About Syed Murtaza Ali
Lived 1902 – 1981 (aged 79). Syed Murtaza Ali was a Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani historian and writer.
Syed Murtaza Ali (1 July 1902 – 9 August 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was the elder brother of writer and linguist Syed Mujtaba Ali. Ali's mother, Amatul Mannan Khatun, belonged to the Chowdhuries of Kala and Bahadurpur, an Islamised branch of the Pal family of Panchakhanda. His paternal family's ancestral home is Khandakar Bari in Uttarsur Village of Bahubal Upazila of Habiganj District.
Ali passed his matriculation examination from Sylhet Government School in 1921 and passed his ISc from Murari Chand College in 1923. He earned his bachelor's in physics from Presidency College, Calcutta.
Works Pashchim Pakistan (1952) The History of Jaintia (1954) History of Chittagong (1964) Hazrat Shah Jalal O Sylheter Itihas (1965). Amader Kaler Katha (1968), Muztaba-Katha O Anyanya Prasanga (1976) Prabandha Bichitra (1967)
Awards Bangla Academy Literary Award (1973) Independence Day Award (1982)
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Independence Day Award recipient (1902-1981)
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Syed Murtaza Ali was born on 1 July 1902 in Sribhumi.
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Syed Murtaza Ali died on 9 August 1981 in Dhaka.
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Syed Murtaza Ali was a historian and writer.
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Syed Murtaza Ali was Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani.
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