Bande Ali Mia [SEP] date of birth
Bande Ali Mia
Bande Ali Mia (17 January 1906 – 27 June 1979) was a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Ekushey Padak in 1988.
Early life and career.
Mia was born in Pabna. He passed the entrance examination in 1923 for the Majumder Academy. He then studied painting at the Indian Art Academy in Calcutta in 1927. He worked as a journalist for the magazine "Islam Darshan". He also taught at a Calcutta Corporation School during 1930-1950
Mashreki wrote against the social, economical, religious and racial discrimination in the rural area. Mihir Acarya, researcher of Bengali literature named three main folk poets – Mashreki, Jasimuddin and Bande Ali Mia – in his research in the time period of 1917 to 1936.
Birth and education.
Mashreki was born in the village of Kakonhati of Ishwarganj Upazila in Mymensingh District on 1 April 1919 in his maternal uncle's house His father Osman Gani was an active worker of the movement against Jamindar and his mother was Rahima Khatun.