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Mani, Sheikh Fazlul Haq (1939-1975) politician, journalist,
writer. Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani was born on 4 December 1939 at village
Tungipara in Gopalganj district. He passed SSC Examination from Nabakumar
Institute of Dhaka in 1956, HSC from Jagannath College in 1958, and BA
from BM College, Barisal, in 1960. He obtained MA degree in Bangla literature
and Law degree in 1962 from the Dhaka University. His political career
began during his student life. He was general secretary of Chhatra League
from 1960 to 1963.
Sheikh Mani was arrested in 1962 for leading the movement against
the Hamoodur Rahman Education Commission Report, and was imprisoned
for six months. He refused to receive the certificate from the
then Chancellor of the Dhaka University and Governor of East Pakistan
monaem
khan in the convocation ceremony held in April 1964.
He also led a campaign to abandon the convocation in protest against
the education commission report. The University authority revoked
his degree against which he went to the court, which gave the
verdict in his favour.
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Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani |
He was again arrested under Public Safety Act in 1965
and was kept confined for one and a half year. For his active role in
the Six-point Movement in 1966 he was imprisoned. However, he was released
during the mass
upsurge in.
On 11 January 1970, the Bangla weekly Banglar Bani
was first published with Fazlul Haq Mani as its editor. During the
war of liberation
he pioneered the formation of mujib
bahini. As chief of the Bahini he led the force in its operation
in the districts of Dhaka, Comilla, Noakhali, Sylhet, Chittagong, and
Chittagong Hill Tracts.
After the liberation of the country the weekly Banglar
Bani was converted to a daily and was published on 21 February 1972 with
Sheikh Mani as its editor. He founded the Awami Yuba League on 11 November
1972 and was elected its chairman. He launched the weekly Cinema
on 23 August 1973, and the English daily Bangladesh Times on 7
June 1974 of which he was the editor. He was one of the secretaries in
the central committee of bangladesh
krishak sramik awami league (BAKSAL) (1975).
A collection of his Bangla short stories entitled Britta
was first published in 1969. Sheikh Mani was assassinated by a group
of army personnel on 15 August 1975.
[Dilruba Begum]
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