1. Abu Naeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident.
18 Facts About Munier Choudhury
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Munier Choudhury was a victim of the mass killing of Bangladeshi intellectuals in 1971.
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Munier Choudhury was awarded Independence Day Award in 1980, by the then president Ziaur Rahman's government, posthumously.
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Munier Choudhury was born on 27 November 1925 in Manikganj.
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Munier Choudhury's father was Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury, a district magistrate and Aligarh Muslim University graduate.
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Munier Choudhury completed his matriculation from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1941 and intermediate examination from Aligarh Muslim University.
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Munier Choudhury then studied English literature for his bachelor's degree in 1946 and master's in 1947 at the University of Dhaka.
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Munier Choudhury was expelled from Salimullah Hall, his residential dorm, because of his involvement in leftist politics.
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Munier Choudhury was imprisoned for two years in 1952 for his participation in the Bengali Language Movement.
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In 1947, Munier Choudhury started his career in teaching at Brajalal College in Khulna.
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Munier Choudhury moved to Jagannath College in Dhaka in 1950.
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Munier Choudhury joined the University of Dhaka later that same year and taught both in the departments of English and Bengali until 1971.
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Munier Choudhury became reader in 1962 and professor in 1970 and the dean of the faculty of arts in 1971.
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Munier Choudhury was associated with leftist politics and progressive cultural movements.
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Munier Choudhury was elected Secretary of the "Progoti Lekhok O Shilpi Songho".
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Munier Choudhury actively participated in the non-co-operation movement during the early part of 1971 and renounced his award Sitara-e-Imtiaz, awarded by the government of Pakistan in 1966.
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Munier Choudhury continued to write after being freed from prison, some of his notable works being Roktakto Prantor, Chithi and Polashi Barrack O Onyanno.
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Munier Choudhury was a founder member of Projonmo Ekattor, a human rights group.