Raonok Sahitya Sangstha

{{Short description|Bengali literary organization}}

{{Orphan|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Raonok Sahitya Sangstha

| formation = {{start date and age|1958}}

| full_name = Raonok Sahitya Sangstha

| native_name = রওনক সাহিত্য সংস্থা

| native_name_lang = bn

| formerly = Raonok Sahitya Goshthi

| founding_location = East Pakistan

| dissolved =

| type = Literary organization

| purpose = Promoting Islamic thought and values in Bengali literature, developing a Muslim literary and linguistic cultural atmosphere

| headquarters =

| location_city =

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| language = Bengali

| key_people = {{Bulleted list|Mir Abul Hossain|Mohammad Mahfuzullah|Abdus Sattar|Abdul Hai Mashreki}}

| main_organ =

| publication = {{Bulleted list|Nazrul Sahitya|Julekhar Mon|Brishtimukhor|Kulsum}}

| website =

| footnotes = Established in 1958 or 1959 according to some sources

}}

Raonok Sahitya Sangstha{{Cite book |last=Rahamāna |first=Sāīda-ura |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=WM21AAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&dq=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE6uGflML7AhVUTWwGHR_xCM4Q6AF6BAgLEAM |title=Pūrba Bāṃlāra sāṃskr̥tika āndolana |date=1983 |publisher=Ḍānā Prakāśanī |page=39 |language=bn}} or Raonok Sahitya Goshthi was a Bengali literary organization founded in 1958, or according to some, in 1959, in East Pakistan.{{Cite book |last=Mahfuzullah |first=Md |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=G2MJAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&dq=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE6uGflML7AhVUTWwGHR_xCM4Q6AF6BAgGEAM |title=Sahityera rupakara : articles on the contribution of Muslim writers to Bengali language and literature |date=1981 |publisher=Isalamika Phaundesana Bamladesa-era pakshe Isalami Samskrtika Kendra, Dhaka |pages=136-137 |language=bn}}{{Cite book |last=Ālhelāla |first=Baśīra |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=-gkbAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&dq=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE6uGflML7AhVUTWwGHR_xCM4Q6AF6BAgJEAM |title=Bhāshā āndolanera itihāsa |date=1985 |publisher=Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī |page=150 |language=bn}}

The main objective of this organization was to promote Islamic thought and values in Bengali-language writings and to develop a Muslim literary and linguistic cultural atmosphere in Bengali literature by increasing the use of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu words in place of Sanskrit words.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=FzpFAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&dq=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE6uGflML7AhVUTWwGHR_xCM4Q6AF6BAgIEAM |title=Jībanī granthamālā |date=1990 |publisher=Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī |page=44 |language=bn}}{{Cite book |last=Śāmasuddīna |first=Ābula Kālāma |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=4uMRAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&dq=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE6uGflML7AhVUTWwGHR_xCM4Q6AF6BAgCEAM |title=Atīta dinera smr̥ti |date=1968 |publisher=Naoroja Kitābistāna |page=368 |language=bn}}

The members of this organization named this linguistic style Pak-Bangla language, considering it as a Bengali language shaped by the religious and political culture of Pakistani Islamic atmosphere in East Pakistan, i.e., East Bengal.{{Cite book |last=Siddikī |first=Rejoẏāna |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=WlVQAQAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&dq=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjlju7UisL7AhWIcGwGHUngDgQQ6AF6BAgGEAM |title=Pūrba Bāṃlāra saṃskr̥tika saṃgaṭhana o saṃskr̥tika āndolana, 1947-1971 |date=1996 |publisher=Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī |isbn=978-984-07-3343-9 |pages=103-111 |language=bn}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=8f62AAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&dq=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE6uGflML7AhVUTWwGHR_xCM4Q6AF6BAgDEAM |title=Maolānā Mustāphījura Rahamāna, jībana o sāhitya |date=1993 |publisher=Mohāmmada Mākachudura Rahamāna |page=96 |language=bn}}