Rowshan Ali Chowdhury
Died | 1933 (aged 58–59) |
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Other names | Roushon |
Occupation | Journalist |
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Relatives | Yakub and Awlad (younger brothers), Rokanuzzaman Khan (grandnephew) |
Mohammad Rowshan Ali Chowdhury (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ রওশন আলী চৌধুরী; 1874–1933) was a Bengali journalist, writer, poet and politician.
Early life
Chowdhury was born in 1874 in the village of Maguradangi in
Career
Chowdhury married a
Though Chowdhury had a keen interest in Bengali literature; both prose and poetry, he never published any books. His works mainly consisted of opinion writing and news reports in the form of prose. Raushan Ali's biographer traced a total of twelve signed works; six poems and six essays. Almost all of these articles were published in his edited The Kohinoor. Many of his works for The Kohinoor are considered to be unsigned and therefore unable to prove that they are his writings. Jogindranath Samaddar's List of Muslim writers (1915) included the life and works of Rowshan Ali and his close relations with fellow writers.[3]
He took part in the fifth conference of the Bangiya Sahitya Sammelan held at Hugli-Chuchura in 1912. On the third day of the conference, Chowdhury raised his condolences on the death of his acquaintance Mir Mosharraf Hossain, and was supported by Chandicharan Bandyopadhyay of the 24 Parganas.
He supported secular politics and was a supporter of the
Works
- Nītibarta - Message of Morals (essay, late 1898)
- Minoti - Request (poem, June 1904)
Death
Rahman died in 1933 in Maguradanga,
References
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b Abul Ahsan Chaudhuri (2 June 2019). "'কোহিনূর' পত্রিকা ও রওশন আলী চৌধুরী". Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali).
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ISBN 9781843313663. Retrieved 5 May 2019.