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{{short description|Indian teacher and linguist (1896-1972)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Syed Ibrahim Al-Qadri Suhrawardy
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 16 January 1896
| birth_place = Sunhaat, [[Balasore]], [[Bengal Presidency]] (present day in [[Odisha]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|5|20|1896|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Balasore]], [[India]]
| death_cause =
| resting_place =
| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's Collegiate School]], [[Calcutta Madrasa]]
| occupation = Teacher, linguist
| organization = [[Mohammedan Literary Society]]
| known_for =
| notable_works = ''Khabardaar'' vol i,
''Khabardaar'' vol ii
| spouse = Syeda Ehsana Akhtar, Nahida Begum
| children =
| relatives = [[Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy]] ''(uncle)''
[[Hassan Suhrawardy]] ''(uncle)'',

[[Afzal-ul Amin]] ''(son in law)'',
[[Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar]] ''(cousin)''
| parents = Qazi Syed Abdul Sattar
| awards =
}}

'''Ibrahim Suhrawardy''' was an Indian educationist, author and linguist from [[Balasore, Odisha]]. He is credited to have written the first English grammar books in [[Odia language|Odia]] for the native students.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nanda|first=Prof M. N. Das & Dr C. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SR7iDQAAQBAJ|title=Harekrushna Mahtab|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=978-81-230-2325-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chopra|first1=Pran Nath|title=A social, cultural and economic history of India. Vol. 2, Vol. 2|last2=Puri|first2=Baij Nath|last3=Das|first3=Manmath Nath|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan India|location=Delhi; Bombay; Calcutta; Madras|language=English|oclc=1129470470}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Ibrahim Suhrawardy|url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2012/April/engpdf/april.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> He achieved high distinction in English studies in [[British India]] and taught many generations of students and scholars how western languages could be pursued to great educational advantage. He was one of the active Satyagrahis during the Inchudi Satyagraha movement in 1930.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Satyagraha memory fades with time|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/satyagraha-memory-fades-with-time/cid/384158|access-date=2020-06-02|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Family and education==

Qazi Syed Ibrahim Khalil Ullah Alqadri Suhrawardy was born into the Qazi family of Balasore to Qazi Syed Abdul Sattar Alqadri and his wife Muner un nisa Akhtar. From his father's side he was a direct descendant of the Persian theologian [[Abdul Qadir Jilani]]. His father was the [[Mukhtar]] of [[Balasore]], while his mother, Begum Muner un nisa was the first cousin of [[Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy]] and [[Hassan Suhrawardy]]. Ibrahim was brought up in his maternal home. He attended school at [[St. Xavier's Collegiate School]] in Calcutta and later finished his intermediate education from [[Calcutta Madrasa]]. He then finally earned a graduation degree in from [[Ravenshaw College]].<ref name=":0" />

==Career==

Ibrahim joined as a teacher in [[Calcutta Madrasa]] in the Anglo Persian department. He was then appointed as the headmaster of Beadaon Madrasa in 1919.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ivermee|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z29ECgAAQBAJ&dq=bedaon+Madrasa&pg=PA72|title=Secularism, Islam and Education in India, 1830–1910|date=2015-10-06|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-31705-0|language=en}}</ref> He was also the headmaster of George High School, Sambalpur from 1928 to 1934. Ibrahim later joined the nationalist movement and remained a close associate of Raja Baikuntha Nath Dey.<ref>{{Cite book|editor-last=Steinberg|editor-first=S. H.|year=1957|chapter=The British Commonwealth and Empire|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1957|series=The Statesman’s Yearbook|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|pages=51–560|language=en|doi=10.1057/9780230270862|isbn=978-0-230-27086-2}}</ref>

He realised that the native Odia students faced a lot difficulties in understanding the nuances of English language as it was completely alien to them. Thus he wrote and published English grammar books in [[Odia language|Odia]] in order to provide a better understanding of English language to the students. Both his books were included in the school curriculum of [[Puri Zilla School]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contributions of Ibrahim Suhrawardy|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/154923/4/04_chapter%201.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Odia Suhrawardy|url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2012/April/engpdf/april.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

He was also a member of [[Mohammedan Literary Society]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Firdous|first=Shamim|title=Role of Nawab Abdul Latif in the Development of Modern Education in Colonial Bengal|date=2015|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44156615|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=76|pages=500–510|jstor=44156615|issn=2249-1937}}</ref> He had participated in the 1930 salt satyagraha at Inchudi led by [[Gopabandhu Choudhuri|Gopabandhu Choudhury]] and had extended a helping hand to the nationalist workers during the [[civil disobedience movement]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Firdous|first=Shamim|title=Role of Nawab Abdul Latif in the Development of Modern Education in Colonial Bengal|date=2015|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44156615|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=76|pages=500–510|jstor=44156615|issn=2249-1937}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-08-18|title=Historic site for a day, forgotten for the rest|url=https://mycitylinks.in/historic-site-for-a-day-forgotten-for-the-rest/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=My City Links|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Notable students==

*Manmath Nath Das, minister
*[[Nirmal Kumar Bose]], anthropologist

==References==
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