Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad

Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad
কেন্দ্রীয় মুসলিম সাহিত্য সংসদ
Country	Bangladesh
Established	1936
Location	Dorgah gate, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Coordinates	24°54′06″N 91°52′09″E / 24.9018°N 91.8692°ECoordinates: 24°54′06″N 91°52′09″E / 24.9018°N 91.8692°E
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Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad (Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় মুসলিম সাহিত্য সংসদ) (Sylhet Central Muslim Literary Society) is a literary organisation located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. It is the one of the oldest organisation of its kind in Indian sub-continent and oldest in Bangladesh. It was founded on 16 September 1936 by Muhammad Nurul Haque. It has the largest non-government collection of books, magazines, inscriptions etc. Some of them date back to the 13th century AD.^[1]^[2]

The former presidents of the organisation includes many writers, critiques and poets from Sylhet such as Syed Mujtaba Ali, Dewan Mohammad Azraf and Dilwar Khan.

References[]

^ Chowdhury, Dewan Nurul Anwar Hossain (2012). "Sylhet Central Muslim Literary Society". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^ Nandalal Sharma (2012), "Kendriyo Muslim Sahitya Sangsad", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, retrieved 12 February 2017

[1] Chowdhury, Dewan Nurul Anwar Hossain (2012). "Sylhet Central Muslim Literary Society". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

[2] Nandalal Sharma (2012), "Kendriyo Muslim Sahitya Sangsad", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, retrieved 12 February 2017

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