Talk:Abul Fateh

correct history of bangladesh

I make no bones that as a Bangladeshi and democrat I am proud that Wikipedia can allow an alternative history of the country to emerge. Abul Fateh is regarded as a giant for his quiet and thoughtful leadership. It is sad that outside of Wikipedia because of ideological divides in the country that a neutral man and nation-builder is so unrecognised. I am HANEF Hanef 21:56, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Women anone?

Interesting article. Does anyone know of any WOMEN who have been distinguished officials from Bangladesh?

Annawright 08:43, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

edits to historical assessment

I made some revisions to the text to make it more readable and less partisan. Annawright 23:03, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Broken infobox

Removed until fixed.

Template:Infobox BangForSec mikka (t) 04:42, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

I might have fixed this; I created a box which looks fine I think. ^freedom Annawright 16:52, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Call for Editors!

Just stumbled on List of Bangladeshis and was taken aback at the poor standards of writing and pandemics of POV. Rush over there all of you. They need help.  ^freedom P.S. I suggest people rely on Who's Who International, an annual U.K. publication, to help keep facts or even notability in view. Fateh for instance has figured in it every year since 1975 (could be earlier - my library doesn't go back so far). Annawright 01:09, 26 October 2005 (UTC) ^freedom

References

While I don't know about Abul Fateh's life in details, I think the article is a good start. But there are currently too much details without any references. For example, the biographical aspects, the defection during the Bangladesh Liberation War etc need some references to make the article better.

Also, the "Honors" section has an entry on membership of a racecourse!!! I fail to understand how membership of a club is considered an encyclopedic honor ... the other one made sense, but I think the racecourse-membership honor is better removed.

By the way, the external link on National Geographic documentary is mapped to a google search, which reveals nothing on Abul Fateh. Would the original editor add proper links?

Thanks

--Ragib 19:10, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

I think the racecourse honour is strange and trivial I agree.

I did not create this item but the National Geographic documentary we have most of us seen in Dhaka on cable. The programme summary states that Abul Fateh, "a Bengali ambassador, fled from a diplomatic posting with the Pakistani embassy in Iraq. " The film is mainly taken up with interviews with Ambassador Fateh and his wife which is more or less in this Wikipedia article. Then the film has cartoon animation of the story of Fateh Shahib's 'defection' from Iraq when he was Pakistan Ambassador. This takes up about 15-20 minutes of the documentary, and the rest of 10-15 minutes is about the continuation of the story with his son's account of life. In our family we are quite knowledgeable about Liberation and of course Fateh Shahib was a Liberation hero too although he has been neutral since then. The thing about the National Geog film is that it changes its listings weekly but has been on air every week somewhere in the world continuously since 2003 which is why I have seen it once in Australia and once in Bangladesh with two years apart! But also the links will change depending on the country it is showing in. I also consulted Who's Who like Ann Wright and can see the dates agree with the Wiki article (our copy is 1980). Somebody else must contribute similarly about why other details in the article may be accurate also.  ^{J O I B A N G L A !}Aloodum 17:10, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Funny thing is that one of Fateh Shahib's sons is already in Wikipedia! I saw the information on the National Geographic pages but was not wise enough to try a google. Last week I became curious and realised he is very famous indeed and furthermore is on these pages. He is called aladin but does not carry or take his father's name; I believe his name must be a rare version of the common indo-asiatic name 'Alaudin'. The father and son are important members of Bangladeshi intelligentsia I guess?  ^{J O I B A N G L A !}Aloodum 21:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Abul Fateh's sons

There is currently a dispute at Talk:Aladin (magician) about whether or not Abul Fateh had a son named Aladin, and whether or not Aladin is a magician, and whether or not Aladin is notable. Does anyone here have access to a source to confirm any of this information? Elonka 08:33, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Correction, the debate is about whether or not Abul Fateh has a son named "Eenasul Fateh", who is also a magician. Can anyone help confirm or deny the names of his sons? Thank you. Elonka 19:52, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

According to the WP article on this medal, it was issued in 1977, not 1975 (and this makes sense, as 1977 would be 25 years after the Queen ascended the throne). Colonies Chris 13:37, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

so-called liberation

Yuu repeat here the same falsehood that it was 'liberation' and not a civil war. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.201.57.120 (talk) 13:55, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

who cares about who his son is? who is anat-ul? what Proof are you offering? Who is Inas-ul? This is padding this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.201.57.120 (talk) 13:59, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

in point 4 refering to sons of ABUL FATEH you say national geographic proves his sons are called these names you have mentioned. The documentary ONLY mentions one 'ALADDIN' and no other name of any son. stop this padding. who is this article about? you don't need to mention names of sons, daughters or so on. Are you his son/daughter? If you want your own page you are not allowed —Preceding unsigned comment added by Idontwantaccount (talk • contribs) 00:38, August 29, 2007 (UTC) sorry i did not mean any insult. however for some reason i am not able to use my account. very strange. i just mean that your political definitions do not find agreement with those of us from the other side of pakistan history. but sorry. i am sure mr fateh is a descent man. sorry to his family