Nowsher Ali Khan Yusufzai
Bengali writer
Nowsher Ali Khan Yusufzai (Bengali: নওশের আলী খাঁন ইউসুফজয়ী; c. 1864 – 9 May 1924) was a Bengali writer and philanthropist.
Early life and education
Yusufzai was born in 1864 to a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Charan in Kalihati, Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. His family traced their ancestry to Pashtuns of the Yusufzai tribe, who had migrated from Afghanistan to Bengal and become culturally assimilated.
Yusufzai passed the Entrance examination in 1881 from Pogose School in Dhaka and FA in 1887 from Dhaka College. He studied for the BA examination but unsuccessfully. Nevertheless, it can be said that he was the first Muslim to qualify for FA in Tangail district. While studying for his BA he married Rahimunnesa, a daughter of the zamindar of Pakulla.
Career
Yusufzai was appointed to the post of Sub-Registrar of Pakulla in 1889 and was upgraded to Sub-Deputy Registrar in 1891. He was the first Muslim in this post in Tangail. He retired from his job in 1919.
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