Mohammad Nasiruddin

Mohammad Nasiruddin (20 November 1888 – 21 May 1994) was a Bangladeshi journalist and progressive thinker.

[1] He became an important reformer of Muslim Bengal in early 20th century and provided platform for female writers.

[2] He received Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Day Award in 1984 from the government of Bangladesh.

[3][4] Nasiruddin published an illustrated literary magazine called Saogat on 2 December 1918.

After the India partition in 1947, he migrated to Dhaka, East Bengal, wherefrom the Saogat began to appear again regularly since 1954.