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'''Yusufzai, Abdul Hamid Khan''' (1845-1915)  journalist, litterateur and politician, was born in Charan village of [[Tangail District|tangail]] district. Both he and [[Hossain, Mir Mosharraf|mir mosharraf hossain]] worked as managers of the local zamindar of Delduar. Yusufzai was secular and progressive and edited and published a secular fortnightly called the [[Ahmadi, The|ahmadi]] (1886), which was financed by the wife of the Zamindar, Karimunnessa Khanam Chowdhurani. However, the ''Ahmadi'' got embroiled in a lawsuit against another magazine called [[akhbare islamia]] over issues relating to the killing of cows and the ''Hanafi-La-Mazhabi''. 

Mir Mosharraf Hossain and Yusufzai helped each other in their works. Yusufzai worked with [[surendranath banerjea|surendranath banerjea]], became associated with Congress politics, and got involved in [[Swadeshi Movement|swadeshi movement]] (1905-11) and anti-British activities. His first book, ''Sarsangraha'' (First volume, 1887), is a collection of didactic pieces in prose and verse. His other poetical works are ''Biragsabgit''(1880), ''Prabodhsabgit''(1891) and ''Udasi'' (1905). ''Udasi'', a collection of short poems and legends, is considered his best work. Love of humanity, of the motherland, spiritualism and civics were the main subjects. [Wakil Ahmed]

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