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{{Short description|Bengali literary organization}}
{{Orphan|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Raonok Sahitya Sangstha
| formation = {{start date and age|1958}}
| full_name = Raonok Sahitya Sangstha
| native_name = রওনক সাহিত্য সংস্থা
| native_name_lang = bn
| former_name = Raonok Sahitya Goshthi
| founding_location = [[East Pakistan]]
| dissolved =
| type = [[Literary society|Literary organization]]
| purpose = Promoting Islamic thought and values in [[Bengali literature]], developing a Muslim literary and linguistic cultural atmosphere
| headquarters =
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| key_people = {{Bulleted list|Mir Abul Hossain|Mohammad Mahfuzullah|Abdus Sattar|Abdul Hai Mashreki}}
| main_organ =
| publication = {{Bulleted list|Nazrul Sahitya|Julekhar Mon|Brishtimukhor|Kulsum}}
| website =
| footnotes = Established in 1958 or 1959 according to some sources
}}
'''Raonok Sahitya Sangstha'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rahamāna |first=Sāīda-ura |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WM21AAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |title=Pūrba Bāṃlāra sāṃskr̥tika āndolana |date=1983 |publisher=Ḍānā Prakāśanī |page=39 |language=bn}}</ref> or '''Raonok Sahitya Goshthi''' was a Bengali literary organization founded in 1958, or according to some, in 1959, in [[East Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahfuzullah |first=Md |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G2MJAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |title=Sahityera rupakara : articles on the contribution of Muslim writers to Bengali language and literature |date=1981 |publisher=Isalamika Phaundesana Bamladesa-era pakshe Isalami Samskrtika Kendra, Dhaka |pages=136–137 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ālhelāla |first=Baśīra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gkbAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |title=Bhāshā āndolanera itihāsa |date=1985 |publisher=Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī |page=150 |language=bn}}</ref>

The main objective of this organization was to promote Islamic thought and values in Bengali-language writings and to develop a Muslim literary and linguistic cultural atmosphere in Bengali literature by increasing the use of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu words in place of Sanskrit words.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzpFAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |title=Jībanī granthamālā |date=1990 |publisher=Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī |page=44 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Śāmasuddīna |first=Ābula Kālāma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uMRAQAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |title=Atīta dinera smr̥ti |date=1968 |publisher=Naoroja Kitābistāna |page=368 |language=bn}}</ref>

The members of this organization named this linguistic style Pak-Bangla language, considering it as a Bengali language shaped by the religious and political culture of Pakistani Islamic atmosphere in East Pakistan, i.e., East Bengal.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Siddikī |first=Rejoẏāna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WlVQAQAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |title=Pūrba Bāṃlāra saṃskr̥tika saṃgaṭhana o saṃskr̥tika āndolana, 1947-1971 |date=1996 |publisher=Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī |isbn=978-984-07-3343-9 |pages=103–111 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8f62AAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |title=Maolānā Mustāphījura Rahamāna, jībana o sāhitya |date=1993 |publisher=Mohāmmada Mākachudura Rahamāna |page=96 |language=bn}}</ref>

== Members ==
There were a total of 21 members in it:
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
! colspan="1" | Members of Raonok Sahitya Sangstha (21)
|-
|
* Abul Kalam Shamsuddin
* Ibrahim Khan
* Mohammad Barkatullah
* Matinuddin Ahmad
* Mujibur Rahman Khan
* Akbar Uddin
* Syed Shahadat Hossain
* Khan Mohammad Moinuddin
* M. Nasir Ali
* Maulana Mostafizur Rahman
* Azizur Rahman
* Golam Mostafa
* Benajir Ahmed
* Ashrafuzzaman Khan
* Talim Hossain
* Mohammad Mahfuzullah
* Abdur Rahman
* Abdul Mannan
* Shamsul Huda Chowdhury
* Mohammad Hossain
* ...
|}
== Publications ==
In late 1951, Raonok Publications was established at 5 Samson Road. The following were published from there:<ref name=":0" />

* Nazrul Sahitya (1960) – Edited by Mir Abul Hossain, this was a collection of writings on the literature and music of Kazi Nazrul Islam. It included works of 23 writers: Mohammad Wazed Ali, Abul Kalam Shamsuddin, Abdul Qadir, Abdul Maudood, Motaher Hossain Chowdhury, Mohammad Wazed Ali, Ajit Kumar Ghosh, Abul Fazal, Syed Ali Ashraf, Muhammad Abdul Hai, Ahmad Sharif, Ahsan Habib, Hasan Hafizur Rahman, Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, Mujibur Rahman Khan, Anisuzzaman, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, Atowar Rahman, Kazi Motahar Hossain, Sikandar Abu Zafar, and others. This was the first critical book on Nazrul in East Bengal.
* Julekhar Mon (poetry book) – Mohammad Mahfuzullah
* Brishtimukhor – Abdus Sattar
* Kulsum – Abdul Hai Mashreki

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1950s establishments in East Pakistan]]
[[Category:Bengali-language literature]]
[[Category:Literary societies]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1958]]
[[Category:Defunct organisations based in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Islamic literature]]
[[Category:History of literature in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Cultural organisations based in Bangladesh]]

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