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{{infobox person
|name=Gazi Shamsur Rahman
|native_name=গাজী শামছুর রহমান
|native_name_lang=bn
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|birth_date=1921
|birth_place=Chuknagar, Dumuria, [[Khulna District|Khulna]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|alma_mater=[[Aligarh Muslim University]]
|spouse=Jamal Ara Rahman
|children=[[Ainun Nishat]]
|death_date={{death date and age|1998|08|12|1921|df=y}}
}}

'''Gazi Shamsur Rahman''' ({{circa|1921}} – 12 August 1998)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.samakal.net/print_edition/details.php?news=23&action=main&view=archiev&y=2012&m=08&d=12&option=single&news_id=283709&pub_no=1139|script-title=bn:মানবতাবাদী ও স্বাধীনচেতা আইনজ্ঞ|language=bn|newspaper=Samakal|type=opinion|date=12 August 2012|accessdate=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824051759/http://archive.samakal.net/print_edition/details.php?news=23&action=main&view=archiev&y=2012&m=08&d=12&option=single&news_id=283709&pub_no=1139|archive-date=24 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi lawyer, writer, translator, columnist and television personality. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1985 and [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1983 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=ekushey>{{cite web |url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref> He wrote over 77<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/author/8048/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8?price=&order=0&offset=0&page=1|title=Rokomari.com|website=www.rokomari.com|access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref> books on law and language in English and [[Bengali language]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-02-09/news/223246|script-title=bn:বাংলায় আইন রচনা|language=bn|trans-title=Essays on law written in Bengali|date=9 February 2012|accessdate=23 August 2017|newspaper=Prothom Alo }}</ref>

==Education and career==
Rahman completed his MA and LLB from [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name=water>{{cite news |url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/print/news/68485|script-title=bn:পানি নিয়ে ভাবনা|language=bn|trans-title=Thoughts on water|date=5 June 2010|accessdate=23 August 2017|newspaper=Prothom Alo|first=AKM|last=Zakaria}}</ref> He started his career as a district judge and retired as an additional secretary at the ministry of law of the Government of Bangladesh.<ref name=water/>

Rahman served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Press Institute and [[Bangla Academy]] for two terms during 1990–1992 and 1994–1996.<ref name=water/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=658|script-title=bn:বাংলা একাডেমির প্রাক্তন সভাপতিগণ|publisher=Bangla Academy|language=bn|trans-title=Former chairpersons of Bangla Academy}}</ref>

==Marriage and family==
Rahman was married to Zamal Ara Rahman (d. 2016),<ref name=wife>{{cite news|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=546778&date=2016-01-16|title=Gazi Shamsur Rahman's wife passes away|date=16 January 2016|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824052023/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=546778&date=2016-01-16|archive-date=24 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> a graduate from [[Lady Brabourne College]] in Kolkata.<ref name=water/> Together they had three daughters and two sons, including Munjiba Shams, Professor at GonoSSVMedicalCollege<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gonosvmc.edu.bd/dep_teachersinfo.php?teach_id=82&&department_id=2|title=::GonoSSVMedicalCollege::|last=DigitalOptimize|website=www.gonosvmc.edu.bd|access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref> and [[Ainun Nishat]], a water resource specialist in Bangladesh.<ref name=water/><ref name=wife/>

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[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi judges]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi male writers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi translators]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
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[[Category:20th-century translators]]

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