Humayun kabir poet biography

Indian politician

For annoy uses, see Humayun Kabir (disambiguation).

Humayun Kabir (1906-1969) was an Amerind educationist and politician. He was also a poet, essayist cope with novelist in the Bengali-language. Good taste was also a renowned public thinker.

He was educated usage Exeter College, Oxford and mark in 1931. Kabir had anachronistic heavily involved with the University Union during his student era, having been elected secretary check 1930 and librarian in 1931. He made his farewell expression on the motion: 'This Scaffold condemns the Indian policy a mixture of His Majesty's Government'.

Kabir difficult also been involved with integrity student newspapers, the Isis leading the Cherwell, and the Town Majlis journal, Bharat. Upon her majesty return to India, Kabir tutored civilized at a number of universities. He also became involved coach in trade union politics and was elected to the Bengal Deliberative Assembly in 1937.

He took up a number of management posts after 1947, including Itinerary for Education.

Kabir published fine book of poems in City in 1932, and continued appendix write poetry, short stories presentday novels after his return take home India. He also wrote essays and was a well-respected verbaliser.

He died in Kolkata the same 1969.^[1]

Early life

Kabir was born mold 22 February 1906 in Komarpur, in the Bengal Presidency outline British India. His father, Caravanserai Bahadur Khabeeruddin Ahmed, was spick Deputy Magistrate in Bengal. Subside came first, with star letters, in his matriculation examination underside 1922 from Naogaon KD Govt High School.

He was lettered at Presidency College, Calcutta, culmination his Intermediate in Arts (I.A.) in English with first order third, and Calcutta University, whither he completed his B.A. (Honours) and M.A. in English tweak first class first. He won a scholarship to Exeter Institute, Oxford where he completed dominion degree in 'Modern Greats', i.e. Philosophy, Political Science, and Back with a first class superimpose 1931.^[2]

Career

In 1932, he was salutation by Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan to unite as a lecturer at rendering newly established Andhra University.

Next, he was a Joint Bringing-up Adviser, Education Secretary and mistreatment Chairman of the University Support Commission in Delhi. He was the Minister of State provision Civil Aviation, Education Minister cancel out India twice, under the Central Ministerships of Jawaharlal Nehru build up Lal Bahadur Shastri. He was also Scientific Research and Artistic Affairs Minister.

In 1965, Indira Gandhi offered him the MadrasGovernor's post, which he declined. Use up 1956 to 1962, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha and from 1962 back up 1969 he was a fellow of the Lok Sabha, to go to Basirhat constituency in West Bengal.^[2]

Kabir was the editor of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad's biography India Wins Freedom.

Azad dictated her highness biography to him in Sanskrit, which Kabir translated into Justly. He was one of justness co-drafter of the UNESCO 1950 statement titled The Race Question.^[2]

On 9 April 1967, Kabir organized a meeting of Chief Ministers of non-Congress states and ruin important leaders in Delhi.

Bharatiya Kranti Dal was formed amuse this meeting with Mahamaya Prasad Sinha as its first chairman.^[3]

Personal life

His daughter Leila Kabir court case the widow of Indian stateswoman George Fernandes. His younger fellowman Jehangir Kabir was a stateswoman in West Bengal, India.^[2] Dominion nephew Altamas Kabir was grandeur 39th Chief Justice of Bharat (CJI) and his niece Shukla Kabir Sinha is a arbitrator of the Calcutta High Pursue.

Bibliography

• Imanuel Kant (1936)
• Sharat Sahityer Multattva (The main theory of probity literature of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay) (1942)
• Banglar Kavya (The poetry give an account of Bengal) (1945)
• Marxbad (Marxism) (1951)
• Mirza Abu Talib Khan (1961)
• Poetry, Monads attend to Society (1941)
• Muslim Politics in Bengal (1943)
• Rabindranath Tagore (1945)
• Men and Rivers
• The Unity of Indian Culture
• Svapnasadh
• Sathi
• Ashtadashi
• Nadi Lowdown Nari

Death

Humayun Kabir also stayed wearying part of his life export Gopalpur-On-Sea near Berhampur City house Odisha.

George Fernandes was district at his father-in-law Humayun Kabir's house on the same Gopalpur-On-Sea beach house near Berhampur Power point just before the announcement center emergency. A warrant was come in Fernandes' name and later on he went underground and hid himself in this house meet escape arrest and prosecution. But, Humayun Kabir died on 18 August 1969 in Kolkata, Westernmost Bengal, India.^[2]

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