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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi museologist (1937–2022)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Enamul Haque<br />
| native_name = এনামুল হক<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = Enamul Haque.jpg<br />
| caption = Haque in 2018<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|03|01|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bogra]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|07|10|1937|03|01|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[University of Dhaka]]|[[Oxford University]]}}<br />
| education = PhD<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| awards = [[#Honors_and_awards|full list]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Enamul Haque''' (1 March 1937 – 10 July 2022) was a Bangladeshi [[museologist]].<ref name=jago>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagonews24.com/feature/news/248986|script-title=bn:সংস্কৃতি : প্রফেসর ডক্টর এনামুল হক|trans-title=Culture : Professor Doctor Enamul Haque|work=jagonews24.com|access-date=2017-11-22|date=2017-04-10|language=bn}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2014 and [[Independence Day Award]] in 2017 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=jago/><ref name=indepen>{{cite web|url=http://brri.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brri.portal.gov.bd/page/87944ec4_496e_415d_af37_27a10fb35625/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|title=Independence Day Award|access-date=23 September 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref> In 2020, Haque was also awarded the Padma Shri award (India's 4th Highest civilian award) for his tremendous contribution in the field of archeology and museology by the Government of India.<br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Haque completed his bachelor's in history and master's in archaeological history from the [[University of Dhaka]]. He later earned his PhD on South Asian Art from the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name=jago/> He got his post-graduate Diploma-in-Museology from London.<ref name=dsc>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/dr-enamul-huq-to-be-awarded-d-sc-honoris-causa|title=Dr Enamul Haque to be awarded D Sc honoris causa|date=1998-01-25|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-22|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Haque joined Dhaka Museum (later [[Bangladesh National Museum]]) in 1962. He became the principal in 1965, director in 1969 and Director General during 1983–1991.<ref name=jago/><br />
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He was also elected as the President of the International Council of Museums Asia-Pacific Organization for the period 1983–86.<ref name=dsc/> He served as the professor of national culture and heritage in the [[Independent University, Bangladesh]] and the president, chairman and academic director of the International Centre for Study of Bengal Art.<ref name=dsc/><ref name=book>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-111898|title=Book on Dhaka city launched|date=2009-10-29|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-22|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Haque died at his residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 10 July 2022.<ref>[https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2022/07/10/prominent-archaeologist-dr-enamul-haque-no-more Prominent archaeologist Dr Enamul Haque no more]. ''Dhaka Tribune''. Retrieved 11 July 2022.</ref><br />
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==Honors and awards==<br />
* Bangladesh Shishu Academy Agrani Bank Literary Award (1986)<ref name=dsc/><br />
* Honorary International Councilor of the Asia Society of New York (1986–92)<br />
* Ramaprasad Chanda Centenary Medal by the Asiatic Society of Calcutta (1993)<br />
* D.Sc. honoris causa by Open University of Alternative Medicines of India (1998)<br />
* Rich Foundation Award (2012)<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2014)<br />
* [[Independence Day Award]] (2017)<ref name=indepen/><br />
*[[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian award (2020)<br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Dhaka alias Jahangirnagar: 400 years'' (2009)<ref name=book/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2010-05-11-voa4-94535704/1400454.html|title=Dr. Enamul Haque on 400 Years of Dhaka|work=VOA|access-date=2017-11-22|language=en}}</ref><br />
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