 The headquarters of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh at Nimtali, Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
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| Formation | 1952; 73 years ago (1952) |
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| Coordinates | 23°43′27″N90°24′09″E / 23.724076°N 90.402586°E /23.724076; 90.402586 |
President | Harun-or-Rashid[1] |
| Website | www |
TheAsiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 andNGO Affairs Bureau,Government of Bangladesh.[2] The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as theAsiatic Society of East Pakistan inDhaka in 1952 by a number of Muslim leaders, and renamed in 1972.Ahmed Hasan Dani, a noted Muslim historian and archaeologist ofPakistan played an important role in founding this society. He was assisted byMuhammad Shahidullah, a Bengali linguist. The society is housed in Nimtali, walking distance from theCurzon Hall ofDhaka University, locality ofOld Dhaka.[3]
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh traces its origins toThe Asiatic Society, which was founded bySir William Jones in 1784.[3] Some of scholars of the Asiatic Society moved toDhaka, capital ofEast Bengal, after thePartition of India.[3]Ahmad Hasan Dani, professor of history at the University of Dhaka, proposed the idea of establishing a Asiatic Society in Dhaka which was widely appreciated by scholars in Dhaka.[3]
Asiatic Society of Pakistan was established on 3 January 1952 by Ahmad Hasan Dani,Abu Mohammed Habibullah, Abdul Halim, Abdul Hamid,Itrat Husain Zuberi, J. S. Turner,Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan,Muhammad Shahidullah,Sayed Moazzem Hossain,Serajul Huq, Sheikh Sharafuddin,Syed Muhammed Taifoor, and W. H. A. Sadani.[3] The society modeled after The Asiatic Society in Kolkata is managed by a 17 member executive committee which has a two year term.[3]
In September 2013, the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh published a junior version ofBanglapedia.[4]
The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in November 2020 cancelled the grant of two professors at the University of Dhaka after it found evidence of plagiarism in their work.[5]
The Asiatic Society Heritage Museum is located in Old Dhaka.[6]
The society's publications include:[3]
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