‘The role of Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah in the establishment of Dhaka University is evident’- Speakers at the discussion
Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, a prominent twentieth-century academic, Sufi saint and social reformer, obtained his MA in Philosophy from Calcutta University in 1895. Then for 34 long years, he kept himself engaged in teaching and education service and tried to make the backward people of Bengal interested in education especially in English education. Through his diligent efforts, several educational institutions were established in different parts of Chittagong, Cumilla and Brahmanbaria.
From 1914 to 1928 he was a member of the Senate, Syndicate, other important committees and councils of Calcutta University. He was nominated a member of an important sub-committee of the Nathan Committee formed in 1912 to formulate the Dhaka University Scheme.
Later, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah was no...