Muhammad Takiullah

{{short description|Bangladeshi language movement veteran}}{{infobox person

|name=Muhammad Takiullah

|nationality=Bangladeshi

|father=Muhammad Shahidullah

|birth_date=1926

|death_date={{death date|2017|11|16|df=y}} (aged 91)

|death_place=Dhaka, Bangladesh

|relatives=Murtaja Baseer (brother)

}}

Muhammad Takiullah (1926 – 16 November 2017){{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/11/16/language-movement-veteran-leftist-muhammad-takiullah-passes-way-at-91|title=Language Movement veteran, leftist Muhammad Takiullah passes way at 91|publisher=bdnews24.com|access-date=2018-02-09}} was a Bangladeshi language movement veteran. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2018 by the Government of Bangladesh.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/ekushey-padak-goes-21-persons-1532002|title=21 named for Ekushey Padak|date=2018-02-09|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-02-09|language=en}} He was the fourth son of the Bengali linguist Muhammad Shahidullah.

Career

Takiullah reformed the Bangla calendar Promita Bangla Barshapanji. He was involved with the communist movement since the 1940s. He served as the general secretary of the Dhaka committee of the Communist Party in 1951.

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