1. Muhammad Shahidullah was a Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer.
17 Facts About Muhammad Shahidullah
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Muhammad Shahidullah's father, Mafizuddin Ahmed, was the guardian of a mazar, and his mother, Marguba Khatun, was a housewife.
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Muhammad Shahidullah passed his school final entrance exam in 1904 from Howrah Zilla School.
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Muhammad Shahidullah received the Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Sanskrit in 1910 from City College, Kolkata, and his Master of Arts degree in 1912 in comparative philology from the University of Calcutta.
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Muhammad Shahidullah earned his PhD degree from Sorbonne University in 1928 for his research on the dialects of the Charyapada.
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Muhammad Shahidullah was the first Bengali Muslim to receive this doctorate degree.
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Muhammad Shahidullah was a murid of Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique, the inaugural Pir of Furfura, from whom he received mystic education and khilafah.
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Muhammad Shahidullah began his career by teaching at Jessore Zila School in 1908.
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Muhammad Shahidullah was Sharatchandra Lahiri Research Fellow under Dinesh Chandra Sen at the University of Calcutta and joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer in 1921 in Sanskrit and Bangla.
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Muhammad Shahidullah was principal of Bogra Azizul Huq College from 1944 to 1948.
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Muhammad Shahidullah then returned to the University of Dhaka, serving as head of the Bangla Department and dean of the Faculty of Arts.
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Muhammad Shahidullah taught part-time at the Law Department and the International Relations Department as a teacher of French.
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Muhammad Shahidullah worked as head of the Bangla and Sanskrit Department of the University of Rajshahi.
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Muhammad Shahidullah served as an editor for the Islami Bishwakosh project for a while.
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Muhammad Shahidullah was fluent in 24 languages and had an outstanding knowledge of 18 languages.
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Muhammad Shahidullah was made Professor Emeritus by the University of Dhaka for his lifetime contribution in research on language and literature.
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Muhammad Shahidullah was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1967 for his academic contribution to language and literature.