Sirajul Haque Khan
Dr. Sirajul Haque Khan, (Template:Lang-bn;1924 – 14 December 1971) born in the district of Noakhali, was a Bengali Educationist and martyred intellectual of 1971.[1]
Biography
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, USA in 1967 and joined IER, DU as a senior lecturer.[1]
On 14 December 1971 a group of Al-Badr members forcibly removed him from his home and murdered him.[1] On 3 November 2013, two Jamaat leaders, Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, received a death sentence in absentia for his death.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Profiles of martyred intellectuals". The Daily Star. 14 December 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin (3 November 2013). "UK Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen Uddin sentenced to death in Bangladesh". The Independent. Retrieved 7 November 2013.