Abul Fazal

Abul Fazal  was a Bangladeshi writer and academic. He served as the 4th vice-chancellor of University of Chittagong. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Independence Day Award in 2012 (posthumously). Fazal was born on 1 July 1903  in Chittagong District to Moulvi Fazlur Rahman, an Imam of Chittagong Jame Masjid. Fazal earned B.A.from the University of Dhaka. He passed M.A. in Bengali language and literature from Calcutta University in 1940. Fazal began his career as an Imam. He taught in multiple schools as a teacher. In 1941, he became a professor of Krishnanagar College and later of Chittagong College. Fazal served as a member in charge of education and culture of the advisory council of the Government of Bangladesh during 1975-23 June 1977.