Abul Mansur Ahmed

Abul Mansur Ahmed  was a Bangladeshi writer, politician and journalist. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1960 and Independence Day Award in 1979 by the Government of Bangladesh. Amar Dekha Rajnitir Panchash Bachhar (1969) is his magnum opus.  Ahmed's maternal grandfather Meherullah Faraizi took part in the non-communal anti-British Faraizi movement.

Ahmed was born in Dhanikhola in Mymensingh to Abdur Rahim Farazi and Mir Jahan Begum . During 1929-1938 he practiced law in Mymensingh. Later, worked at Kolkata as a professional journalist and a political activist until the 1947 partition. He worked for The Krsak, Navayug, Ittehad, Soltan and The Mohammadi. He was the founder-secretary of the Awami Muslim League, later Bangladesh Awami League. He was imprisoned when Martial Law was declared by General Ayub Khan in 1958 and was released in 1962.