Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad Explained

Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad
কেন্দ্রীয় মুসলিম সাহিত্য সংসদ
Country:Bangladesh
Location:Dorgah gate, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Coordinates:24.9018°N 91.8692°W

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 organisations of its kind in the Indian sub-continent and the 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]

The former presidents of the organisation include many writers, critics and poets from Sylhet such as Syed Mujtaba Ali, Dewan Mohammad Azraf and Dilwar Khan.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chowdhury, Dewan Nurul Anwar Hossain . 2012 . Sylhet Central Muslim Literary Society . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Central_Muslim_Literary_Society . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.