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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Shamsuddin, Abu Jafar&#039;&#039;&#039; (1911-1988)  journalist and writer, was born on 12 March 1911 in the village of Dakshinbagh in [[Gazipur &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Distrcit&lt;/del&gt;|gazipur]], [[Dhaka District|dhaka]], son of Mohammad Akkas Ali Bhuiyan. His grandfather, Nadiruzzaman Bhuiyan, a disciple of Maulana [[Jaunpuri, Karamat Ali|karamat ali jaunpuri]], was a local representative. After initial education in his village [[Pathshala|pathshala]], he passed the Junior Madrassah examination in 1924 and the High Madrassah examination in 1929. He subsequently enrolled at Dhaka Intermediate College but did not complete his studies.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Shamsuddin, Abu Jafar&#039;&#039;&#039; (1911-1988)  journalist and writer, was born on 12 March 1911 in the village of Dakshinbagh in [[Gazipur &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;District&lt;/ins&gt;|gazipur]], [[Dhaka District|dhaka]], son of Mohammad Akkas Ali Bhuiyan. His grandfather, Nadiruzzaman Bhuiyan, a disciple of Maulana [[Jaunpuri, Karamat Ali|karamat ali jaunpuri]], was a local representative. After initial education in his village [[Pathshala|pathshala]], he passed the Junior Madrassah examination in 1924 and the High Madrassah examination in 1929. He subsequently enrolled at Dhaka Intermediate College but did not complete his studies.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar began his career as sub-editor of the daily [[soltan]]. He also worked at the [[Azad, The|azad]], [[Ittefaq, The|ittefaq]], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Purbadesh&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and [[Sangbad, The|sangbad]], for which he wrote a weekly column, &amp;#039;Baihasiker Parshvachinta&amp;#039;;, under the pseudonym &amp;#039;Alpadarshi&amp;#039;. From 1961 to 1972, he worked as assistant translator at the [[Bangla Academy|bangla academy]].  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar began his career as sub-editor of the daily [[soltan]]. He also worked at the [[Azad, The|azad]], [[Ittefaq, The|ittefaq]], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Purbadesh&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and [[Sangbad, The|sangbad]], for which he wrote a weekly column, &amp;#039;Baihasiker Parshvachinta&amp;#039;;, under the pseudonym &amp;#039;Alpadarshi&amp;#039;. From 1961 to 1972, he worked as assistant translator at the [[Bangla Academy|bangla academy]].  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar was initially a member of the Radical Democratic Party of [[manabendra nath roy]]. He then joined the newly established National Awami Party (NAP, 1957) of Maulana [[Bhasani, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan|abdul hamid khan bhasani]] and was elected a member of its Provincial Organising Committee. He was the convener of the historical Kagmari Summit Preparation Committee. He actively took part in the [[Language Movement|language movement]]. Later on, he performed many important duties as a founder member of the Bangabandhu Council.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar was initially a member of the Radical Democratic Party of [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Roy, Manabendra Nath|&lt;/ins&gt;manabendra nath roy]]. He then joined the newly established National Awami Party (NAP, 1957) of Maulana [[Bhasani, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan|abdul hamid khan bhasani]] and was elected a member of its Provincial Organising Committee. He was the convener of the historical Kagmari Summit Preparation Committee. He actively took part in the [[Language Movement|language movement]]. Later on, he performed many important duties as a founder member of the Bangabandhu Council.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar was a progressive writer who believed in secularism, Bengali nationalism and socialism. At different times he was associated with many social and cultural organisations such as the Bangladesh Peace Council, Bangladesh Humanist Society, Executive Council of Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Afro-Asian Writers&amp;#039;; Union and Bangladesh-India Friendship Association.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar was a progressive writer who believed in secularism, Bengali nationalism and socialism. At different times he was associated with many social and cultural organisations such as the Bangladesh Peace Council, Bangladesh Humanist Society, Executive Council of Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Afro-Asian Writers&amp;#039;; Union and Bangladesh-India Friendship Association.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal style=&quot;margin-top&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;0pt;margin-&lt;/del&gt;right&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:0in;margin-bottom: 2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;tab-stops:.5in center 46.75pt left 60.95pt 111.0pt 2.25in&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Shamsuddin, Abu Jafar&#039;&#039;&#039; (1911-1988) journalist and writer, was born on 12 March 1911 in the village of Dakshinbagh in [[gazipur]], [[dhaka]], son of Mohammad Akkas Ali Bhuiyan. His grandfather, Nadiruzzaman Bhuiyan, a disciple of Maulana [[karamat ali jaunpuri]], was a local representative. After initial education in his village [[pathshala]], he passed the Junior Madrassah examination in 1924 and the High Madrassah examination in 1929. He subsequently enrolled at Dhaka Intermediate College but did not complete his studies.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ShamsuddinAbuJafar&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;jpg|thumb|&lt;/ins&gt;right&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|Abu Jafar Shamsuddin]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Shamsuddin, Abu Jafar&#039;&#039;&#039; (1911-1988) &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;journalist and writer, was born on 12 March 1911 in the village of Dakshinbagh in [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Gazipur Distrcit|&lt;/ins&gt;gazipur]], [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dhaka District|&lt;/ins&gt;dhaka]], son of Mohammad Akkas Ali Bhuiyan. His grandfather, Nadiruzzaman Bhuiyan, a disciple of Maulana [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Jaunpuri, Karamat Ali|&lt;/ins&gt;karamat ali jaunpuri]], was a local representative. After initial education in his village [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pathshala|&lt;/ins&gt;pathshala]], he passed the Junior Madrassah examination in 1924 and the High Madrassah examination in 1929. He subsequently enrolled at Dhaka Intermediate College but did not complete his studies.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Abu Jafar was initially a member of the Radical Democratic Party of [[manabendra nath roy]]. He then joined the newly established National Awami Party (NAP, 1957) of Maulana [[Bhasani, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan|abdul hamid khan bhasani]] and was elected a member of its Provincial Organising Committee. He was the convener of the historical Kagmari Summit Preparation Committee. He actively took part in the [[Language Movement|language movement]]. Later on, he performed many important duties as a founder member of the Bangabandhu Council. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Abu Jafar was a progressive writer who believed in secularism, Bengali nationalism and socialism. At different times he was associated with many social and cultural organisations such as the Bangladesh Peace Council, Bangladesh Humanist Society, Executive Council of Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Afro-Asian Writers&#039;; Union and Bangladesh-India Friendship Association. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &amp;lt;p align=center style=&quot;text-align:center&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;essentially &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;novelist&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;His first novel&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;Parityakta Svami&#039;&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;published &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1947&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;However&lt;/ins&gt;, he &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;also wrote in other genres, including &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;short story, essay, biography, autobiography, etc&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;His writings reflect his concern for the general masses &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;his liberal humanism&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Among his notable works are &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;novels &#039;&#039;Bhawal Gader Upakhyan&#039;&#039; (1963), &#039;&#039;Padma Meghna Jamuna&#039;&#039; (1974), &#039;&#039;Sankar Sankirtan&#039;&#039; (1980)&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;Deyal&#039;&#039; (1986). His collections of short stories include &#039;&#039;Jiban&#039;&#039; (1948), &#039;&#039;Rajen Thakurer Tirthayatra&#039;&#039; (1978), &#039;&#039;Lyangdi&#039;&#039; (1984). His essays have been collected in &#039;&#039;Chintar Bibartan O Purba Pakistani Sahitya&#039;&#039; (1964)&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;Sociology &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bengal Politics&#039;&#039; (1973), &#039;&#039;Sochchar Uchcharan&#039;&#039; (1977)&lt;/ins&gt;, &#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;Lokayata Samaj O Babgali Sanskrti&#039;&#039; (1988)&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar was &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;initially &lt;/del&gt;a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;member of the Radical Democratic Party of [[manabendra nath roy]]&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;He then joined the newly established National Awami Party (NAP&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1957) of Maulana [[abdul hamid khan bhasani]] and &lt;/del&gt;was &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;elected a member of its Provincial Organising Committee. He was the convener of the historical Kagmari Summit Preparation Committee. He actively took part &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the [[language movement]]&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Later on&lt;/del&gt;, he &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;performed many important duties as a founder member of &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bangabandhu Council&lt;/del&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &amp;lt;p align=center style=&quot;text-align:center&quot;&amp;gt;Abu Jafar Shamsuddin&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Abu Jafar was a progressive writer who believed in secularism, Bengali nationalism &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;socialism&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;At different times he was associated with many social and cultural organisations such as &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bangladesh Peace Council&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bangladesh Humanist Society&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Executive Council &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bangla Academy&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bangladesh Afro-Asian Writers&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;; Union and Bangladesh-India Friendship Association&lt;/del&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abu Jafar was &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;essentially a novelist. His first novel, &#039;&#039;Parityakta&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Sv&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;m&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;, was published in 1947. However, he also wrote in other genres, including &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;short story, essay, biography, autobiography, etc. His writings reflect his concern for the general masses and his liberal humanism. Among his notable works are the novels &#039;&#039;Bhawal Ga&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;d&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;er Upakhyan&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;(&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1963&lt;/del&gt;), &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;Padm&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; Meghn&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; Jamun&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;(&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1974&lt;/del&gt;), &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;Sankar Sank&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rtan&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;(&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1980&lt;/del&gt;), &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;Dey&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;(1986&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;). His collections of short stories include &#039;&#039;J&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ban&#039;&#039; (1948&lt;/del&gt;), &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;R&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;jen Th&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;kurer T&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rthay&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;tr&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;(&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1978&lt;/del&gt;)&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &#039;&#039;Ly&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ng&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;di&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;(&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1984&lt;/del&gt;). &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;His essays have been collected &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;Chint&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;r Bibartan O P&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;rba Pakistani S&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hitya&#039;&#039; (1964), &#039;&#039;Sociology of Bengal Politics&#039;&#039; (1973), &#039;&#039;Sochch&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;r Uchch&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ra&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039; (1977), &#039;&#039;Lok&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;yata Sam&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;j O Ba&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;b&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;g&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;l&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; Sansk&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ti&#039;&#039; (1988)&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In recognition of his social and literary contributions, &lt;/ins&gt;Abu Jafar was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;awarded &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bangla Academy Award &lt;/ins&gt;(&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1968&lt;/ins&gt;), &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Samakal Literary Award &lt;/ins&gt;(&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1979&lt;/ins&gt;), &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ekushey Padak &lt;/ins&gt;(&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1983&lt;/ins&gt;), &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Shaheed Nutan Chandra Singh Smriti Padak &lt;/ins&gt;(1986), &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Muktadhara Literary Award &lt;/ins&gt;(&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1986&lt;/ins&gt;) &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and Philips Award &lt;/ins&gt;(&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;posthumously in 1988&lt;/ins&gt;). &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Abu Jafar Shamsuddin died on 24 August 1988 and was buried &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;his own village&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[Saumitra Sekhar]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In recognition of his social and literary contributions, Abu Jafar was awarded the Bangla Academy Award (1968), Samakal Literary Award (1979), Ekushey Padak (1983), Shaheed Nutan Chandra Singh Smriti Padak (1986), Muktadhara Literary Award (1986) and Philips Award (posthumously in 1988). Abu Jafar Shamsuddin died on 24 August 1988 and was buried in his own village. [Saumitra Sekhar] [Sekhar, Soumitra  Professor of Bangla, Dhaka University]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal style=&amp;quot;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;tab-stops:.5in center 46.75pt left 60.95pt 111.0pt 2.25in&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shamsuddin, Abu Jafar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1911-1988) journalist and writer, was born on 12 March 1911 in the village of Dakshinbagh in [[gazipur]], [[dhaka]], son of Mohammad Akkas Ali Bhuiyan. His grandfather, Nadiruzzaman Bhuiyan, a disciple of Maulana [[karamat ali jaunpuri]], was a local representative. After initial education in his village [[pathshala]], he passed the Junior Madrassah examination in 1924 and the High Madrassah examination in 1929. He subsequently enrolled at Dhaka Intermediate College but did not complete his studies. &lt;br /&gt;
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Abu Jafar began his career as sub-editor of the daily [[soltan]]. He also worked at the [[azad]], [[ittefaq]], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;P&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;u&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;rbadesh&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and [[sangbad]], for which he wrote a weekly column, &amp;#039;Baihasiker Parshvachinta&amp;#039;;, under the pseudonym &amp;#039;Alpadarshi&amp;#039;;. From 1961 to 1972, he worked as assistant translator at the [[bangla academy]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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Abu Jafar was initially a member of the Radical Democratic Party of [[manabendra nath roy]]. He then joined the newly established National Awami Party (NAP, 1957) of Maulana [[abdul hamid khan bhasani]] and was elected a member of its Provincial Organising Committee. He was the convener of the historical Kagmari Summit Preparation Committee. He actively took part in the [[language movement]]. Later on, he performed many important duties as a founder member of the Bangabandhu Council. &lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;lt;p align=center style=&amp;quot;text-align:center&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abu Jafar Shamsuddin&lt;br /&gt;
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Abu Jafar was a progressive writer who believed in secularism, Bengali nationalism and socialism. At different times he was associated with many social and cultural organisations such as the Bangladesh Peace Council, Bangladesh Humanist Society, Executive Council of Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Afro-Asian Writers&amp;#039;; Union and Bangladesh-India Friendship Association. &lt;br /&gt;
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Abu Jafar was essentially a novelist. His first novel, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Parityakta&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sv&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;m&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;i&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, was published in 1947. However, he also wrote in other genres, including the short story, essay, biography, autobiography, etc. His writings reflect his concern for the general masses and his liberal humanism. Among his notable works are the novels &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhawal Ga&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;d&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;er Upakhyan&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1963), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Padm&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Meghn&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Jamun&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1974), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sankar Sank&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;i&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;rtan&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1980), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dey&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;l&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1986). His collections of short stories include &amp;#039;&amp;#039;J&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;i&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ban&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1948), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;R&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;jen Th&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;kurer T&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;i&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;rthay&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;tr&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1978), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ly&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ng&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;di&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1984). His essays have been collected in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chint&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;r Bibartan O P&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;u&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;rba Pakistani S&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;hitya&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1964), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sociology of Bengal Politics&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1973), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sochch&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;r Uchch&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ra&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;n&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1977), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Lok&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;yata Sam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;j O Ba&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;b&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;g&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;l&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;i&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Sansk&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;r&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ti&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1988).&lt;br /&gt;
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In recognition of his social and literary contributions, Abu Jafar was awarded the Bangla Academy Award (1968), Samakal Literary Award (1979), Ekushey Padak (1983), Shaheed Nutan Chandra Singh Smriti Padak (1986), Muktadhara Literary Award (1986) and Philips Award (posthumously in 1988). Abu Jafar Shamsuddin died on 24 August 1988 and was buried in his own village. [Saumitra Sekhar] [Sekhar, Soumitra  Professor of Bangla, Dhaka University]&lt;br /&gt;
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