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Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (1889-1936), a Bengali author, was born in Magura District.
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Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (1889-1936), a Bengali author, was born in Magura District.
Mohammad Lutfur Rahman, was a teacher and afterwards went to Kolkata and established a helping house for women named, ‘Naritirtha’. He published a magazine named Narishakti. Later, Mohammad Lutfur Rahman became a homeopathic doctor.
His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali literature in Bangladesh.
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