Muntasir Mamoon
মুনতাসীর মামুন
Born1951 (age 72–73)
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationPhD
Alma materDhaka University
Occupation(s)author, researcher, translator
SpouseFatema Mamoon
AwardsBangla Academy Literary Award
Ekushey Padak

Muntasir Mamoon (born 1951) his full name is Muntasir Uddin Khan Mamun, he is a Bangladeshi writer, historian, scholar, secularist, translator, and professor at University of Dhaka.[1][2][3][4] He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award and Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh.

Early life and education

Mamoon was born in 1951. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degree from the Department of History of the University of Dhaka.[5]

Career

Mamoon mainly worked on the historical city of Dhaka. He wrote several books about this city, took part in movements to protect Dhaka. Among his historical works on 1971 is his Sei Sob Pakistani, in which many interviews with leading Pakistanis was published. Most of them were the leading Pakistani characters during the liberation war of Bangladesh.

In 2009, Mamoon and General KM Safiullah filed a petition with the Bangladesh High Court asking it to direct the government to maintain the historic locations at Suhrawardy Udyan and all over Bangladesh.[6] Justices A. B. M. Khairul Haque and Md. Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed of the High Court Division issued a verdict in favor of the petitioners asking the government to preserve historical sites.[7] He is the vice president of Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, advocacy group for the trial of War Criminals of Bangladesh Liberation War.[8]

In 2012, Mamoon appeared as a prosecution witness at International Crimes Tribunal-1 which was engaged by the Bangladesh Government to try the war criminals of 1971. In his witness's account, Mamoon said that members of the Peace Committee used to advise Pakistani military leaders about where and how to strike the freedom fighters of Bangladesh.[9]

Mamoon is the Bangabandhu chair at the University of Chittagong.[10] He is the chairman of the trustee board of 1971: Genocide and Torture Archive and Museum in Khulna.[11]

Awards

Bibliography (partial list)

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References

  1. ^ Azad, Abid. "Jamaat building militant network in South Asia". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. ^ "LIFE TERM Not enough". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Shahriar Kabir's book on war crimes launched". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  4. ^ "V-Day with a difference". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Muntassir Mamoon gets Bangiya Sahitya Parishad award". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  6. ^ Staff Correspondent (7 July 2009). "HC verdict today". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  7. ^ Staff Correspondent (8 July 2009). "Preserve war memorials, historic sites". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Shahriar Kabir finds recent city polls among fairest in history". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Peace Committee got support from Pakistan govt: Prof Muntassir tells war crimes tribunal". The Daily Star. 5 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Abul Hasnat's Kabitasamagra launched". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Genocide museum celebrates founding anniv with sculpture exhibition". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  12. ^ "15 named for Ekushey Padak—2010". The Daily Star. 17 February 2010.

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