 by the United Front government.[5]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1955.[8] Arrested again during martial law, he was released in 1962.[5]
He left politics in 1963 and joined the translation section of the Bangla Academy.[5][6] From 1969 to 1971 he directed the academy's cultural section.[5]
In 1972, after Bangladesh won its independence, he rejoined Dacca University as a professor of political science.[6]
Karim wrote scholarly books on philosophy, among them his দর্শনকোষ (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). He has translated Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and Engels.
Published work[edit]
Bengali Translation:
*প্লেটোর রিপাবলিক | Plator Republic | (Republic by Plato) | - |
*প্লেটোর সংলাপ | Plator Republic | (Plato's Dialogues) | - |
*এরিস্টোটল-এর পলিটিক্স | Aristotler Politics | (Politics by Aristotle) | - |
*এঙ্গেলস্-এর এ্যান্টি ডুরিং | Engelser Anti-Dühring | (Anti-Dühring by Friedrich Engels) | - |
*রুশোর- সোশ্যাল কন্ট্রাক্ট | Rousseaur Social Contract | (Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) | - |
*রুশোর- দি কনফেশনস | Rousseaur The Confessions | (The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) | - |
Memoirs, essays and others: | |||
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* দর্শনকোষ | Darshankosh | (Bengali Encyclopedia of Philosophy) | - |
* শহীদ জ্যোতির্ময় গুহঠাকুরতা স্মারকগ্রন্থ | - | (-) | - |
* সেই সে কাল:কিছু স্মৃতি কিছু কথা | - | (-) | - |
* ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ও পূর্ববঙ্গীয় সমাজঃ অধ্যাপক আব্দুর রাজ্জাকের আলাপচারিতা | - | (-) | - |
* চল্লিশের দশকের ঢাকা | - | (-) | - |
* নানা কথা | - | (-) | - |
* নানা কথার পরের কথা | - | (-) | - |
* নূহের কিশতী ও অন্যান্য প্রবন্ধ | - | (-) | - |
* রুমীর আম্মা ও অন্যান্য প্রবন্ধ | - | (-) | - |
* গল্পের গল্প | - | (-) | - |
*পাঠ-প্রসঙ্গ | Paath Proshanga | (On Reading) | - |
* আরেক যুগে যুগোস্লাভিয়ায় | - | (-) | - |
Recognition[edit]
Karim received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1976,[6] and the Independence Day Award in 2000.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Sardar Fazlul Karim's 86th birthday today". The Daily Star. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ "People bid farewell to Sardar Fazlul Karim". The Daily Star. 16 June 2014.
- ^ a b c Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
- ^ বাংলা একাডেমী চরিতাভিধান
- ^ a b c d e f Haque, Junaidul (6 October 2007). "The life of a man of commitment". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d Iqbal, Shahryar, ed. (1997). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Agamee Prakashani. pp. 415–416. ISBN 984-401-385-2.
- ^ "Sardar Fazlul Karim passes away". The Daily Star. 15 June 2014.
- ^ Ahmad, Iftikhar (1976). Pakistan General Elections: 1970. South Asian Institute, Punjab University. p. 120. OCLC 3933811.
- ^ "2000 award". Cabinet Division. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
External links[edit]
- Ahsan, Syed Badrul (6 May 2011). "Heroes in Our Times". Star Weekend Magazine.
- বিপ্লবীদের কথা ডটকমঃ সরদার ফজলুল করিম
- Muhammad Ali (1 February 2009). সাক্ষাৎকারে সরদার ফজলুল করিম. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 8 February 2009.
- 1925 births
- 2014 deaths
- People from Barisal
- People from Barisal District
- Bengali writers
- Bangladeshi philosophers
- Translators to Bengali
- Bangladeshi translators
- Recipients of the Independence Day Award
- National Professors of Bangladesh
- 20th-century translators
- Recipients of Bangla Academy Award
- Pakistani MNAs 1955–1958
- 20th-century Bangladeshi philosophers
- 20th-century Bengalis
- Barishal Zilla School alumni