Motahar Hossain Talukdar
Born1922
Gazaria, Ratankandi, Sirajganj, Bengal Presidency, British India.
(current Bangladesh)
Died2 December 2001
Sirajganj
Nationality[British India]] (until 1947)
Pakistan (before 1971)
Bangladesh
Alma materPabna Edward College
Rajshahi College
Political partyAwami League
AwardsEkushey Padak (2021)

Motahar Hossain Talukder (1922–2 December 2001), also known as Motahar Master, was a politician from Sirajganj District of Bangladesh. He was posthumously awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2021 by the Government of Bangladesh for his significant contribution to the Bengali language movement.[1][2]

Early life

Talukdar was born in 1922 in Gazaria in Ratankandi Union, Sirajganj. His father Naimuddin Talukder was a teacher. He completed higher secondary from Pabna Edward College and completed BSc from Rajshahi College.[3]

Career


Talukder was the former governor of Sirajganj District during the BAKSAL period.[4] He was defeated in the Sirajganj-2 constituency as a candidate of Awami League in the fifth parliamentary elections of 1991.[5]

Talukdar wrote an essay titled "55 years of my political life".[3]

Death

Talukder died on 2 December 2001 in Sirajganj.[3]

References

  1. ↑ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (4 February 2021). "একুশে পদক পাচ্ছেন ২১ বিশিষ্টজন". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  2. ↑ "21 eminent personalities named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  3. 1 2 3 Motahar Hossain, Talukdar (2016). আমার রাজনৈতিক জীবনের ৫৫ বছর. Uttarodhikar 71. p. 80. ISBN 9789843415486.
  4. ↑ "এবার একুশে পদক পাচ্ছেন সিরাজগঞ্জের ৩ কৃতী সন্তান". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  5. ↑ "মোতাহার হোসেন তালুকদার". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-04-13.

 

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