Md. Golam Nafiz (; 22 May 2008 – 4 August 2024), was a Bangladeshi student activist who died in the

non-cooperation movement Non-cooperation movement may refer to: * Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922), during the Indian independence movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi against British rule * Non-cooperation movement (1971), a movement in East Pakistan * Non-cooperatio ...

on 4 August 2024. He was photographed on a

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on the way to the hospital, the image of which was well-publicized among the many fatalities of the

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Personal life

Nafiz was born to Md. Golam Rahman and Nazma Akter Nasima. He was the second child of the couple and the youngest of two brothers. His elder brother's name is Md. Golam Rasel. He lived in

Mohakhali Mohakhali () is a neighborhood of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Mohakhali is one of the busiest places in Dhaka city. Mohakhali is bounded by Banani (neighbourhood), Banani in the north, Tejgaon Industrial Area Thana, Tejgoan area in the ...

with his family. He passed his

Secondary School Certificate Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) or Matriculation examination, is a public examination in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Maldives and Nepal conducted by educational boards for the successful completi ...

(SSC) examination from Banani Bidyaniketan School and College. He got admission in the Noubahini College, Dhaka in eleventh grade, but never attended for the circumstances of his death.

Non-cooperation movement and death

On the first day of the

, Nafiz and his friends joined protests in the

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–Khamarbari area. Around 4.30 p.m., Nafiz was shot by the police at the Farmgate intersection. After being wounded, fellow protesters placed him in a

in an attempt to transport him to the nearest hospital. According to rickshaw puller Noor Mohammad, Nafiz was unconscious but still alive at that time. However, members of the

Chhatra League Bangladesh Chhatra League, simply Chhatra League (), is the student wing of the political party, Bangladesh Awami League, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 4 January 1948. The organisation is banned and listed as a terrorist organisation in B ...

obstructed the rickshaw, causing a delay in reaching the hospital. Upon arrival, doctors declared Nafiz dead. On the way to the hospital, photojournalist Jibon Ahmed from ''

Daily Manab Zamin ''The Daily '' ( lit. People's Land) is a major daily tabloid newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the first and largest circulated Bengali tabloid daily in the world, with 19,000,000 monthly pageviews on ...

'' captured a widely circulated image of Nafiz lying in the rickshaw's footwell with a Bangladeshi flag tied around his head, his arms and legs sprawled. The image quickly spread on social media and was featured on the front page of ''Manab Zamin'' the following day. Nafiz's father searched for him throughout the night, going from hospital to hospital. It was only the next day that he found his son's body at the morgue of

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College (ShSMC) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It was named after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. History Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital was established in 1963 as ' ...

Legacy

On 19 August 2024, two advisers of the

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and principle coordinators of

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and

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, visited Nafiz's home. Banani Bidyaniketan School and College named one of their academic buildings after him. The rickshaw carrying Nafiz was later donated to

July Revolution Memorial Museum The Ganabhaban (, also spelt Gonobhaban) located in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, north of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, National Parliament House, served as the official residence of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh until the Resignation of Sheikh H ...

and the rickshaw puller, Nur Mohammad, was assured of financial assistance by the interim government.

Citations

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Personal life

Non-cooperation movement and death

Legacy

See also

Citations