| Ataur Rahman Khan Khadim | |
| Native Name: | আতাউর রহমান খান খাদিম |
| Pronunciation: | Ātā'ura Rahamāna Khāna Khādima |
| Other Names: | Atta ur Rehman Khan |
| Birth Date: | 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Akhaura, Bengal, British India (now Chittagong, Bangladesh) |
| Death Date: | 25 March 1971 |
| Death Place: | Shahbag, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
| Known For: | Martyred Intellectual |
Atta ur Rehman Khan was an academic in the Bangladesh Liberation war and is considered a martyr in Bangladesh.
Khadim was born in Kharampur, Akhaura, Brahmanbaria District on 1933. He graduated from George H. E. School in 1948 and Dhaka College in 1950. He completed his master's degree in physics from Dhaka University in 1954.[1]
After graduation Khadim joined Philips Electric Company as an electrical engineer in 1955. From 1959 to 1960 he studied theoretical physics at the physics institute of University of Göttingen at Göttingen, West Germany. After completion he joined Dhaka University as a lecturer, where he specialized in experimental physics and electronics.[2]
On 25 March 1971, Khadim was killed by Pakistan army at the onset of Operation Searchlight and Bangladesh Liberation war, in the teachers' quarter of Shahidullah Hall in Dhaka University.[3]