Muhammad Wajed Ali

Ali dropped out of college and joined the non-cooperation movement against the British colonial government after being inspired by Mohammad Akram Khan. He worked as the editor in a number of newspapers from 1920 to 1935. He worked at The Mohammadi, Nabajug, Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Patrika, Saogat, Samyabadi, Mahe Nao and Sebak. He wrote a number of books including Mohamanush Mohsin, Morubhaskar, Syed Ahmad, Chotoder Hazrat Muhammad, Sharnandoni and translated many books into Bengali. Following retirement he moved to Banshdaha from Kolkata in 1935 ^[1] He criticized Bengali Muslim preachers for not using the Bengali language to preach.^[3]

Ali died on 8 November 1954 in Banshdaha, Satkhira District, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).^[1]