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{{infobox person
|name=Ahmed Rafiq
|image=Ahmed Rafik 2009.jpg
|native_name=আহমদ রফিক
|native_name_lang=bn
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1929|09|12|df=y}}
|birth_place=Shahbazpur, Brahmanbaria, [[Tripura State]], [[British India]]
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|occupation=Activist, writer, researcher
}}

'''Ahmed Rafiq''' (born 12 September 1929) is a Bangladeshi language movement activist, writer and researcher on [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and his literature.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://event.quantummethod.org.bd/en/news/detail/7043ad06-ebd3-11e6-95ab-2baaa451d2be/Renowned%20Warrior%20of%20Language%20Movement%20Ahmed%20Rafiq%20-For%20the%20Reawakening%20of%20the%20Nation,%20We%20Need%20the%20Proper%20Practice%20of%20Our%20Mother%20Tongue%20in%20Every%20Level,%20Every%20Stage%20of%20Our%20Country |title=Renowned Warrior of Language Movement Ahmed Rafiq... |date=2 February 2017 |access-date=23 August 2017 |publisher=Quantum Method}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/tales-from-the-maestro-23510 |title=Tales from the Maestro |date=10 May 2014 |access-date=23 August 2017 |newspaper=The Daily Star |first=Apurba |last=Jahangir}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/tagores-legacy-bangladesh-1220521 |title=Tagore's legacy in Bangladesh |date=8 May 2016 |access-date=23 August 2017 |newspaper=The Daily Star |first=Ananta |last=Yusuf}}</ref> He achieved [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1995 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news |url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/ |script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ |access-date=23 August 2017 |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn |trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref> Tagore Research Institute in Kolkata conferred the ''Rabindratattacharya'' title on him in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rabindranath -- a peerless promoter of Bangalee culture: Ahmed Rafiq |url=http://english.thereport24.com/article/11518/index.html |work=The Report 24 |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824051524/http://english.thereport24.com/article/11518/index.html |archive-date=24 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Rafiq was born on 12 September 1929 to his parents Abdul Hamid and Rahima Khatun.<ref name=politics>{{cite news |url=http://www.jaijaidinbd.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=15-09-2015&feature=yes&type=single&pub_no=1307&cat_id=3&menu_id=75&news_type_id=1&index=0 |script-title=bn:আমার জীবনে রাজনীতি ও সাহিত্য পাশাপাশি চলেছে আহমদ রফিক |date=15 September 2015 |access-date=23 August 2017 |newspaper=Jai Jai Din |language=bn |trans-title=Politics and literature run side by side in my life : Ahmed Rafiq}}</ref> He completed his MBBS from [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital|Dhaka Medical College]] in 1958.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:একনজরে আহমদ রফিক |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/various/2014/03/14/48696 |access-date=2020-07-15 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}</ref> He published his book of poems ''Nirbashita Nayak'' (1996) and book of essays ''Onek Ronger Akash'' (1966). He became a fellow of [[Bangla Academy]] and lifelong member of [[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]].<ref name=politics/>

==Awards==
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1979)
* Olokto Literature Award (1992)<ref name=politics/>
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1995)
* [[Bangla Academy#Rabindra Award|Bangla Academy Rabindra Award]] (2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315 |script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা |language=bn |trans-title=Winners list |access-date=31 July 2017 |publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref>
* "Swadesh e Rabindra" from the Tagore Research Institute in Kolkata (2011)<ref name=books>{{cite news |title=Ahmad Rafiq launches 3 books on Tagore |url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/ahmad-rafiq-launches-3-books-on-tagore/ |newspaper=Dhaka Courier |date=9 June 2016 |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824051955/http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/ahmad-rafiq-launches-3-books-on-tagore/ |archive-date=24 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Shishuder Rabindranath''
* ''Kishorder Rabindranath''
* ''Nirbachita Rabindranath''<ref name=books/>

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==References==
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