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{{Infobox person
| name = Ibrahim Khan
| native_name = ইবরাহীম খাঁ
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = {{circa|1894}}
| birth_place = Shabaj Nagar, [[Tangail District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| occupation = Writer, educator, activist
| death_date = {{dda|1978|3|29|1894|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = [[St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College]] <br/> [[Calcutta University]]
}}

'''Ibrahim Khan''' (often referred as '''Principal Ibrahim Khan'''; {{circa|1894}} – 29 March 1978)<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Khan, Principal Ibrahim
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Principal_Ibrahim |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last= Huq |editor2-first=Mohammad Daniul |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/29/d40329060273.htm|title=Principal Ibrahim's death anniversary today|date=March 29, 2004|access-date=February 8, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi [[Intellectual|litterateur]]. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1977 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/একুশে-পদকপ্রাপ্ত-সূধীবৃন্দ|title='Ekushe Padak' owners list|date=December 18, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2016|publisher=Ministry of Cultural Affairs}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Khan was born in Shabaj Nagar in [[Tangail District]].<ref name=bpedia/> He passed the entrance examination from Pingna High School and FA from [[Ananda Mohan College]] in 1912 and 1914 respectively. He earned his bachelor's from [[St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College]] in 1916 and master's from [[Calcutta University]] as a private candidate. He obtained his law degree in 1918.<ref name=bpedia/>

==Career==
Khan started his career as headmaster of Karatia High School, Tangail district in 1919.

Khan participated in activities like Khelafat Andolon, Asohojog Andolon and Rayet Mohajon Birodhi Andolon.<ref name=death>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/03/29/d70329063392.htm|title=Principal Ibrahim Khan's 29th death anniversary today|date= March 29, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly and Constituent Assembly in 1945 and 1953 respectively. In November 1947, a memorandum demanding that [[Bengali language|Bangla]] be adopted as the state language of [[East Bengal]] was signed by a number of Bangalee intellectuals including Khan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/language-stepping-back-10123|title=Language: stepping back|date=February 6, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> In 1962, he was elected as a member of the national assembly (MNA).<ref name=death/>

Khan was the founding member and the first principal of [[Government Saadat College|Sadat College]] in [[Karatia, Tangail]]. He worked in the college until 1947.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2009/08/03/camspotlight.htm|title=Through the corridors of time|author=Tanzina Rahman|date=August 16, 2009|access-date=February 8, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref name=bpedia/>

Based on the life events of the Turkish president [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], Khan published a serialised drama, entitled ''"Kamal Pasha"'', in 1926.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/11/10/d411101503112.htm|title=Tribute to Kamal Ataturk|author=Sufia Ahmed|date=November 10, 2004|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Kamal Pasha'' (1927)
* ''Anwar Pasha'' (1939)
* ''Istambul Yatrir Patra'' (1954)
* ''Beduiner Deshe'' (1956)
* ''Byaghra Mama'' (1951)
* ''Rn Parishodh'' (1955)
* ''Batayan'' (1967)<ref name=bpedia/>

==Legacy==
Khan received the titles of "Khan Sahib" and "Khan Bahadur" from the British government and the "[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]]" from the Pakistani government.<ref name=bpedia/> He won the [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1963 for his contribution to drama and the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1976 for literature. Khan had one daughter, Khaleda Habib.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/principal-ibrahim-khan-memorial-lecture-held-du-143785|title=Principal Ibrahim Khan Memorial Lecture held at DU|date= September 16, 2015|access-date=February 8, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> His granddaughter Gultekin Khan was married to writer and filmmaker [[Humayun Ahmed]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=242868|title=The lights go out|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=February 8, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1890s births]]
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[[Category:Bangladeshi male writers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi educators]]
[[Category:Bengali language movement activists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz]]
[[Category:St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965]]
[[Category:People from Tangail District]]

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