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'''Ekramuddin Ahmad''' (1872–1940) was a government officer and [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[litterateur]]. He was known for his support of the Santal people during his government service and his literary criticisms after retirement.<br />
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== Childhood and education ==<br />
Ahmad was born in 1872 in Kulia, Raina thana, [[Burdwan]] district, Bengal Presidency, British India. In 1892 he graduated from Burdwan High School and in 1894 he passed the FA exams from [[Burdwan Raj College]]. He also studied at Hooghly College for the BA degree but dropped out before completion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ahmad,_Ekramuddin|title=Ahmad, Ekramuddin|last=Ahmed|first=Wakil|date=|website=Banglapedia|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-08-07}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Ahmad started working as a [[Surveying|surveyor]] for the government in 1896 and was subsequently promoted to sub-deputy collector. He wrote a report in 1918 on the repression and exploitation by Zamidars of [[Santal people]] in [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]. The report bought government attention to the repression of the Santals. He did not always have police support in his effort highlight the rights of Santals. He retired from government service in 1927.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTpuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22maulavi+Ekramuddin%22|title=Memory, Identity, Power: Poltics in the Jungle Mahals (West Bengal), 1890–1950{{sic|hide=y|nolink=y|reason=spelling error in source|Poltics}}|last=Samāddāra|first=Raṇabīra|date=1998-01-01|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=9788125010258|location=|pages=99, 141|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Ahmad gained renown as a literary critic and author. He was one of the leading [[Muslim]] commentators on the work of [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]] and in 1914 wrote ''Robindro-Protibha'' (or ''The Genius of Tagore''). He also wrote volumes of [[literary criticism]] on [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]] and [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]]. He wrote several novels, among them the romantic novel ''Kaanch o Moni'' (1919). His novels were serialized in ''[[Saogat]]'' and ''[[Mohammadi (newspaper)|Mohammadi]]'', both of which were important [[Bengali Muslims|Bengali Muslim]] literary journals of the period.<ref name=":0" /> He was also a humorist, essayist and [[short story]] writer, and one of his stories "Bhikkhuk" (or "The Beggar") was a set text in secondary schools in [[East Pakistan]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Ekramuddin Ahmad died in Kaitha village on 20 November 1940. He was buried in Kaitha, Birbhum District, West Bengal, British India.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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