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{{Infobox person
| name = Abdul Gafur
| image = Mohammad Abdul Gafur.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Mohammad Abdul Gafur (February 2019)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1929|02|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Pangsha Upazila|Pangsha]], [[Rajbari District]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| other_names =
| occupation = Journalist, teacher, writer
| years_active =
| known_for = Bengali [[language activist]]
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]] (2005)
| notable_works =
}}
'''Abdul Gafur''' (born 19 February 1929) is a Bangladeshi journalist, teacher, writer and language activist of the [[Bengali Language Movement]] that took place in the erstwhile [[East Pakistan]] (currently [[Bangladesh]]) to make [[Bengali language|Bengali]] one of the state languages of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ভাষা আন্দোলনের কিংবদন্তী অধ্যাপক মোহাম্মদ আবদুল গফুর |url=http://www.dailysangram.com/post/272760-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0 |website=The Daily Sangram |language=bn |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> He was one of the noted members of [[Tamaddun Majlish]], an Islamic cultural organization which played a vital role at the start of the movement.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite web |title=Tamaddun Majlish |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Tamaddun_Majlish |website=Banglapedia |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref>

In recognition of his contributions to the language movement, he was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2005.<ref name="DailyInqilabOnline"/>

==Early life==
Gafur was born on 19 February 1929 in [[Pangsha Upazila|Pangsha thana]] of [[Faridpur District|Greater Faridpur District]] (now [[Rajbari District]] of [[Bangladesh]]) during the time of [[British Raj]] to Haji Habil Uddin Munshi and Shukurunnesa Khatun.<ref name="DailyInqilabOnline">{{cite web |last1=Noor |first1=Shahid |script-title=bn:প্রেরণার বাতিঘর : ভাষাসৈনিক অধ্যাপক আবদুল গফুর |url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/187213/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0 |work=Daily Inqilab |language=bn |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> He completed his secondary education in 1945 from the local Maizuddin High Madrasa and higher secondary from [[Kabi Nazrul Government College]] in 1947. Later he was admitted to the Bengali language and literature department of [[Dhaka University]]. Including him, there were only three students in his department. The other two were Nurul Islam Patwari and Momtaz Begum.

When the Language Movement started, he took part in the movement as an enthusiastic activist and this slowed down his educational life. Later, he obtained his post-graduate degree from the Social Welfare Department of the same university in 1962.<ref name="DailyInqilabOnline"/>

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