Sheikh Abdur Rahim

Sheikh Abdur Rahim (1859–1931), was a Bengali author.

Early life

Rahim was born in 1859 in Muhammadpur, Basirhat, 24-Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. His mother died at a young age and he was subsequently raised by Radhamadhav Basu. Basu was the Zamindar of Taki and a Deputy Magistrate. Rahim studied at a school in Taki and went to High School in Kolkata. He could not complete his education as a result of contracting smallpox.^[1]

Career

Rahim was very aware of Bengali Muslim community’s wealth and history. He edited Sudhakar in 1889 and Islam Pracharak in 1891. He would also go one to work for Mihir, Mihir O Sudhakar, Moslem Bharat, Moslem Hitaisi Hafez, and Islam-Darshan. He was a member of the Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Samiti, Calcutta Central Textbook Committee, Calcutta Mohammedan Union, and Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. He was a entrance examiner of Bengali language at the University of Calcutta.^[1]

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

Death

Rahim died on 14 July 1931 in Muhammadpur, Basirhat, 24-Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British Raj.^[1]

References

Further reading

• Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national textbook of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986).
• Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.