14 Facts About Maniruzzaman Islamabadi

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi was among the founders of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.

Maniruzzaman Khan Islamabadi was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Araliar Char village under Barama union in Patiya Upazila of Chittagong district.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi began his career as a journalist by editing or managing Muslim reformist periodicals such as the Soltan, Hablul Matin, and journals such as Mohammadi, The Kohinoor, Basona and Al-Eslam.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi organised literary conferences at Chittagong in 1922 and 1930 amidst pomp and grandeur.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi's activism started in 1904 with the "Islam Mission Samity" which had undertaken a course of action to preach awareness among Bengali Muslims of their cultural heritage.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi supported the Indian National Congress and took an active part in the movement for the annulment of the Partition of Bengal.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi participated actively in the Non-cooperation Movement and Khilafat Movement and was the President of the provincial Congress Committee.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi was among the founders of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, and was appointed a member of its first executive council.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi was one of the architects of the Bengal Pact of 1923.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi left Congress politics in the 1930s and joined the Krishak Praja Party and was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1937 from this party.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi founded the Chittagong branch of the organisation and himself became its president.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi was a critic of the Pakistan movement and lived his life at Kolkata after the partition of India, where he died.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi was a preacher who wanted to give Bengali Muslims a new identity by purifying the modern and invoking universal morality.

Maniruzzaman Islamabadi wanted to establish an Islamic university in Chittagong but the lack of funds and circumstances of the time did not favour his efforts.