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<p>Content Updated.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Pathan, Muhammad Hanif&#039;&#039;&#039; (1900-?) folklorist and antiquarian, was born in his maternal uncle&#039;s house in the village of Dewanchar in Raipura upazila, Dhaka, on Chaitra 23, 1307 (April 1900). His ancestral home was in the village of Bateswar in the same area.<br /> <br /> After passing the Normal examination from Dhaka Normal School in 1921, Muhammad Pathan took up teaching at a school and continued to do so all his life. He lived in the village and collected and studied [[Folk Literature|folk literature]]. He collected many proverbs, part of which he published. His noted work is a two-volume compilation of proverbs: Bangla Prabad-Parichiti. His other work on proverbs is a collection called Pallisahityer Kudana Manik (1937). Hanif Pathan first gave the clue to the archaeological heritage of the village of Wari- Bateswar, which is now recognised as an important archaeological site giving clue to a trans-oceanic business centre at [[Wari-Bateshwar|wari-batesHwar]]. [Wakil Ahmed]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Biography]]<br /> <br /> [[bn:পাঠান, মুহম্মদ হানিফ]]</div>

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