13 Facts About Rashid Karim

Rashid Karim's family moved to Dhaka after the partition in 1947.

Rashid Karim began writing at fourteen and published his first story in 1942.

Rashid Karim's fame peaked with the publication of his epic novel Amar Jato Glani in 1973, and he continued to write and publish regularly thereafter.

Rashid Karim battled paralysis for nineteen years and died in Dhaka on 26 November 2011.

Rashid Karim completed his BA from the Calcutta Islamia College, an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta.

Rashid Karim began writing during the British period, continued during the Pakistan period but wrote his major novels during the Bangladesh period.

Rashid Karim penned his first story at the age of fourteen.

Rashid Karim had battled paralysis for nineteen years before his death.

Rashid Karim died at Ibrahim Cardiac Centre in Dhaka on 26 November 2011.

Rashid Karim supports the Muslim League and is a great fan of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and eventually relinquishes a sort of detest against Mahatma Gandhi and other Hindu leaders, though he is in the belief that Pakistan would be a country irrespective of Hindus and Muslims.

The novel for which Rashid Karim earned more reputation is Prem Ekti Lal Golap.

Rashid Karim himself went through an adolescent love affair with a girl whose name is not even exposed in the swan song.

Rashid Karim taught us about the ecstasy of obtaining knowledge and passion.