Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad

Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad (Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় মুসলিম সাহিত্য সংসদ) (Sylhet Central Muslim Literary Society) is a literary organisation located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. It is the one of the oldest organisations of its kind in the Indian sub-continent and the oldest in Bangladesh. It was founded on 16 September 1936 by Muhammad Nurul Haque. It has the largest non-government collection of books, magazines, inscriptions etc. Some of them date back to the 13th century AD.[1][2]

Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad
কেন্দ্রীয় মুসলিম সাহিত্য সংসদ
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24°54′06″N 91°52′09″E / 24.9018°N 91.8692°E / 24.9018; 91.8692
LocationDorgah gate, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Established1936 (1936)

The former presidents of the organisation include many writers, critics and poets from Sylhet such as Syed Mujtaba Ali, Dewan Mohammad Azraf and Dilwar Khan.

References edit

  1. ^ Chowdhury, Dewan Nurul Anwar Hossain (2012). "Sylhet Central Muslim Literary Society". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ Nandalal Sharma (2012), "Kendriyo Muslim Sahitya Sangsad", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, retrieved 12 February 2017