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The author, first-born son of his father, belonged to Muslim majorityinhabitants of pre-British India’s Bengal province—who had no instanceof modern education in their peasant community of the early 20thcentury—grew up with his father. The author, after obtaining his highereducation in his native country of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), cameto USA and obtained his M. A. and Ph. D. degrees. He then spent muchof his life in doing research and evaluation on various issues, such as highfertility, high infant mortality, poverty, rapid population growth, and publicprovision of some basic services, both in inner-city black America and inseveral developing countries of Asia and West Africa while working fortwo universities in USA—Morgan State University and Johns HopkinsUniversity in Baltimore, Marland. Life and Legacy of An Amazing Fatherdescribes a series of heart-comforting and heart-breaking stories—withwhich both the author’s father and the author himself were grappling within attaining their success in life as well as building up successful families,raising resilient children, inspiring, and enabling them to attain theireducational, occupational, and other successes in life.From his experience of growing up with his father and, subsequently, helpinghis own younger siblings and children to succeed in life, the author describeshow the adherence to some basic principles, rules, habits, and values of lifemade difference in his father’s life, his life, and the lives of his siblings andchildren. Lessons from these stories are discussed in the book.