Kudrat-e-Khuda
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Kudrat-e-Khuda 🌐

মুহম্মদ কুদরাত-এ-খুদা (Known as "Dr. Kudrat-e-Khuda")
Chemist, Educationist, Founding Director of PCSIR/BCSIR, Head of First National Education Commission
Born 1900-12-01 🌐 Margram, Birbhum, Bengal, Historical India
Passed Away 1977-11-03 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lifespan 76 years old
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Archival Overview

Distinguished organic chemist and educational architect who founded the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) and headed the historic 1974 National Education Commission.

Biographical Record

Muhammad Kudrat-e-Khuda was born on December 1, 1900, in Birbhum, Bengal. Graduating with highest chemistry honors from Presidency College, Calcutta, he earned his Doctor of Science from Imperial College London in 1929, conducting pioneering investigations in stereochemistry and organic synthesis.

Moving to East Pakistan in 1947, he established the East Regional Laboratories (later BCSIR), patenting chemical processes for utilizing jute stick pulp, ray-peat, and native medicinal herbs. In 1972, Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman appointed him Chairman of Bangladesh's First National Education Commission; the visionary 'Kudrat-e-Khuda Education Commission Report' of 1974 laid the secular, scientific framework for modern education in Bangladesh.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Banani Graveyard
Dhaka, Bangladesh
GPS: 23.7925, 90.4055
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