Sikandar Abu Zafar | |
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Sikandar Abu Zafar
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Born |
Satkhira District, Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh) |
19 March 1919
Died | 5 July 1975 | (aged 56)
Alma mater | Ripon College |
Awards |
Sikandar Abu Zafar (19 March 1919 – 5 July 1975) was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.
Zafar passed Entrance examination in 1936 from Tala B Dey Institute in Satkhira. He received his IA degree from Ripon College, Calcutta (later renamed to Surendranath College).
He moved to Dhaka from Calcutta in 1950 and worked as a journalist for the dailies—Nabajug, Ittefaq, Sangbad and Millat. He founded and edited a monthly magazine called Samakal during 1959-1970.