& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Remembering the Sher-e-Bangla
This journal joins the nation in paying tribute to a man who devoted his whole life in the service of the people of Bengal — for their political liberation, economic emancipation and educational advancement —from the early part of this century till his death in 1962. Emergence of Fazlul Huq, bom in 1873. in the political sky of India revolutionised Bengal politics in many ways. First and foremost, he organised the peasantry and brought their economic issues at the very centre stage of Bengal politics. Till his appearance the peasants—mainly Muslims — were at the total mercy of the absentee landlords and their local henchmen. Rural indebtedness played havoc with the life and security of Bengal peasants.
He organised the Krishak Praja Party, toured every nook and comer of the country and set up branches with genuine peasant leaders, making it the first truly mass-based organisation. Economic emancipation of the peasants and of the general people of Bengal lay at the very core of his political ambition. Thus when he became the Prime Minister of Bengal, following the general election in 1937. at the very first opportunity he got he passed the Mohajanl Law and the Tenancy Act which gave a lot of power and protection to the rural debtors. Through the setting up of Debt Settlement Boards (Reen Sha Ushi Board) he was able to free millions of rural peasants from crippling debts and economic clutches of zaminders and village money lenders. This and related Acts saved the Bengal peasants from utter ruin and made him a true representative of the poor and the destitute.
His other great passion was the advancement of education. From the very beginning of his political life he campaigned for mass education and became Involved with various movements devoted to this cause. He became one of the pioneers of the All India Education Conference of 1906 during which he put forward many new ideas and programmes for mass education. In 1912 he founded the Central Muslim Educational Institute in Calcutta and played a leading role in promoting education for the Muslim masses in the Muslim Education Convention in 1914. During his brief tenure as the education minister in 1924 he firomoted numerous schools, colleges, universl-ies and other educational institutions all over Bengal. Throughout his whole life Fazlul Huq passionately promoted the cause of education especially of the poor and the down-trodden.
His most significant contribution to the Pakistan movement was the adoption of the famous Lahore Resolution which, for the first time, articulated the demand for separate "States" for the Muslims of India. But Fazlul Huq's vision of rights of Muslims, especially those of Bengal, clashed with that of Jinnah. The two fell apart so much so that Fazlul Huq who gave Muslim League Its real mass base In Bengal, was expelled from the party's primary membership. It is that clash of vision that ultimately manifested Itself in the dismantling of Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh.
Fazlul Huq once again proved his popularity with the masses of Bengal when In 1954, along with Suhrawardy and Bhashani, he routed the Muslim League from East Bengal when the United Front won the election.
Today when we pay tribute to this great man there are two things we should remember — first, his commitment to the cause of economic emancipation of the rural poor and second, his lifelong struggle for the spread of education among the masses. There can be no greater shame for us as his admirers and followers that our rural people are as poor and exploited and so many of our people are as illiterate as they are.
Aller all the speeches and eulogies, can we not take some real steps to show respect to our departed leader by developing a nationwide collective movement to eradicate illiteracy and Improve the lot of the rural poor ?