Lest we forget

“……It is now known that on Sunday December 12, as the Indian columns were closing on Dacca….a group of senior Pak army officers and their civilian counterparts met in the city’s Presidential residence. They put together the names of 250 peoples to be arrested and killed, including the cream of Dacca’s professional circles not already liquidated during the civil war. Their arrests were made on Monday and Tuesday by marked bands of extreme right-wing Muslims belonging to an organization called the Al-Badar Razakar…Only hours before the official surrender was signed (on 16th), the victims were taken in groups to the outskirts of the city……where they were summarily executed…….. The Times, December 23, 1971

Martyred Intellectuals

Dhaka University Teachers
* ANM Munier Choudhury
* Dr GC Dev
* Muffazzal Hyder Chowdhury
* Anwar Pasa
* Jyotimay Guhathakurta
* Abdul Muqtadir
* SM Rashidul Hasan
* Dr ANM Faizul Mahi
* Fazlur Rahman Khan
* ANM Maniruzzaman
* Dr Serajul Haque Khan
* Dr Shahadat Ali
* Dr MA Khair
* AR Khan Kadim
* Muhammad Sadeque
* Sharafat Ali
* Ghiasuddin Ahamed
* Ananda Payan
Rajshahi University Teachers
* Prof Qayyum
* Habubur Rahman
* Shree Sukha Ranjan Samadder

Constituent Assembly Members
* Mashiur Rahman
* Amjad Hossain
* Aminuddin
* Nazmul Haque Sarker
* Abdul Haque
* Syed Anwar Ali
* AK Sarder

Journalists

* Sirajuddin Hossain
* Shahidulla Kaiser
* Khondakar Abu Taleb
* Nizamuddin Ahmed
* ANM Golam Mustofa
* Shahid Saber
* Sk Abdul Mannan (Ladu)
* Nazmul Haque
* M Akhter
* Abul Basar
* Chisty Helalur Rahman
* Shibsadan Chakravarty
* Selina Akhter

Physicians

* Md Fazle Rabbi
* Abdul Alim Chowdhury
* Shamsuddin Ahmed
* Azharul Haque
* Humayun Kabir
* Sulaiman Khan
* Kaiser Uddin
* Mansur Ali
* Ghulam Murtaza
* Hafez Uddin Khan Jahangir
* Abdul Jabbar
* SK Lal
* Hem Chandra Basak
* Kazi Obaidul Haq
* Ayesaha Bedoura Chowdhury
* Al-Haj Mamotazuddin
* Hashimoy Hazra
* Naren Ghose
* Zikrul Haq
* Shamsul Haq
* M Rahman
* A Gafur
* Mansur Ali
* SK Sen
* Mafizuddin
* Amulya Kumar Chakravarty
* Atiqur Rahman
* Ghulam Sarwar
* RC Das
* Mihir Kumar Sen
* Saleh Ahmed
* Anil Kumar Sinha
* Sunil Chandra Sharma
* AKM Ghulam Mustafa
* Maqbul Ahmed
* Enamul Haq
* Mansur (Kanu)
* Ashraf Ali Talukdar
* Lt Ziaur Rahman
* Lt Co. Jahangir
* Badul Alam
* Lt Col Hai
* Maj Rezaur Rahman
* Maj Nazmul Islam
* Asadul Haq
* Nazir Uddin
* Lt Nurul Islam
* Kazal Bhadra
* Mansur Uddin

Educationists

* Zahir Raihan
* Purnendu Dastidar
* Ferdous Dowla
* Indu Saha
* Meherunnessa

Artists, others

* Altaf Mahmud
* Danbir Ranada Prasad Saha
* Jogesh Chandra Ghose
* Dhirendra Nath Dutta
* Shamsuzzaman
* Mahbub Ahmed
* Khurshid Alam
* Nazrul Islam
* Muzammel Haq Chowdhury
* Mohsin Ali
* Mujibul Haq

Source: “Onslaugth on Intellect and Intelligentsia” by Nurul Islam Patwari, published in ‘BANGLADESH: A Souvenir on the First Anniversary of Victory Day, December 16, 1972’.

 

Lest we forget

It is now known that on Sunday December 12, as the Indian columns were closing on Dacca.a group of senior Pak army officers and their civilian counterparts met in the citys Presidential residence. They put together the names of 250 peoples to be arrested and killed, including the cream of Daccas professional circles not already liquidated during the civil war. Their arrests were made on Monday and Tuesday by marked bands of extreme right-wing Muslims belonging to an organization called the Al-Badar RazakarOnly hours before the official surrender was signed (on 16th), the victims were taken in groups to the outskirts of the citywhere they were summarily executed.. The Times, December 23, 1971 Martyred Intellectuals Dhaka University Teachers * ANM Munier Choudhury * Dr GC Dev * Muffazzal Hyder Chowdhury * Anwar Pasa * Jyotimay Guhathakurta * Abdul Muqtadir * SM Rashidul Hasan * Dr ANM Faizul Mahi * Fazlur Rahman Khan * ANM Maniruzzaman * Dr Serajul Haque Khan * Dr Shahadat Ali * Dr MA Khair * AR Khan Kadim * Muhammad Sadeque * Sharafat Ali * Ghiasuddin Ahamed * Ananda Payan Rajshahi University Teachers * Prof Qayyum * Habubur Rahman * Shree Sukha Ranjan Samadder Constituent Assembly Members * Mashiur Rahman * Amjad Hossain * Aminuddin * Nazmul Haque Sarker * Abdul Haque * Syed Anwar Ali * AK Sarder Journalists * Sirajuddin Hossain * Shahidulla Kaiser * Khondakar Abu Taleb * Nizamuddin Ahmed * ANM Golam Mustofa * Shahid Saber * Sk Abdul Mannan (Ladu) * Nazmul Haque * M Akhter * Abul Basar * Chisty Helalur Rahman * Shibsadan Chakravarty * Selina Akhter Physicians * Md Fazle Rabbi * Abdul Alim Chowdhury * Shamsuddin Ahmed * Azharul Haque * Humayun Kabir * Sulaiman Khan * Kaiser Uddin * Mansur Ali * Ghulam Murtaza * Hafez Uddin Khan Jahangir * Abdul Jabbar * SK Lal * Hem Chandra Basak * Kazi Obaidul Haq * Ayesaha Bedoura Chowdhury * Al-Haj Mamotazuddin * Hashimoy Hazra * Naren Ghose * Zikrul Haq * Shamsul Haq * M Rahman * A Gafur * Mansur Ali * SK Sen * Mafizuddin * Amulya Kumar Chakravarty * Atiqur Rahman * Ghulam Sarwar * RC Das * Mihir Kumar Sen * Saleh Ahmed * Anil Kumar Sinha * Sunil Chandra Sharma * AKM Ghulam Mustafa * Maqbul Ahmed * Enamul Haq * Mansur (Kanu) * Ashraf Ali Talukdar * Lt Ziaur Rahman * Lt Co. Jahangir * Badul Alam * Lt Col Hai * Maj Rezaur Rahman * Maj Nazmul Islam * Asadul Haq * Nazir Uddin * Lt Nurul Islam * Kazal Bhadra * Mansur Uddin Educationists * Zahir Raihan * Purnendu Dastidar * Ferdous Dowla * Indu Saha * Meherunnessa Artists, others * Altaf Mahmud * Danbir Ranada Prasad Saha * Jogesh Chandra Ghose * Dhirendra Nath Dutta * Shamsuzzaman * Mahbub Ahmed * Khurshid Alam * Nazrul Islam * Muzammel Haq Chowdhury * Mohsin Ali * Mujibul Haq Source: Onslaugth on Intellect and Intelligentsia by Nurul Islam Patwari, published in BANGLADESH: A Souvenir on the First Anniversary of Victory Day, December 16, 1972.