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Muhammad Habibur Rahman
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Muhammad Habibur Rahman | |
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মুহাম্মদ হাবিবুর রহমান | |
 Habibur Rahman in 2011 | |
| 1st Chief Adviser of Bangladesh | |
| In office 31 March 1996 – 23 June 1996 | |
| President | Abdur Rahman Biswas |
| Preceded by | Khaleda Zia (As Prime Minister |
| Succeeded by | Sheikh Hasina (As Prime Minister) |
| 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh | |
| In office 1 February 1995 – 30 April 1995 | |
| Appointed by | Abdur Rahman Biswas |
| President | Abdur Rahman Biswas |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | Shahabuddin Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | A. T. M. Afzal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1928 Murshidabad, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 11 January 2014 (aged 85) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka University of Oxford |
| Awards |  Ekushey PadakBangla Academy Literary Award |
Muhammad Habibur Rahman (3 December 1928 – 11 January 2014) was a Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1995.[1] He was the Chief Adviser of the 1996 caretaker government which oversaw the Seventh parliamentary elections in Bangladesh.[1] He was a faculty member at the Department of Law, University of Rajshahi and University of Dhaka. Besides, being a language activist, advocate of the Bengali language, he wrote extensively and published eight books on the subject.[2] He played a significant role to implement Bengali in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[3] He wrote Jathashabdo (1974), the first thesaurus in the Bengali language.[4]
Habibur Rahman was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1984 and Ekushey Padak in 2007 by the Government of Bangladesh. He served as a Fellow of Bangla Academy, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and Worcester College, Oxford.[1]
- ^ a b c Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Rahman, Justice Muhammad Habibur". In Sirajul Islam; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Anisuzzaman (24 March 2014). মুহাম্মদ হাবিবুর রহমান. কালি ও কলম (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Khan, Salimullah (12 January 2014). বিচারপতি হাবিবুর রহমান: মহাপ্রয়াণের পর. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Remembering Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman". The Daily Star. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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