- Sofiur Rahman
Sofiur Rahman (or "Safiur Rahman" or "Saifur Rahman") ( _bn. শফিউর রহমান) (
January 24 ,1918 –February 22 ,1952 ) is considered inBangladesh to be a martyr of thelanguage movement which took place in the formerEast Pakistan .Sofiur Rahman was born inKonnagar , inHoogli , West Bengal. His father was Moulovi Mahbubur Rahman. He took his I. Com from the Government Commercial College ofKolkata . After thepartition of India he came toEast Bengal with his wife Akila Begum and other members of the family, taking a job in the accounts section of theDhaka High Court.On February 22, 1952 while commuting to his job on his bicycle he entered Nawabpur Street, which was full of protesters against police shootings the previous day at a language movement rally. Rahman was struck in the back by a police bullet, and died after being taken to
Dhaka Medical College . He was buried by the authorities in the middle of the night at the Azimpur Graveyard beside the grave ofAbul Barkat , who had been shot by police the previous day. [Al-Helal, Bashir. Bhasha Andoloner Itihash. pp.482-83]In 2005 Rahman was awarded
Ekushey Padak , one of the highest civilian awards inBangladesh . In 2006 his wife Begum Akila Khatun and the families of other language movement martyrs were given pensions from the government of Bangladesh.References
External links
* [http://www.bssnews.net/index.php?genID=BSS-01-2005-02-19&id=7 BSS news article on 2005 ceremony]
* [http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=7/5/2006§ion_id=2&newsid=30010&spcl=no article on 2006 Ekushey Padak ceremony]
* [http://www.pmo.gov.bd/21february/imld_back.htm Short biography] in Prime Minister's official website, Govt. of Bangladesh.
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