Abdul Jabbar

Abdul Jabbar

Abdul Jabbar ( _bn. আব্দুল জব্বার) (1919- February 21,1952) was demonstrator killed during the Bengali Language Movement protests that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh).

Jabbar was born on 26 Ashwin of 1326 Bangla at the village of Panchua under the Gaffargaon thana of Mymensingh district. He was the son of Hasan Ali and Safatun Nesa. Although he received his primary education in the local educational institution called pathsala (Dhopaghat Krishibazar Primary School), he failed to continue for poverty. Besides he had to help his father with agriculture. But Jabbar was not satisfied and to seek his fortune he left home. He went to Narayanganj by train and met an Englishman, who helped him to get a job in Burma (currently Myanmar). After working for twelve months he came back to his apartment.

On his return from Myanmar, Jabbar organized a village defense group with boys from the neighborhood and took the led the group as its commander. In 1949 he married Amina Khatun, one of his friends’ sister and settled down. One and a half year after the marriage Amina had a baby boy, who was named Nurul Islam Badol.

A night before the historical incident of February 21, Jabbar came to Dhaka to get his mother-in-law a cancer patient admitted into the Dhaka Medical College. On February 21, the huge procession and agitation of the students for the language movement made Jabbar interested to join them. Thus he participated in one of the rally in which police opened fire. Abdul Jabbar was severely hurt by a bullet and later admitted into Dhaka Medical College. He fought with death for a day and died in the following night. He was awarded Ekushey Padak, one of the highest recognition of Bangladesh in the year 2000 after UNESCO announced February 21 as the International Mother Language Day.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Abdul Jabbar — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Kareem Abdul Jabbar Obtenido de Abdul Jabbar …   Wikipedia Español

  • Abdul Jabbar (cricketer) — Abdul Jabbar (born March 1, 1983) is a Canadian cricket player. He is a right hand batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler. He made his One Day International debut for Canada on the tour to Kenya in October 2007. There, he appeared in two… …   Wikipedia

  • Abdul Jabbar Naeemi — ist ein afghanischer Diplomat und Politiker. Er vertrat die Provinz Kandahar in der Loja Dschirga. 2004 wurde er als Diplomat von Hamid Karzai nach Pakistan entsandt. Nach den Präsidentschaftswahlen 2004 wurde Naeemi Gouverneur der Provinz Maidan …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Abdul Jabbar Naeemi — is an Afghan diplomat and politician.He at one time served as a representative from Kandahar Province to the Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly). In 2004 he was Hamid Karzai s election agent in Pakistan, where he campaigned for Karzai and worked on… …   Wikipedia

  • Abdul Jabbar Khan — Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan (1902 23 April 1984) was the 6th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. He was Preceded by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry.He was born at Baherchar village in Barisal District, Bengal in 1902. He obtained BA (Hons) and MA… …   Wikipedia

  • Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem — orig. (Ferdinand) Lew(is) Alcindor born April 16, 1947, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. basketball player. During his college career at UCLA, the team lost only two games, and he led it to three national championships (1966–68). He then joined the… …   Universalium

  • Abdul-Jabbar — /ahb doohl jeuh bahr , ab /, n. Kareem /keuh reem /, (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.),born 1947, U.S. basketball player. * * * …   Universalium

  • Abdul-Jabbar — /ahb doohl jeuh bahr , ab /, n. Kareem /keuh reem /, (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.),born 1947, U.S. basketball player …   Useful english dictionary

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — Infobox NBAretired name=Kareem Abdul Jabbar width= caption=Kareem Abdul Jabbar at the White House in 2006. position=Center height ft=7 |height in=2 weight lbs=267 number=33 birthdate=birth date and age|1947|4|16 New York debutyear=1969… …   Wikipedia

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — Dat …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”