| Motahar Hossain Talukdar | |
| Birth Date: | 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Gazaria, Ratankandi, Sirajganj, Bengal Presidency, British India. |
| Death Date: | 2 December 2001 |
| Death Place: | Sirajganj |
| Nationality: | [British India]] (until 1947) Pakistan (before 1971) Bangladesh| alma_mater = Pabna Edward College Rajshahi College| party = Awami League| awards = Ekushey Padak (2021)}}Motahar Hossain Talukder (1922–2 December 2001), also known as Motahar Master, was a politician from Sirajganj District of Bangladesh. He was posthumously awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2021 by the Government of Bangladesh for his significant contribution to the Bengali language movement.[1] [2] Early lifeTalukdar was born in 1922 in Gazaria in Ratankandi Union, Sirajganj. His father Naimuddin Talukder was a teacher. He completed higher secondary from Pabna Edward College and completed BSc from Rajshahi College.[3] CareerTalukder was the former governor of Sirajganj District during the BAKSAL period.[4] He was defeated in the Sirajganj-2 constituency as a candidate of Awami League in the fifth parliamentary elections of 1991.[5] Talukdar wrote an essay titled "55 years of my political life". DeathTalukder died on 2 December 2001 in Sirajganj. References] |