Today is the 42nd death anniversary of noted educationalist Dr Muhammad Shahidullah.
On the occasion, a discussion programme will be held on his grave premises on the Dhaka University campus in the city today, says a press release.
He was an internationally renowned educationist, writer and philologist.
He played an important role during the language movement.
Shahidullah started his teaching career at the Jessore Zila School in 1908. He practised law for some time.
He joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer of Sanskrit and Bangla in 1921. During his teaching and research career at the Dhaka University, he explored the origins of the Bangla language.
Later he pursued his doctoral studies in France and Germany in 1926.
Dr Shahidullah was the first Indian Muslim to receive the doctorate degree.
He studied Vedic Sanskrit, Buddhist Sanskrit, Comparative Philology, Tibetan and ancient Persian at University of Paris, and Khotni, ancient Vedic Sanskrit and Prakrit at Freiburg University in Germany.
He delved deep into the history of Old and Middle Age Bangla literature, and wrote numerous books on these subjects.
Dr Muhammad Shahidullah passed away in Dhaka on July 13, 1969.
-With The Daily Star input
