Waheedul Haq
{{short description|Journalist, writer, and musicologist}}
{{Distinguish|Wahidul Haq}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2013}}{{infobox person
|name=Waheedul Haq
|birth_date={{birth date|1933|03|16|df=y}}
|birth_place=Keraniganj Upazila, Dhaka, East Bengal
|death_date={{death date and age|2007|01|27|1933|03|16|df=y}}
|death_place =Dhaka, Bangladesh
|occupation = journalist
|spouse=
|known_for = founder of Chhayanaut
|awards=Ekushey Padak
Independence Day Award
|alma_mater=Dhaka College
Dhaka University
|}}
Waheedul Haq ({{langx|bn|ওয়াহিদুল হক}}; March 16, 1933 – January 27, 2007) was a journalist, writer, and musicologist of Tagore songs.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/01/28/d7012801097.htm |title=Waheedul Haq passes away |publisher=The Daily Star |date=2007-01-28 |access-date=2013-01-27}}
Early life
Haq was born on March 16, 1933, at Bhawal Monoharia village under Keraniganj Upazila.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} His father, Mazharul Haq, was a member of Bengal legislative assembly in 1946. His mother was Mewa Begum. Waheedul was the eldest of three brothers and two sisters. His brother Rezaul Haq is a journalist and another brother Ziaul Haq was a martyr in 1971.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
Haq grew up in the old part of Dhaka city and was educated in the Dhaka College. He married Sanjida Khatun and had three children: Apala Farhat Naved (late), Partha Tanveer Naved, and Ruchira Tabassum Naved.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
Career
Haq and other activists founded Chhayanaut in 1961.{{Cite web |url=http://chhayanaut.org/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%A8/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE/ |script-title=bn:ছায়ানটের জন্মকথা}}{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chhayanaut |title=history of Chhayanat on Banglapedia}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=266640 |title=Chhayanaut to commemorate Waheedul Haque |date=2013-01-28 |access-date=2013-01-28 |work=The Daily Star}}
He also founded Kanthashilon, Nalonda, Anandadhani, Fulki, Bratochari Samity and Bashanto Utsab Udjapon Parishad. He formed the Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilon Parishad in 1980. He was also involved in filmmaking and the film society movement during the 1960s. He also composed the musical scores for the Indian director Ritwik Ghatak's film Titash Ekti Nadir Naam.
=Journalism=
During his fifty-five-year career in journalism, Haq wrote for The Daily Star, where he worked as an Assistant Editor and later as a Joint Editor.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} He was a shift in-charge of the Daily Observer in the 1960s. Since the late 1990s he worked as a freelance columnist in several newspapers including Bhorer Kagoj, Janakantha, The New Nation, The Morning News and The People.
Death
Haq died at Dhaka's Birdem Hospital on 27 January 2007.{{Citation needed|date= February 2020}} He had been suffering from pneumonia and lung and kidney diseases and had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for few weeks.{{Citation needed|date= February 2020}}
Works
- Gaaner Bhetor Diye (Seen Through Music)
- Chetona Dharaye Esho (Come With The Stream Of Consciousness)
- Shangskriti Jagoroner Prothom Shurjo (The First Sun Of The Rising Of Culture)
Awards
- Ekushey Padak for music (2008){{cite news |url=http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200802202136/events/9-awarded-ekushey-padak-08.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216065350/http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200802202136/events/9-awarded-ekushey-padak-08.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |title=9 awarded Ekushey Padak '08 |publisher=Independent Bangladesh |access-date=2013-01-26 |date=2008-02-20}}
- Independence Day Award for culture (2010){{Cite web |title=স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি |url=https://cabinet.gov.bd/site/view/independence_awardees/2010 |access-date=6 March 2025 |website=Cabinet Division}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haq, Waheedul}}
Category:Bangladeshi male writers
Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
Category:Recipients of the Independence Award