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Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah

Tofazzal Hossain, popularly known as Manik Miah ( – 1 June 1969), was a Pakistani Bengali journalist and politician. He served as the founding editor of ''The Daily Ittefaq''. He wrote the editorial ''Rajnoitik Moncho'' ("The Political Stage"). Most of his newspaper's journalists were considered leftist, as Miah followed the pattern of Awami League. According to journalist and editor of Shongbad Bozlur Rahman, Awami activists followed his editorial more than any actual decision of a meeting. He was a close associate of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and a mentor to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Miah wrote his political columns in Bengali. He was equally prolific in his English renderings. Miah, who was popularly known for his powerful political column in ''The Daily Ittefaq'' (founded by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Yar Mohammad Khan) under the pen-name 'Musafir', dedicated his entire life for the cause of emancipation of the people in the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and establishing the democracy. Yar Mohammad Khan invited Miah, who was working at that time as a journalist, at Calcutta and made him the editor of ''The Daily Ittefaq''. Provided by Wikipedia