Nafis Ahmad
Born1911
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died31 May 1982 (1982-06-01) (aged 71)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationMaster's from Aligarh Muslim University (1935)
PhD from London School of Economics (1953)
Occupation(s)geographer, educationalist

Nafis Ahmad (1911-1982) was a Bangladeshi geographer and educationalist.[1]

Early life

Ahmad was born in 1911 in British India. He finished his undergrad in 1934 and masters in 1935 from the Aligarh Muslim University. In 1953, he finished his PhD from the London School of Economics.[2]

Career

In 1936, Ahmad joined Aligarh Muslim University as a lecturer of Geography. From 1940 to 1947, he served as the head of the Geography Department at the Islamia College, Calcutta. He published two books, Basis of Pakistan and Muslim Contribution to Geography, in 1947. In 1948, he was appointed the first head of the geography department of the Dhaka University. From 1964 to 1966, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Science at Dhaka University. He was the founding president of Bangladesh Geographical Society in 1955, then known as East Pakistan Geographical Society. He is a fellow at the American Geographical Society and the Royal Geographical Society.[2][3][4]

Ahmad published Economic Geography of East Pakistan in 1958. The book was renamed to the Economic Geography of Bangladesh after the Independence of Bangladesh. It was expanded and republished in 1976. In 1961, the President of Pakistan awarded him the "Medal of Distinction". He retired from Dhaka University in 1971. He taught in a number of universities in Lahore and Karachi.[2]

Death

Ahmad died on 31 May 1982 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2]

Works

  • The Basis of Pakistan (Calcutta, 1947).
  • Muslim Contribution to Geography (Lahore, 1947).
  • “Industrial Development in East Bengal (East Pakistan).” Economic Geography 26, no. 3 (1950): 183–95. https://doi.org/10.2307/141708.
  • “The Indo-Pakistan Boundary Disputes Tribunal, 1949-1950.” Geographical Review 43, no. 3 (1953): 329–37. https://doi.org/10.2307/211751.
  • “The Pattern of Rural Settlement in East Pakistan.” Geographical Review 46, no. 3 (1956): 388–98. https://doi.org/10.2307/211887.
  • “DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY IN CHITTAGONG.” Ekistics 15, no. 90 (1963): 301–4. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43622743.
  • An Economic Geography of East Pakistan (Karachi, 1968).
  • Economic Resources of the Union of Burma (Massachusetts, 1971).
  • A New Economic Geography of Bangladesh (Delhi, 1976)

References

  1. ↑ Kapur, Anu (2002). Indian Geography: Voice of Concern. Concept Publishing Company. p. 160. ISBN 978-81-7022-980-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hadi, Mohammad Abdul. "Ahmad, Nafis". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Pakistan Affairs. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. 1951. p. 8.
  4. ↑ Dacca, University of (1963). Report. p. 67.
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