Gazi Shahabuddin Ahmed | |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Birth Place: | Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Gazi Shahabuddin Ahmed (– 9 June 2017) was a Bangladeshi editor, intellectual and publisher.[1] He was the founder and editor of Sachitra Shandhani.[2]
Ahmed was a descendant of Fazl Gazi, zamindar of Bhawal Estate (now Gazipur, named after the family), and one of the Baro-Bhuyan of Bengal.[3] He was the eldest son of 11 children of Gazi Shamsuddin Ahmed, an inspector general of police, and Gazi Rafia Khatun, an entrepreneur.[2] While studying at Notre Dame College, Dhaka, he published and edited Sachitra Shandhani in 1956, at the age of 17.[2] The publication ran until 1996. It published notable writings including Jahanara Imam's wartime journal, Ekatturer Dinguli.[2] His uncle Gazi Nurun Newaz was the founder and chairman of Bangladesh's first ceramic industry Peoples Ceramic Industries Limited.
Ahmed had a publishing house, Shondhani Prokashoni.[3]
Ahmed was married to Bithi since 1964.[4] Together they had a son, Shoubhro and a daughter, Sharmeen.[2]