Famous People with Name Sultan

Mohammad Sultan            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Mohammad Sultan: was a Bangladeshi politician and language activist of the Bengali Language Movement. Mohammad Sultan was inspired by Quit India movement in his youth and joined in Pakistan Movement in 1946. In 1948, he helped to organize the Language Movement in Rajshahi. He joined the Jubo League in 1951 and became the joint secretary of its central committee. He also took part in the Language Movement from Dhaka University in 1952 and at the end of the year became the Chairman of the newly born Students' Union. He worked extremely hard to establish the Union and continued his work at the Jubo League. After the separation of political party NAP, Sultan joined the faction led by Maulana Bhasani. Later he started publishing political literature with M.R.Akhtar Mukul. He was a lifetime member of Bangla Academy and vice-chairman of Bangladesh Book Publishers Committee.