Muhammad Siddiq Khan - Knowledge (XXG)

33: 210:. In 1929, he received the B.A. honors degree in history from the university and stood first in the second class. In 1932 he got his B.L. degree. He was placed in the first class in the first-part examinations and in the second class in the second-part examinations. In 1936, he got his M.A. degree in history from the university and received the 288:

Khan arrived in London on 30 September 1954. He started regular course work as decided by Professor Irwin. After due completion of course work, Khan spent one academic year working intensively in selected university and other academic libraries in Great Britain. Irwin arranged a training program with

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and, along with Ahmad Hossain, founded the Library Association of East Pakistan. When the Department of Library Science was established in 1959, he was appointed the head of the department. In his 19 years of service to the Library, he introduced the

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After completing a two-year course on the theory and practice of university librarianship in the London School of Librarianship and Archives, under the supervision of Irwin, during 1954–55 and 1955–56, Khan returned to his ancestral place.

328:(1957, 1958, and 1968) and the president for several tenures. He was the General Secretary of from 1962 to 1965. He was a vice-president of Asian Federation of Library Association from 1957 to 1960. 195:. His father died when he was young whilst his mother, Bolonnessa Begum, got herself in a long-drawn-out litigation with his uncle on proprietary rights to his vast wealth and establishments. 308:

Upon return, he joined as the librarian of the Central Library of the university in June 1956, a position he held until his retirement in 1972. Khan introduced a diploma course for

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The government of Bangladesh posthumously awarded him the Independence Day Award, the highest civil honor of the country, in 2004. His daughter Shireen Rashid received the award.

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Completing his graduation program, Khan joined Rangoon University as a lecturer in history and political science in 1931 and worked there until the outbreak of

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Khan spent his childhood in Rangoon and went to school there. He took the matriculation examination in 1925 and stood fifth in

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with distinctions in four subjects. He passed his intermediate examination in arts in 1927 and stood first in

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Moniruzzaman, Mohammad (1994). "Muhammad Siddiq Khan Rachana Porichiti (Writings of Muhammad Siddiq Khan)".

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Association introduced a gold medal in his name, an honor given to other distinguished figures such as

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Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference Volume of the Pakistan Library Association, November 1965

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Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference Volume of the Pakistan Library Association, November 1964

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aristocracy. His father, Israil Khan, had moved with his family from the village of Dhudhuria in

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and oversaw its implementation. He faced job-related financial troubles when he retired.

526:"Comments on the Government of Pakistan's Third Five-year Development Plan—1965–1970". 163: 1128: 760:). Bangla Academy, Dhaka. 1371 (Bengali Year), pp. 206, illustrated Price. 5.00 239: 188: 176: 167: 428:"A Chapter in the Muslim Struggle for Freedom: Establishment of Dacca University". 223: 134:; 21 March 1910 – 13 August 1978) was the librarian of the Central Library of the 359:. He did not receive any honors during his lifetime. He was made a fellow of the 891:

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eight months later. Jenkins sent Khan abroad in 1954 for further studies in

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