Sardar Jainuddin
সরদার জয়েনুদ্দিন
Born(1918-03-01)1 March 1918
Village: Kamarhat, Najirganj, Sujanagar, Pabna District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died22 December 1986(1986-12-22) (aged 68)
NationalityBangladeshi
Awardsfull list

Sardar Jainuddin (1 March 1918 – 22 December 1986) was a Bangladeshi novelist.[1][2][3] He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1967 and Ekushey Padak in 1994 posthumously.[4][5]

Early life

Sardar Jayenuddin was born in 1918 in the village of Kamarhat, part of the Najirganj Union in Sujanagar Upazila, which is located in the Pabna District of what is now Bangladesh. He was born into the esteemed 'Sardar family' in a region that was under the British Empire's colonial administration as part of the Bengal Presidency during the year of his birth.

In 1939, Sardar Jayenuddin completed his Matriculation examination at Kholilpur High School. Subsequently, he pursued further studies and achieved an equivalent of a higher secondary education at Govt. Edward College, Pabna.[1]

Awards

Works

Career

Novels

Short story collections

Poetry

Translation

Samagra

Personal life

Jayenuddin's son, Zia Ahmed, was a major general in Bangladesh Army and former chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Huq, Mohammad Daniul (2012). "Jainuddin, Sardar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ Huq, Mohammad Daniul; Rahman, Aminur (27 June 2014). "Bangla literature through ages (part 4 of 7)". The New Nation. Dhaka.
  3. ^ Kabir, Ahmed (1989). Sarder Jainuddin. Dhaka: Bangla Academy.
  4. ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ Rahman, Md. Mahmudur (2008). Boi. Dhaka: Jatiyo Grantho Kendro.
  6. ^ Staff Correspondent (2012-09-11). "BTRC chief Zia Ahmed passes away". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-08-17.


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