Abdul Hamid Khan Yusufzai

Abdul Hamid Khan Yusufzai (1845-1915) is a Bengali writer, journalist, and politician.[1][2]

Early life

Abdul Hamid was born in Charan, Tangail District, British Raj in 1845. He worked as a manager at the Delduar Zamidar estate in Tangail along with notable writer Mir Mosharraf Hossain.[3] He was married to Aziz-un-Nisa.[4]

Career

Abdul Hamid was progressive journalist who published a secular fortnightly, The Ahmadi, the first issue came out in 1886. The Ahmadi was supported by Karimunnessa Khanam Chowdhurani, the wife of the zamidar of Delduar. He and The Ahmadi fought a lawsuit against the Akhbare Islamia magazine over the Hanafi-La-Mazhabi and slaughter of cows. He worked with Surendranath Banerjee. He joined the Indian National Congress, the Swadeshi movement and other anti-British activities. His first book, Sarsangraha, was published in 1887.[3][5]

Death

Abdul Hamid died in 1915.[3]

References
  1. Sengupta, Nitish K. (2011). Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib. Penguin Books India. p. 288. ISBN 9780143416784.
  2. Ray, Bharati (2005). Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods. SAGE Publications India. p. 429. ISBN 9788132102649.
  3. Ahmed, Wakil. "Yusufzai, Abdul Hamid Khan". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. Khan, Muhammad Mojlum (2013). The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Kube Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781847740625. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. Haan, Francisca de (2013). Women's Activism: Global Perspectives from the 1890s to the Present. Routledge. p. 113. ISBN 9780415535755.
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