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Shafiur Rahman ( bn, শফিউর রহমান) (24 January 1918 – 22 February 1952) is considered in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
to be a martyr of the language movement which took place in the former East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...
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Early life
Shafiur Rahman was born in Konnagar, nearSerampore
Serampore (also called ''Serampur'', ''Srirampur'', ''Srirampore'', ''Shreerampur'', ''Shreerampore'', ''Shrirampur'' or ''Shrirampore'') is a city of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Srirampo ...
, in Bengal Presidency
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, British Raj
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. His father's name was Hakim Mahabubur Rahman and mother's name was Kanayata Khatoon. He passed from Konnagar High School in 1936 and completed his I. Com from Government Commerce College, Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
. After the partition of India
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he moved to Dhaka, East Bengal
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, common_name = East Bengal
, status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan
, p1 = Bengal Presidency
, flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg
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taking a job of a clerk in the accounts section of the Dhaka High Court.
Bengali Language Movement
On 22 February 1952 while commuting to his job on his bicycle he entered Nawabpur Road, which was full of protesters against police shootings the previous day at a language movement rally. Police fired at the protests in which Rahman was shot in the back and died after being taken toDhaka Medical College
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (abbreviated DMCH) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It houses medical school as well as a tertiary care hospital on one campus.
The country's first eve ...
. He was buried in Azimpur graveyard under Police guard.
Legacy
Two days after the incident, the FirstShaheed Minar Shaheed Minar (literally, martyrs' monument) may refer to:
* Shaheed Minar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
* Shaheed Minar, Kolkata, India
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was inaugurated by his Father, Hakim Mahbubur Rahman along with the protesting students of Dhaka University
The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently it ...
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In 2000 Rahman was awarded Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...
by the government of Bangladesh. A bronze sculpture of his head with four other "martyrs" of the language movement is called ''Moder Gorob
Moder Gorob or Our Pride is a sculpture situated in front of Bangla Academy building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was dedicated to the memory of those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952, when protesters demanding ...
'' and located in Bangla Academy
The Bangla Academy ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি, ) is an autonomous institution funded by the Government of Bangladesh, Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement nationa ...
premises.
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Shafiur 1918 births 1952 deaths People from Hooghly district Bengali language activists Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Burials at Azimpur Graveyard