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 organisation of its kind in Indian sub-continent and 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]
The former presidents of the organisation includes many writers, critiques and poets from Sylhet such as Syed Mujtaba Ali, Dewan Mohammad Azraf and Dilwar Khan.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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