Educationist
Kazi Masum Akhtar (born 1971) is an educationist from West Bengal, India. In 2020, he was conferred the Padma Shri India's fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India for his contribution to the field of literature.[1] He is the headmaster in the Talpukur Ara High Madarsa near Kolkata, West Bengal. He was beaten up by radical Muslim clerics for asking students of his Madarsa to sing the Indian National anthem on Indian Republic Day[2][3] [4][5][6]
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- ^ "पश्चिम बंगाल के काजी मासूम अख्तर को पद्मश्री पुरस्कार". KhabarTak (in Hindi). 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Headmaster Beaten, Banned from Madrasa for Asking Pupils to Sing National Anthem". Arup Chanda. The New Indian Express. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Kolkata: Madrasa headmaster thrashed for teaching National Anthem to students". Zee News. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "पद्मश्री अवॉर्ड पाने वाले काजी मासूम अख्तर बोले, 'अगर और भी खून बहाना पड़े तो मैं तैयार हूं'". Zeenews (in Hindi). 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Padma awardee Muslim teacher 'fears for life' in Mamata's Bengal, calls CAA protesters actors". ThePrint. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Madrassa teacher attacked for teaching students to sing national anthem". The Times of India. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2020.