Kazi Abu Zafar Siddique

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Kazi Abu Zafar Siddique
কাজী আবু জাফর সিদ্দিকী
Zafar in 2011
Born1940
Bardhaman district, Bengal Province, British India
Died15 October 2012(2012-10-15) (aged 71–72)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi

Kazi Abu Zafar Mohammed Hasan Siddiqui (1940 – 15 October 2012) was a recital artist and cultural activist of Bangladesh. He was the director general of Bangladesh Television.[1] According to Kazi Nazrul Islam's eldest son, the first winner of the Kazi Sabyasachi Award was the personification of Cultural Personality, launched by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Bangladesh.[2]

Career

Zafar Siddiqui was born in 1940 in Bardhaman district of West Bengal. He started his first career as an assistant director at East Pakistan Television Corporation in 1970. He has been associated with the profession of recitation and culture for more than 40 years. He was the founding president of Bangabandhu Recruitment Council and vocabulary organization. He was a member of the advisory board of the Bangladesh Recruitment Coordination Council. Beyond that, he was involved with several cultural organizations. He also served as Director of Programs and Planning at Bangladesh Television . In 2009, he became the director general of the television. He retired in February 2012.[3][4]

Award

Siddique received the Kazi Sabyasachi Award by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in Bangladesh for his contribution to recitation. Lifetime honors (2006-2007 ) were conferred on the media department at the eighth event of the Bachsas Award given by the Bangladesh Cine-Journalist Association.[5][6]

Death

Siddiqui died on 15 October 2012 in Dhaka. He was buried in the Jurain Cemetery.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Siddiqui new BTV DG, Harun deputy DG Corrected". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  2. ^ "Kazi Abu Zafar Siddique no more". The Daily Star. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  3. ^ বিটিভির সাবেক ডিজি আবৃত্তিকার আবু জাফর সিদ্দিকী আর নেই. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  4. ^ আবু জাফর সিদ্দিকী আর নেই. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  5. ^ "BASP awards Golam Mostafa Abritti Padak". The Daily Star. 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  6. ^ বাংলাদেশের চলচ্চিত্র: পাঁচ দশকের ইতিহাস. Dhaka: Jyoti Prakash. 2012. p. 482.
  7. ^ "Kazi Abu Zafar Siddique no more". The Daily Star. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2024-12-07.

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