Rahman, Shafiur (1918-1952) martyr
of the language
movement. Shafiur Rahman, was born at Konnagar in the district
of 24 Parganas in West Bengal. He passed I. Com examination from Calcutta
Government Commercial College and started working as a clerk at 24 Parganas
civil supply office. After the partition of India in 1947 he moved to
Dhaka, and joined the accounts section of Dhaka High Court as a clerk.
On the morning of 22 February 1952, students and common people
staged a demonstration on Nawabpur Road in Dhaka demanding recognition
of Bangla as one of the state languages of Pakistan. The police
fired on the demonstration procession, and Shafiur Rahman, who
was going to office on a bicycle, was shot in the back. He was
taken to dhaka
medical college and hospital where he died at 7 p.m.
His dead body was buried at Azimpur graveyard at 3 a.m under police
guard. Shafiur Rahman was awarded Ekushey Padak posthumously in
February 2000.
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