A. T. M. Shamsuddin

A. T. M. Shamsuddin (1927–2009), also known by the pen name Charubak, was a Bangladeshi author, journalist, translator, communist and union organizer. He served as the general secretary of the East Pakistan Journalists Union and as a member of the Chittagong All Party Language Movement Committee. Abu Taher Muhammad Shamsuddin, also known as Taher Shamsuddin, was born in Chittagong in southern Bengal, later Bangladesh. His father, Ahmedur Rahman, was an employee of the Kolkata port commission, and his mother died when he was three years old. His father remarried to Shamsuddin's mother's cousin, who also later died; he was raised in his maternal uncle's household. Shamsuddin was active against British colonial power and was jailed. When studying in class nine, he was assistant secretary of Zila Muslim Chatra League. He never graduated. Later, he was a strict communist and worked for the party while it remained underground. He joined the Pakistan Movement.