Dewan Mohammad Azraf (Bengali: দেওয়ান মোহাম্মদ আজরফ; 1908–1999) was a teacher, author, politician, journalist, philosopher and advocate of women's progress born in Sunamganj, Bangladesh. In 1993, he was honored as a National Professor in Bangladesh. He was also a supporter of the Bengali Language Movement. For his support of the movement, he was dismissed from the post of the principal of Sunamganj College in 1954, the same year he was promoted to the post. His support was particularly influential when he edited the Nao Belal in 1948. He was actively involved with Kaikobad Sahitya Majlish (1972–99).
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1908 Teghoria village, Sunamganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
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1999 (aged 90)
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