Kazi Abul Monsur

Kazi Abul Monsur (1918 – 20 February 1996) was a physician and microbiologist of Bangladesh.[1] He was awarded Independence Day Award posthumously in 1996 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution in the field of medical science.[2]

Kazi Abul Monsur
Born8 March 1918
Rajapur, Faridpur district, Bengal Presidency
DiedFebruary 20, 1996(1996-02-20) (aged 77)
Bangladesh
Alma materCalcutta Medical College
Occupation(s)Professor, Microbiologist
PartnerAnowara Monsur
ChildrenShahidul Alam
RelativesKazi Salahuddin (nephew)
Nawab Abdul Latif
Nassakh
AwardsIndependence Day Award, 1996

Early life and education

He was born on 4 March 1918 to the aristocratic Kazi family of Rajapur in Boalmari, Faridpur district, Bengal Presidency. His father, Kazi Abdur Rashid, was a moulvi and his mother, Begum Syedunnesa, was a housewife. The family was founded by Kazi Abdur Rasool, son of Shah Azimuddin, who was said to have been descended from the Arab Muslim general Khalid ibn al-Walid and have been appointed as Kazi in Mughal Bengal.[3][4]

Abul Mansur graduated with a gold medal from Calcutta Medical College in 1943.[5]

Career

He was the professor of Pathology and Bacteriology at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. He received international acclaim for developing Monsur's Media for the isolation of cholera and the President's "Pride of Performance" medal (Science) in 1966.[6] He set up the first intravenous fluid plant in Bangladesh while Director of the Institute of Public Health, 1961–1972. He stepped down from the board of trustees of ICDDR’B in protest against the sidelining of Bangladesh's national interests.

Awards

References
  1. "Obituary". Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 3 (1): 39. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. প্রতিষ্ঠানেরতালিকা. Cabinet Division-Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (in Bengali). 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. Islam, K. Z. (11 July 2012). "Nawab Bahadur Abdul Latif". The Daily Star. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. Khan, Muhammad Mojlum (2013). The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Kube Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-84774-052-6.
  5. "Monsur Research Lab to be established at IMC". The Daily Asian Age. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. "KA Monsur Research Lab at Ibrahim Medical College". UNB. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  7. এবার স্বাধীনতা পদক পেলেন ১৬ ব্যক্তি ও সংস্থা. NTV Online (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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