Sirajul Haque Khan Explained

Sirajul Haque Khan
Native Name:সিরাজুল হক খান
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Date:1924
Alma Mater:University of Dhaka
Nationality:Bangladeshi

Sirajul Haque Khan, (1924 – 14 December 1971) born in the district of Noakhali, was a Bengali educationist and martyred intellectual of 1971.

Education

Khan graduated from college in 1949 and obtained an M.Ed. degree from Institute of Education Research (IER), Dhaka University, in 1965. He obtained Ed.D. from the State College of Colorado, United States in 1967 and joined IER, DU as a senior lecturer.

Death and legacy

On 14 December 1971, a group of Al-Badr members forcibly removed him from his home and murdered him.[1] His body was found in Mirpur, Dhaka. He was buried in Dhaka University Central Mosque. On 14 November 1991, Bangladesh Post Office issued commemorative stamp with his name and picture.[2] On 3 November 2013, two Jamaat leaders, Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, received a death sentence in absentia for his death.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Profiles of martyred intellectuals. 7 November 2013. The Daily Star. 14 December 2006. 3 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203062204/http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/december/december14th/intellectuals.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Khan, Serajul Haque - Banglapedia. en.banglapedia.org. en. 2017-07-11.
  3. News: Chowdhury. Syed Tashfin. UK Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen Uddin sentenced to death in Bangladesh. 7 November 2013. The Independent. 3 November 2013.