Great Bangalees

Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873): Deconstructed the myth of Aryan apotheosis ( Ramayana) in his epic (the first Bangla epic) Meghnath Badh where the protagonist is an indigenous hero, Meghnath. Also exposed the values  upheld by Aryan warlords. Introduced sonnet form in Bangla poetry. 

Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976). Burdwan, West Bengal. Great Dionysian poet and composer. Poet of rebellion. Forms: shyama sangeet, keertan, leto songs Works. Sanchita, Samyo, Manush, Rikter Bedan.

Jiban Ananda Das (1899-1954). Modernist poet. Banalata Sen, 

Shakti Chattopadhyay

Buddha Deb Basu (1908-1974): Modernist poet, literary critic. Works: Poems: Sonnets for 3 A.M., Frogs, Two Poems from Bandir Bandana, The Moment of Creation, Now The Battle is Against The World, Rain and Wind, To a Dead Woman, The End (poem of Sudhindranath, tr. by BB) Books: Bandir Bandana, Tagore: Portrait of A Poet (Eng), An Acre of Green Grass (Eng), Three Mahabharata Verse Plays (Eng; tr. by Kanak Kanti De), Mahabharater Katha, Kabi Rabindranath, The Book of Yudhisthir (Eng); tr. by Sujit M), An Anthology of Bengali Writing (English), Rain Through the Night (Eng; tr. by Clinton Seely), Desh Deshaantarer Kabita, Pata Jhare Jai o Anyanya Natak, Nepathya Natak / Kath Thokra, Sab Pyechhir Deshe, Mayaa-Malancha, Ek Briddher Daayeri,Sanga: Nisangata RabIndranaath, Saahitya-Charcha, Prabandha Sankalan, Shreshta Kabita (Ed: Naresh Guha), 'Kabita' - Jibanaananda Smriti Sankhya -(Ed. BB), Amar Chhelebela, Amar Yauban

Sunil Gangopadhyay (1934): love, nostalgia. Keu Katha Rakhe Ni

Shamsur Rahman (24 Oct 1929, Dhaka). Champion of liberty, liberation war, secularism, humanism and anti fundamentalism. Poet Rahman has been an active participant, physically and intellectually, in all nationalist and humanist movements. For his commitment to secularism and humanism, he has been in the hit list of the  Islamic fundamentalists for decades and was victim of their brutal attack several times. Shamsur Rahman is indisputably the greatest living poet of Bangladesh, with more than sixty books of poetry to his credit.  Shamsur Rahman did his Honors in English literature from Dhaka University. He had a long career as a journalist and was the Editor of a national daily, Dainik Bangla. He has won numerous awards including Bangla Academy Award (1969), Ekushey Padak (1977), and Swadhinata Award (1991).

Jashim Uddin. Poet of rural Bangladesh

Hasan Hafizur Rahman (14 Jun 1931, Zamalpur): Language movement, liberation war. Edited some volumes of the history of liberation war.

Syed Shamsul Haque (25 Dec 1935, Rangpur) Language movement, liberation war, love, amorous poetry

Lalan Fakir (1774-1890)

Mukunda Das: Swadeshi gaan (Barisal 1878-1949)

Hason Raja, Sylhet

Ustad Alauddin Khan

Shachin Deb Barman

Abbas Uddin

Mansur Uddin

Salil Chaudhury

Gauri Prasanna Majumder

Pulak Bandopahyay

Bhupen Hazarika

Suchitra Mitra

Abdul Latif, Raypasha, Barisal, 1930

Altaf Mahmud, Muladi, Barisal, 23 Dec 1930 killed on 28 Aug 197, Language Movement

Ajoy Chakrobarty

Pyari Chand Mitra (1814-1883)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838-94)

He was a member of an illustrious family, his brother being Sanjib Chatterjee the famous nature writer and the author of "Palamou". Bengalis, for the 1st time got the taste of a real novel in the pre-Tagore era through Chatterjee.  In 1864 his first novel in English, Rajmohon's Wife started appearing on weekly basis in the Education Gazette. But somehow it was found missing the charm of the language. His Bangla novel, which he had already started writing in 1863, was soon published. "Durgesh Nandini" as it was called created a sensation in the Bengali literary arena. "Kapal Kundala" followed this in 1866, which was inspired by his encounter with a 'kapalik' or a sadhu who believes in the worship of 'Shakti' while he was in Negua.

In 1869, his 3rd novel 'Mrinalini' was published and the readers for the first time found the flavour of patriotism in his literary works. In 1872 he took over as the editor of the prestigious magazine Bangadarshan. In 1873 two new novels "Bishbriksha" and "Indira" were published which dealt with social problems. His next novel was "Jugalangurio" published in 1874. In 1880 while acting as the temporary PA of the commissioner of Burdwan, "Chandrashekher" and "Radharani" were published. "Rajani" followed these in 1877 and "Kirishnakanter Will" in 1878. In 1882 his eleventh novel "Rajsingha" based on the royal families of Marwar came in the market. His most famous novel "Anandamath" was also published this year. "Anandamath" is termed, as his most political novel which was a source of inspiration to the patriots  fighting for the freedom of their motherland (the revolutioneries of Anushilan Sangha's including Sri Aurobindo).

The chant "Bande Mataram" which later was adopted by the patriots as their slogan in the fight for freedom was coined in this novel. In late 1882 when he was transferred to Judgepur Orissa he started writing his thirteenth novel "Debi Chaudhurani". It was published in 1884. The last novel he wrote was "Sitaram", published in 1887. Not only did he write novels, he was also one of the most effective columnists. His collection of essays like " Lok Rahashya " and " Kamalakanter Daptar" criticized the meaningless Bengali customs in a manner that forced an immediate change.

The British Government honored him with the title "Ray Bahadur" in 1892. He became a CIE in 1894.The great novelist passed away on 8th April 1894.   

Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876-1938)

If story telling is the best of the novelistic qualities, Sarat Chandra stands at its best among his peers. Born in the village of Debanandapur in Hoogly district, Sarat Chandra was reared by his maternal relatives in Bhagalpur. He finished his high school in 1894 and enrolled in a local college which he had to withdraw from due to lack of financial support. In 1903 young Sarat Chandra left poverty stricken Bangla (thanks to British colonialism) went to Burma to try his luck. His first novel 'Ramer Sumati' was published in 'Jamuna' a leading Bangla magazine. His two other novels, Path Nirdesh and Bindur Chhele were applauded by the readers. In Rangoon, he wrote Biraj Bou, Panditmosai, Palli Samaj. On his return to Kolkata in 1916, he started lived Baje-Shibpur area for some time. Later he moved to his own house at Panitras village in Howrah district. His novel Mandi' received the Kuntaleen award. Using a psedonym Anila Debi Sarat Chandra wrote a couple of novels. Sarat Chandra's greatest romatic novels are Srikanto and Charitraheen. His patriotic novel Pather Daabi which idolised the Jagantarite / Annusialinte form of anti imperialist rebels was banned by the British rulers. In 1923, he received 'Jagattarini' Gold medal from Calcutta University and Dhaka Uiversity honored him with a DLit.

Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay (1894-1950)

Aparajito, Umarani, Pui Macha, Aronyak, Ichhamoti, Debayan, Adarsha Hindu Hotel, Bipiner Sangsar, MeghaMallar, Mauriphool, Jatrabadol, Dristi Pradeep. Teen novel: Chander Pahar, Hira Manik Jwale, Bone Pahare, Maroner Donka Baje

Satyen Sen (1907-1981)

Manik Bandopadhaya (1908-1956)

Young poet and the assistant editor of Pragati Lekhakh Sangha. In 1941 Somen was elected the editor of the sangha and Achyut Goswami the assistant editor.

On 8 March 1942, the Communist Party launched a big protest rally against fascism. Among the participants in the rally and seminar from Kolkata were Jyoti Bosu, Snhangsu Acharya, Bankim Mukherjee and Sadhan Gupta. According to Gokul Chandra, a member of the communist party and an organiser of the rally Somen Chanda was killed by the goons of Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) at Sebasram, Sutrapur, Dhaka on 8 March 1942. Somen was actually leading a procession of the railway laborers to the seminar.

Works:End of Night, Dream, One Night, Signal, Riot, The Rat

Syed Mujtoba Ali

Born in Sylhet in 1904, Syed Mujtoba Ali he had his early education at a government school in the district. In 1921, he went to Shantiniketan (The Home of Peace) and was among the first students of Biswa-Bharati. 

After leaving Shantiniketan, Dr Ali studied in Aligarh university, and then took up a teaching assignment in Kabul at the age of 23. Later, he went to Germany and received his doctorate from University of Bonn. From there he joined the Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. On invitation from the Gaekwad of Baroda, he taught as a Professor for eight years in the then undivided India. Soon after that, he began to write a popular column for Anandabazar magazine in Koltata under the pseudonym 'Satyapiir (The True Saint)'. He joined the Ministry of Education in New Delhi and began writing about his travels in the Desh in 1948.

Dr. Ali then spent time working in East Bengal, which by then had become the eastern province of the new state of Pakistan. While serving as Principal of Bogra College, he wrote about the need for a separate state language for Bangalees. In a moment of prescience, he observed that if "Urdu is forced upon the people, they will revolt one day, and eventually secede from West Pakistan. If we leave our mother tongue for fear of being attacked, one day we'll have to leave our homeland for fear of our lives". That was in 1949 -- three years before the Bangla Language Movement began in 1952.

In the early 'fifties, Dr Ali joined Akashbani (Indian radio) as station director and served at Patna, Cuttack, Kolkata and Delhi stations. However, he left that position to go back to Santiniketan and resume his literary pursuits. Incidentally, Dr. Ali wrote at least 28 books in Bangla and has one publication in English. At Biswa-Bharati he was appointed professor of Islamic History and Culture. He also taught German there. Dr. Ali was awarded the Narsingha Das Prize in 1949 and the Ananda Puraskar (Award) in 1961. Independent Bangladesh is yet to offer any formal recognition for his contribution to Bangla literature.

Syed Mujtoba Ali refused to acknowledge the Pakistani state and wrote from Kolkata, which made it increasingly difficult for him to visit his family in East Pakistan. After independence, he was finally able to make his home in Dhanmondi until he passed away on February 11, 1974.

Syed Mujtoba Ali's breathtaking use of Bangla, Farsi, Arabic, French and other languages, his use of metaphor and skilful insertion of verse has few, if any, comparisons amongst Bangla writers. Dr. Ali's writings crossed the imposed borders of caste, geography, language and religion. He never shied away from referring to Hindu folklore that is at the core of Bangla culture, or to European cultural practices, idioms and humour, as he deemed necessary for his craft. He was just as passionate in 
referring to Tagore as Gurudev as Tagore was in referring to his favourite student as Situ.

Works: Deshe Bideshe, Shabnam

Dr. Sarwat Chowdhury, NY

Shawkat Osman (1917-

Syed  Wali Ullah (1922-1971): Lal Salu

Shahidullah Kaiser (1926-1971): 

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay: Manob Jamin, Durbeen

Akhtaruzzaman Elias wrote only two novels - Chilekothar Sepai (Sentry of the Attic, 1986) and Khoabnama (Dream- Elegy, 1996) but he has created a permanent place in the history of Bangla novels. In the context of the novels of Bangladesh, he is possibly the second person highest acclaimed after Syed Waliullah (1922-1971). Elias started his literary career with the volume of short stories Anya Ghore Anya Swar in 1976, though before it his Chilekothar Sepai began to be published serially in a national daily. By then he came in limelight as a serious and committed fiction writer.

Elias aspired to capture five decades (1940s to 1990s) of his tormented homeland within a broad and multi-layered canvas and this he could do best in his two unforgettable novels - Chilekothat Sepai (Sentry of the Attic) and Khowabnama (Dream- Elegy). While the first portrays the political resurgence which led to the war of liberation in 1971, the second depicts the turmoil of Partition-politics in a village in Bangladesh in the 1940s. Indeed, the second (Khowabnama) has already become a classic by invoking the revolts of the past - Sanyasi and Fakir uprisings in the 18th Century - and linking these with the historic Tebhaga movement of the 1940s. There is no doubt that Elias swore allegiance to the oppressed and that is why he condemned the Partition of Bengal as a ploy to deceive the exploited, both Hindu and Muslim. Both these novels attest to Elias's abiding faith in Marxism. "Elias' Marxism is much more rigorous than bourgeois Thomas Mann's socialism... he applies his own ideology to trace his own redemptive elegy which is different from primarily humanistic ends" commented Subhoranjan Dasgupta, a renown Bangalee novelist.

Elias deserves a reputation as the most powerful novelist in the Bengali literary world after Manik Bandyopadyay. The book is an evaluation of the creativity and ideology of Akhtaruzzaman Elias, a brilliant novelist and short story writer of Bangladesh. Elias died at the unripe age of 54 (1943-97) and wrote only two novels-Chilekothar Sepai (Sentry of the Attic) and Khowabnama (Dream-Elegy). But these two texts and his short stories, not many in number, have turned him into an icon, remembered and revered. The Author examines Elias's poetry, short stories, two novels, and his cosmovision and then analyses the varied responses of the readers of Bangladesh. Here, aesthetic judgement is refracted through the prism of ideology. In fact, by applying the theories of the neo-Marxians and post-modernists (Theodor Adorno, Frederic Jameson, Jacques Derrida and others) to the creative texts of Elias, he demonstrates how theory and praxis come to be interwoven is a comparatist's discourse. This is the first evaluation of Elias written in English, an author whom illustrious writers like Mahasveta Debi and Hasan Azizul Haque regard as a 'wonder'. Based on a sensitive and meticulous deconstruction of Elias's texts, it should encourage readers to proceed to the texts themselves. The Appendices reveal the personality of Elias, and the comprehensive Bibliography will help researchers interested in Elias, modern literary theory and sociology of literature. Elegy and Dream Akhtaruzzaman Elias' Creative Commitment Author: Subhoranjan Dasgupta.

Awards: Bangla Academy Award (1983), Alaol Literary Award (1987), Ananda Award (1996).

Humayun Azad (1947-2004)

The most prolific and versatile among the contemporary Bangladeshi literary critics, Dr Humayun Azad is also a linguist, novelist and a poet. His writings exposed the politics and ideology of the so-called Islamic fundamentalists of Bangladesh. The goons of Jamat-e-Islam, on  instruction from one of the war criminals and the so-called Islamic Saidi, attempted to kill Dr Azad on February 27, 2004 while he was returning home from the Book Fair. A week prior to Dr Azad's assault, Saidi demanded, in the parliament, that Dr Azad's political satire Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad (Paki National anthem)" be banned. Dr Azad was later sent to Thailand for treatment. Dr Azad however returned home in June, spirit intact but physically damaged beyond recognition. The Jamati leaders and preachers continued to threat Dr azad and his family members and kidnapped his son. Being under Jamati death threat Dr Azad then left Dhaka for Germany on a fellowship offered by PEN. Five days following his arrival in Munich Dr Azad was found dead in the morning of 14 August 2004.

The Islamists and Pakistan Military Intelligence were behind the death of Dr Azad. His book pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad is the first book by a Bangalee Muslim that has taken seriously the theme of profanity and irreverence. Apart from Salman Rushdi and Hanif Kureshi who write in English Dr Azad is the first Bangladeshi Muslim writer to use these novelistic genres. This novel exposes the hypocrisy and debauchery underlying the so-called Pakistan movement that emerged from the oriental studies and implemented by the British in Indian sub-continent. This book exposes the vile nature of the so-called Maududists who lead the Jamt-e-Islam in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The Pakistani Military Intelligence is alarmed because this book tends to hit the root of Islamic ideology.

Works: 1. Incorporeal Steamer (poetry) -73. 2. Tears Rapt in Funeral Attires 3. 56 Thousand Square Miles-95. 4. Things Fall Apart-96. 5. My Crimes as a Man. 6. The Death of the Magician-97. 7. The Politicians-73. 8. The State n the sociological Ideas-Essays of Rabindranath-83. 9. The Lone Mountaineer-Samsur Rahman-88. 10. The Dehumanization of Arts and other essays-90. 11.Language Movement-Literary Context-92. 12. Woman-92 13. Under the dark Shades of Fundamentalism-92. 14. Tranquil Night-92. 15. The bouncing boat-92. 16. The Eternal Seasons of Hell. 17. The Olive Darkness. 18. The Formula of Limitation. 19. Chittagong Hill Tracts: The Stream of Hatred Amidst the Green Hills-98. 20. The Second Sex (Translation). 21. Pronominalization in Bengali-83. 22. The Friend n Foes of Bangla Language-84-83. 23. Comparative n Historical Linguistics-88. 24. Bangla Language (Vol-I & II). 25. Fire worms in my breaspocket-93. 26. A Bunch of Angels of Our City.

Shame, My Girlhood, Ka, Dihkandita,Sei Sab Andhakar

Kazi Motahar Hossain (1897-1981)

Abdullah Al Muti Sharifuddin (1930)

 Muntasir Mamoon

Tanveer Mokammel

Asutosh Mukhopadhyay

Poet Sufia Kamal

Satyen Sen (Udichi)

Ranesh Dasgupta (Udichi)

A lot of blood had flown from the hearts of Bangla to free India from the imperialist fetters. Mothers lost their children and wives their husbands. But none had wept because the stake was too high, the chances too great and the ultimate result too fabulous to dream. At his tender youth, when Khudiram became a martyr every body wept silently but every body were inspired by his courage and took up arms for a battle against all odds.

Khudiram Bosu was born on 3rd December 1889 in Habibpur, Medinipur of Laxmipriya Debi and Troilokya Nath Bosu. He had to move on to Tamlook where he was admitted to Hamilton school. Like many other boys of his generation, he was interested in reading detective novels and loved to play flute. It was in his schooldays he was inspired by the activists, Satyedra Nath and Gyanendra Nath Bosu who headed a secret society to campaign and fight against British imperialism. He played the role of a savior when the Kangsabati river flooded and was responsible for saving a number of lives. On 16th October, 1905 Bengal was divided by Lord Curzon and this event further infuriated the activists. The radicals swore blood. Arabindo and Barin Ghosh, along with Raja Subodh Mallik together formed a secret extremist outfit called the Jugantar.

Meanwhile, in 1906, February, Khudiram was running errands for the Medinipur based outfit of the extremists. He became known in those parts after hitting down a police officer and escaping when he was arrested at Medinipur old jail ground for giving out a nationalist propaganda called 'Sonar Bangla'. He also robbed mailbags to obtain funds for the society's operations. By that time, in Kolkata, the chief presidency magistrate Kingsford had gained notoriety by passing out stiff sentences against the nationalist activists. Things got worse when Kingsford ordered to cane a youth called Sushil Sen held in contempt by the court. Sushil was left more dead than alive and this incident caused furor through out Bangla. The Jugantar passed Kingsford's death sentence and Khudiram and another youth, Prafulla Chaki, were chosen for the job.

Khudiram and Prafulla trailed Kingsford to Majafferpur in Bihar where he had been transferred. They waited for his carriage near the European Club which he frequented. This was the fateful evening of 30th April. They saw a carriage approaching and thinking it was Kingsford's they hurled bombs at it. The carriage with its passengers was destroyed killing unfortunately two European women, Mrs. & Miss Kennedy while the damn Kingsford survived unscratched. A massive manhunt ensued in which Khudiram was arrested on 1st May 1908, Prafulla evaded arrest by shooting himself. Khudiram was tried and was sentenced to be hanged. On 11th August 1908, Khudiram took the noose in his neck in a calm manner. He faced death like a true martyr and embraced it as it came. In the later days the British administration killed many young-blood but was anybody as gallant as Khudiram Bosu?

Master Da Surya Sen (1894-1934)

The greatest revolutionary of Bangladesh Surya Kumar Sen was born on 21 March 1894 in the Noapara village, Rauzan, Chittagong. He was initiated into revolutionary lessons by his teacher at Bahrampur College, Sri Satish Chandra Chakroborty, another great revolutionary against British imperialism. Being an orphan from early in his life, Surya was brought up by his uncle. A dedicated revolutionary since his school life, Surya was determined not to take any employment under the British imperialism. As such Surya chose to teach at a private school after his bachelor's degree. His wife's name was Puspa Kuntala.

On 18 April 1930 Surya Sen attacked the Chittagong armory. Following the victory in armory attack, IRA guerillas beat the British troops in various fights around Chittagong and kicked them out of Chittagong. Surya Sen then declared to form a provisional revolutionary democratic government. But the British reinforcement launched another series of attack on IRA. In the Jalalabad war held on 22 April 1930 IRA again defeated the British soldiers. But the IRA lost a few of its committed guerillas in the war. Realizing that it would be difficult to fight the British imperial power in regular war, Surya Sen decided to wage guerilla warfare against the British.

The Britsih rulers put 10,000 rupees on Surya Sen's head. They did not have to wait long. A Hindu traitor named Netra Sen betrayed Surya Sen and the British army could finally arrest him on 15 February 1933.

Surya Sen along with his comrade Tarekeshwar Dastidar was hanged by the British rulers on 12 January 1934. Before the death sentence Surya Sen was brutally tortured. It was reported that the British executioners broke all his teeth with hammer and plucked all nails and broke all limbs and joints. He was dragged to the rope unconscious. After his death his death body wasn't given any funeral. The prison authority, it was found later, put his dead body in a metal box and dumped into the bay of Bengal.

Chittagong branch of Indian Republican Army

Core Members: Surya Sen, Anurup Sen, Nagen Sen, Ambika Chakroborty, Charu Bikash Datta

Members: Ashraf Uddin, Nirmal Sen, Loknath Bol, Pramod Ranjan Chaudhury, Nanda Lal Singha, Abani Bhattacharya, Upen Bhattacharya, Ananta Singha, Gonesh Ghosh, Moni Datta, Ambika Chakroborty, Shanti Chakroborty, Sushil Dasgupta, Tarekeshwar Dastidar, Naresh Ray, Tripura Sen,

Names of other revolutionaries from Surya Sen's memoirs: Ashu, Naresh, Bidhu, Tegra, Tripura, Modhu, Ardhendu, Probhas, Nirmol, Ziten, Pulin, Moti, Shoshanko, Ramkrishna, Bhola, Nirmol Babu, Amorendra, Mona, Razat, Debu, Shwadesh, Makhon

Female revolutionaries (1929): Indu Moti Singha, Priti Lota Waddar, Kalpana Datta, Sarozini Pal, Nolini Pal, Kumudini Raksit, Binodini Sen, Kundo Probha Sengupta, Sabitri Debi, Ayesha Banu

Muslim members: Afsar Uddin, Dolilur Rahman, Meer Ahammad, Abdul Huq, Abdus Sattar, Mohd Harun, Fakir Ahmed, Nawab Miyan, Abdul Mojid, Syedul Huq, Ayesha Banu. Kamal Uddin was one of his chief associates.

Netra Sen betrayed Surya Sen and his group in February 1933. They had a tough fight with the combined military and police forces. On 15 February 1934, Surya Sen and Brozen Sen was arrested but Kalpana and Moni Datta managed to escape.  

Titumeer

Born at the Chandpur village in the Bashirhat (or Hydarpur) sub-division of Chabbish Pargona, West Bangla, Syed Meer Nisar Ali alias Titumeer or  was the first Bangalee Indian to politically fight the British imperialism by erecting a bamboo built fort and with traditional Indian weapons. His father's name was Meer Hasan Ali and mother's Abida Rokeya Khatun. Like many aristocrat Indian Muslims, the Syed family claimed Arabian lineage and his family claimed they were the descendants of Ali, the nephew of Mohammed and the fourth Caliph. According to his family history one of the ancestors, Syed Shahadat Ali came to India from Arab to preach Islam. Syed Abdullah, the son of Shahaat Ali, was appointed the Kazi (judge) by the sultan of Delhi and he was later accorded the "Meer Insaf" title. The descendant of Shahadat Ali used both family titles, Syed and Meer. Following his early education at a local Islamic pre-school (Maktab), Titumeer enrolled into a Madrasa (Islamic school). Titumeer memorized Koran, had a good command in Arabic and Persian and was interested in Arabic and Persian literature. His intellectual fields of interest include: Islamic scriptures, Islamic jurisdiction and philosophy. Titumeer was also a to wrestler in school. In 1822, Titumeer went to Mecca for Hajj and met an Islamic leader, Syed Ahmed Berelbhi. Berelbhi motivated Titumeer to lead his people away from unIslamic practices to pure Islam and liberate them from British colonialism. Back home in 1827, Titumeer started preaching Islamic practices among the people of Twenty Fourth Pargana with reinvigorated zeal. His preaching was mainly directed to the cultivators and the weavers. Soon he went into conflict with the Hindu Zamidar Krishna Deb Ray as Ray imposed new taxes on the peasants who were predominantly Muslims. Titumir, in order to defend the poor peasants against the greedy Zamidars who were in alliance with the British colonists, involved in conflict with other Zamidars. His notorious adversaries were: the Zamidar of Gobar Danga Kali Prasanna Mukhopadhyay, the Zamidar of Taragonia Raj Narayan, the Zamidar of Nagur Gauri Prasad Chowdhury, and the Zamidar of Gobra Gobindopur Debnath Ray. With a view to defend the local peasants against the coercive Zamidars Titumeer formed a small defence force and trained them with lathi and other traditional weapons. Titumeer's nephew Golam Masum was the leader of the newly formed force. The Zamidars united against Titumeer and asked the British rulers to help them against Titumeer. The British Indigo dealer Davies was first to launch an armed campaign against Titumeer and was miserably defeated. In another battle against Titumeer, the Zamidar of Gobra Gobindopur was killed. The collector of Barasat Alexander led another police campaign under the police officer of Bashirhat police station but his forced were also defeated. As a last resort to stop the extortion of the peasants by the local Zamidars, titumeer lodged a formal complain against the Zamidars to the authority employed by the  East India Company. But the East India Company ignored his appeal as it was against their business interest Indigo being one of its top profitable exports from India.

In 1831 Titumeer built a fort with bamboo at Narikel Baria. He recruited many young people into his force and gave them military training. Soon the his force exceeded five thousands. Following his preparation for fight against the  British rulers, Titumeer declared him as a "king' and asked his people to fight against the British colonists. Soon his forces freed Chabbish Pargona, Nadia and Faridpur districts and brought the large territory under his dominion. Thus Titumeer's reform movement turned into a peasant movement against the British imperialists. Securing his territory Titumeer demanded levies from the Zamidars of Taki and Gobar Danga. The Zamidars sought help from the East India Company. A force was sent to crush titumeer from Kolkata. But Titumeer's force defeated the combined British and Zamidar forces. Finally Bentinc sent a battalion of regular British army against Titumeer under Lt Colonel Stuart comprising 100 cavalry, 300 infantry and two heavy artillery guns. On 14 November 1831 the well equipped British army launched attack on Titumeer's forces. In the battle Titumeer's force armed with conventional Indian weapons failed to stand against the British fire power and took shelter into the bamboo fort. The British artillery guns demolished the fort killing Titumeer and a large number of his forces on 19 November 1831. The British troops captured 350 of Titumeer's forces including their captain Golam Masum. Masum was later hanged and his 140 forces were put under bars.

Amarendra Chatterjee(1880-1957): Joined the revolutionary movement in 1907. A Jugantar party stalwart and imprisoned by the British rulers several times. Joined the Congress party during the Non-cooperation movement and moved high in the party hierarchy. Returned to Bengal legislature on congress ticket in 1929 and on Congress Nationalist Party ticket in 1937. Later Amarendra joined MN Roy's Radical Democratic Party in 1945.  

Jugantar and Anushilan were names of two revolutionary groups who organized under the guise of suburban fitness clubs. Members of those two clubs were volunteer youth groups who committed their lives for the freedom of mother India.

Ambika Chakrobarty(1891-1962): leading member of Chittagong Jugantar party. Sentenced to death by Special Tribunal, for his part in Chittagong armory raid (1930), this sentence was, however, commuted to transportation for life to the Andaman's. Later became a member of the West Bangla Rajyo Sobha in 1952 on Communist Party ticket which he joined on release from detention.

Anil Baran Roy(1901-52): Hails from Manikanj district. An MA, Anil was a leading member of the Bengal Volunteers group of revolutionaries. Later he led the Shree Sangha group. Anil was the founder of Socialist Democratic Party (1928). He later joined the Forward Bloc in 1940. Anil passed away in 1952 due to cancer.

Arun Chandra Guha(1892): A leading member of the local Jugantar unit in his birth place Barisal. Anil later joined the Congress politics in 938 and became a member of the Indian Congress student Assembly in 1946 and of the Indian Lok Sobha in 1952-62. Arun was a minister in West Bangla Government from 1953-57.  

Bina DasBhaumik(1911): An arts graduate, Bina was connected with Calcutta Chhatri Sangha, a quasi revolutionary organization for young girls. Was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for hher abortive  attempt on the life of the Governor of Bengal, Stanley Jackson, in 1932 at the annual convocation meeting of Calcutta University. Following her release in 1938, Bina joined the Congress party and was elected the secretary of South Calcutta Congress Committee. Later Bina became a member of West Bangla Rajyo Sobha. Bina married Jyotish Chandra Bhaumik, her comrade at arms and a college teacher.

Binoy Krishna Basu: Son of an engineer, of middle class origin, Binoy hails from Dhaka. An active member of the Bengal Volunteers revolutionary group, Arun took an initiative, in 1930, to gun down two of the most notorious British police officials: FJ Lowan, the Inspector General of Bengal police Eric Hodson, the Dhaka Police Super.  The top cops however survived the attack seriously injured though. Arun was one of the first revolutionaries to show the guts by attacking two police high officials in broad day light in the Mitford (Salimullah Medical College) hospital premises. Later Arun killed the IG of Bengal Prisons in the Writer's Building, Bengal Secretariat in Kolkata.

Bipin Behari Ganguli(1887-1954): A prominent member of Calcutta Anushilan Samiti. Born in Hoogli, West Bangla, in 1887, Bipin was a leader of the Jugantar group of revolutionaries. Joined the Congress party during the Non-cooperation movement and became the secretary of Bengal Congress in 1923. Held a ministerial post in West Bangla government in the 1950s.

Bhupendra Kumar Datta(born 1894,): Born in Jessore, Bhupendra started as an Anushilanite but later joined the Jugantar. Incarcerated several times for revolutionary activities. Elected to the then East Pakistan Legislature in 1947. Retired from politics in 1962 and migrated to India leaving his beloved motherland for whom he gave the best years of his youth.

Chitta Priya Roy Chaudhuri: Jatin's partner and like Jatin died in the fight against the police.

Dinesh Gupta (1911-31): A rebel from Medinipur district and a member of the local cell of Bengal Volunteers. Dinesh was later executed for his part in the Writer's Building raid in which IG of Bengal Prison was eliminated.

Dinesh Chandra Majumdar (1907-34): A graduate member of the Jugantar party. Executed in 1934 on charges of murderous attempts on the Calcutta Police Commissioner, Charles Tegart and his top boys.

Ganesh Ghosh(1900 b): Son of a railway employee from Chittagong, Ganesh was a staunch activist of Chittagong Jugantar party. For his part in the armory raid, Ganesh was transported to the Andaman's. Later he became a Marxist and joined the Communist party. After the split in Indian Communist Party, Ganesh sided with the CPI. Elected several times to West Bangla Rajyo Sobha, as well as to Indian Lok Sobha from the Communist party.

Jadu Gopal Mukherjee(1866): Son of a lawyer from Medinipur district, Jadu was a doctor by profession. Prominent member of Kolkata Jugantar party, he was imprisoned a few times. Joined the Congress during the Non-cooperation movement but left the party in 1947 over the question of partition of India which Jadu opposed.

Jatindra Nath Das(1904-29): A top Anushilanite revolutionary, Jatindra was the secretary of South Kolkata Congress committee and the member of the Bengal Congress committee. A committed organizer, Jatindra was also connected with the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Jatindra died in Lahore jail after a long 63 day hunger strike in protest against the maltreatment of the prisoners by the British authority.

Jiban Lal Chattopadhyay(1889-1970): A notable Jugantarite, Jiban hails from Faridpur, East Bangla. Suffered long imprisonment from 1916 to 1920, from 1923 to '27, and again from 1930 to '38. Jiban was elected the secretary of Bengal Congress in 1930. Later Jiban joined MN Roy's party in 1938 and in 1943 he formed the Democratic Vanguard Party which was later known as the Workers' Party of India.

Jogesh Chandra Chattopadhyay(1898-969): A leading Anushilanite and a later member of the Hindustan Republican Army. Jogesh served several terms of incarceration between 1916 and 1926 before receiving 10 years imprisonment in Kakori Conspiracy Case in 1926. Joined the Congress Socialist Party in 1937. In 1940 Jogesh formed his own party- Revolutionary Socialist Party. However, he later returned to the Congress in 1955 and became a member of West Bangla Rajyo Sobha.

Jyotish Chandra Ghose(1887-1970): An MA in English and History, Jyotish taught at Hoogli and Ripon College for some time. Led a Jugantar cell in Kolkata in the 1920s. Later joined the Congress and was elected to the Bengal Legislature in 1937 and to West Bangla Rajyo Sobha after independence. 

Kalpana DattaJoshi(1913 b): Born in  Chittagong, Kalpana became an active member of Chittagong Jugantar  party after the famous armory raid led by Master Da. Arrested along with Master Da and Tarekeshwar Dastidar from their hiding place after a fierce battle with a police/military squad, Kalpana was transported to the Andaman's. After her release from the penal colony, Kalpana joined the communist party and married PC Joshi a prominent communist leader.

Kanai Lal Datta: Kananilal killed Naren Goswami, a traitor who sided with the British rulers in Maniktola Conspiracy case against his fellow revolutionaries, on 31 August 1908 inside the Alipore jail. Kanailal was hanged on 10 November 1908. 

Leelabati Nag Roy (1909-70): Daughter of a deputy magistrate, Leelabati was an active member of the Shree Sangha which she joined in 1925. Leela led the Deepali Sangha, a revolutionary organization of women with its headquarters in Dhaka and a branch in Calcutta where it was known as Chhatri Sangha. Leela later married Anil Baran Roy, the leader of Shree Sagha and eventually both of them joined the Forward Bloc.

Manoranjan Gupta (1890 b): Born in Barisal, East Bangla, Manoranjan led the local Jugantar unit and held an important position in the organization. Imprisoned from 1923 to 1927 and again from 1930 to 1946. Elected to the East Pakistan legislature in 1954. Like many of his fellow revolutionaries from East Bangla (who were, tragic though, later suppressed or killed by the Paki dictators) Manoranjan later migrated to India and became a member of West Bangla Rajyo Sobha.

Narendra Mohan Sen (1887-1963): A top Anushilanite from Dhaka, East Bangla, Narendra later turned a sanyasi (ascetic) under the influence of Ramkrishna.

Niranjan Sen Gupta: Leader of the Barisal branch of Dhaka Anushilan Samiti, Niranjan also led the New Violence Party which comprised a bunch of tough Barisal boys. Later he became a Marxist and joined the Indian Communist Party. After the split in the Indian Communist Party, Niranjan remained with the CPI-M. He also led the coalition ministry of West Bangla in 1967-71.

Pratul Chandra Ganguli (1984-57): Son of a lawyer from Naryanganj, East Bangla, Pratul was a leading Anushilanite. Sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the Barisal Conspiracy Case in 1914. Joined the Congress in 1922 while still keeping the revolutionary profile.  A talented organizer, Pratul was the president of Dhaka District Congress Committee, Bengal Congress Committee and All India Congress Committee. Elected to Bengal legislature in 1929 and in 1937. Pratul retired from politics in 1947.  

Preeti Lata Wadeddar(1911-32): Dhalghat, Patia Thana, Chittagong.  Daughter of a municipal clerk, Preetilata hails from Chittagong. As a student of Eden Girls' College, Preetilata joined the Deepali Sangha, a Dhaka based women's revolutionary organization. Graduated from Bethune College and joined the Chhatri Sangha. Back to her hometown Chittagong, Preetilata joined the Chittagong Jugantar when she was the head teacher of Nandan Kanon Arpana Charan Middle English School. A member of Master Da's team in the armory raid and also led the raid on European club at Pahartali from the underground and took cyanide at the end of an uneven battle against the combined military and police forces deployed by the British rulers to escape captivity.

Promode Das Gupta (1910-85): An Anushilanite from Bakerganj, East Bangla. Like many of his fellow revolutionaries Promode suffered imprisonment by the British rulers. On release from detention in 1942 after Russia's joining WWII on the Allied side, Promode worked with the British and American intelligence against the fifth columnists. Became the head of West Bangla Communist Party in 1951 and held the position until the split of CPI in 1965.

Purna Chandra Das (1889-1956): Prominent Jugantarite, Purna hails from Faridpur, East Bangla. He was the leader of Madaripur party known as Purna Das's Party. Imprisoned several yeares for revolutionary activities. Joined the Forward Bloc in 1939.

Rabindra Mohan Sen (1892-1971): A leading Anushilanite, Rabindra hails from Jamalpur, East Bangla. Suffered imprisonment for a few times. Joined the Forward Bloc in 1939 and later formed the Socialist Party of India.

Sachindra Nath Sanyal (1892-1971): Born in Nadia, Sachin settled in Banaras where a branch of the Anushilan party. Joined the Hindustan Republican Association in 1923 and became a top leader of the organization. Sentenced twice to transportation for life-first in the Banaras Conspiracy Case in 1916 and then in the Kakori Conspiracy Case in 1927. Later Joined the Forward Bloc.

Santosh Kumar Mitra (1901-1931): Jugantar activist. Shot at the Hijli detention camp in 1932 by the camp guards.

Satish Chandra Pakrashi (1893-1931): Joined the Dhaka Anushilan party of which his grand father, Ananda Chakrobarty, a prominent lawyer, was a patron. Imprisoned like his comrades for several years. Later Satish became a Marxist and joined the CPI-M.

Santi Ghose Das (1916 b): Daughter of a Comilla college teacher, Santi was a member of the Jugantar party. Sentenced to life imprisonment for killing the district magistrate, CGB Stevens. Santi later joined the Congress on her release from the prison.

Sudhir Gupta (alias Badal) (1912-30): A rebel from Dhaka. Sudhir was a member of the Bengal Volunteers and committed suicide during a raid on the Writer's Building.

Suniti Chaudhuri Ghosh (1917 b): A member of the Comilla Jugantar party. She was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing the Tripura district magistrate, CGB Stevens. After her release from the prison, Suniti became an MBBS doctor and married one of her former comrades-Prodyot Kumar Ghose, then a trade union leader of West Bangla.

Surendra Mohan (Madhu) Ghosh (1893 b): A prominent leader of Dhaka Anushilan party, Surendra also led the Mymensingh revolutionary group and later joined the Jugantar party with his group. Joining the Congress during the Non-cooperaion movement, Surendra became the president of Mymensingh District Congress in 1928 and that of Bengal Congress in 1938. Elected to the Indian Constituent Assembly in 1946 and to the Lok Sobha in 1962 to become the deputy leader of Bengal Congress parliamentary party.

Troilokya Nath Chakrobarty (1889-1970): A leading member of Anushilan party, Troilokya hails from Bajitpur, Mymensingh. He was transported to the Andaman's in 1914 from where he was freed in 1920. Later Troilokya was detained in Burma jail and interned in Noakhali. He was again incarcerated from 1931-38 and then again from 1942-46. Was elected to the then East Pakistan legislature on the United Progressive party ticket but suffered much privation during Auyb Khan regime remaining in self-exile at his village home. The Islamist government's policy eventually led him to leave his motherland whom he gave his all life in prisons to free.  

Tarkeshwar Dastidar

At the time of writing this profile revolutionary Binod Chaudhury is living in his small cottage at 120 Momin Road, Chittagong.

Nirmal Sen

Binoy (Alinda war)

Badal (Alinda war) 

Deenesh (Alinda war) 

Language Heroes

 Rafiq, Salam, Barkat, Jabbar

Rafiq (Rafiq Uddin Ahmed): The eldest son of Abdul Latif Miyan and Rafiza Khatun, Shahid Rafique hailed from Paril a village in the Manikganj district. The Miyan family runs printing business, a business Rafiq was running in 1952. Rafique had four younger brothers: Rashid, Khaleque (a freedom fighter) Salam and Khorshed Alam. Rafique was distinguished, since his childhood, as a supportive, upright, patriotic social worker with passion for music and theatre. He staged and acted in various plays in the neighboring villages.

A pretty cousin of his, gorgeous Rahela Khanom Panu from the next door neighbor, was Rafiquw's sweet heart. Their passionate love affair was recognized by Rafique's parents and they organized their wedding. Accompanied by his nephew, Rafique went to Dhaka for shopping for his forthcoming wedding.

On 21^st February 1952, although scheduled to return home with his shopping-sari, blouse, churies, alta (lac dye), powder and some ornaments-Rafique, due to his love for Bangla language, instead of going home, joined the protest rally of Bangla Language Movement organized by the students of Dhaka university leaving his shopping with his nephew. His love for his mother tongue surpassed his life long passion for his sweet heart Panu to whom he never returned as a groom. Shot dead by the Paki cops in the language procession on 21^st February, Rafique's dead body was later dumped by the Paki commandos (who stole the dead bodies of language martyrs from Dhaka Medical college morgue) in the Azimpur grave yard where thousands of Bangalees paid their homage the next morning.

Barkat (Abul Barkat): An MA final year student of the department of political science of Dhaka University. Barkat was born on 16 June 1927 at Babla village of Murshidabad district in India. His father's name was late Shamsuddin and his local address was Bishnu Priya Bhaban, Purana Paltan, Dhaka.

Salam (Abdus Salam): A staff member of the industrial directorate. Salam was shot on 21st February and died in Dhaka Medical College hospital on 17 April 1952. Father: Mohd Fajil Miah.

Jabbar  (Abdul Jabbar): Bangla Language martyr Abdul Jabbar was born on 26 Ashwin, 1326B (1927) in Pachua village, Gaforgaon, Mymensingh. His father's name was Hasen Ali and mother's name Safatun Nesa. Jabbar was the eldest son of his family. His schooling started in 1333B (1934) at the Dhopaghat Krishibazar Primary school. After finishing year five at the primary school, Jabbar quit school being upset with his father and left home.

Jabbar, however, returned home after a few months. But later he left for Rangun from Narayanganj. The captain of the ship Jabbar boarded on to go to Ranguan promised him a job in the ship. But he never got the job due to poor health. Returning home, Jabbar organized a village defense group with boys from the neighborhood and took the led the group as its commander. In 1949 he married one of his friends' sister, Amina Khatun, and settled down. One and a half year after the marriage Jabbar and Amina had a baby boy. The boy was named Nurul Islam Badol.

In February 1952 Jabbar's mother-in-law fell ill. Jabbar took her to Dhaka for treatment. With the help of one Sirajul Islam, a doctor from the neighboring village, Jabbar managed to admit his mother-in-law in Dhaka Medical College Hospital. In 1952 the Provincial Assembly of East Bangla was next to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Dhaka of February 1952 was a political volcano. Meetings, processions, rallies and picketing were everyday events in the Dhaka university campus. On 19 February, Jabbar took leave of all his relatives. After dinner while he was taking leave from her aunt Aysha Khatun, she affectionately tied the buttons of his shirt. Jabbar spent the night of 20 February at some Abdul Hai's residence.

In the morning of 21 February Jabbar went to hospital to see his mother-in-law. After spending some time with Dr Sirajul Islam, Jabbar went outside the hospital gate to buy some fruits for the patient. The procession of language movement was culminating outside. Crowds with fiery eyes and thundering slogans-We demand Bangla as state language-turned the university campus into a battleground. The spirit of the protesting crowd sucked Jabbar in within a flash. Mother-in-law, hospital, fruits all faded away from his memory. Jabbar became the crowd, he carried the banner in front of the procession. When the police opened fire, Jabbar being in the front line, was one of the first to fall.

With Barkat and other martyrs of language movement, Jabbar was immediately taken into the emergency. Jabbar breathed his last on the way to the operation theatre: the first martyr to be one with eternity.

Shafiur Rahman: 28 years old High Court staff and a law student Shafiur Rahman was killed by the Pakistani troops beside the Khoshmahal Restaurant near Rathkhola on Nababpur road. Shafiur Rahman was the father of a daughter and left behind his pregnant wife and a big family dependent on his income. His father's name was Maulabi Mahbubur Rahman and he was born in Konnagar village of the Hugli district in India.

Ahi Ullah: Details of language martyr Ahi Ullah are still unknown as the police later captured his dead body and dumped. He was the son of a builder named Habibur Rahman.

Abdul Awal: Abdul Awal died under the police truck used to disperse the funeral procession of the martyrs of the Bangla language movement.

An unidentified boy: Like Abdul Awal, this unidentified lad was run over by the police truck used to disperse the funeral procession of the martyrs of the Bangla language movement. His death was never acknowledged by the Pakistani government.

Dhirendra Nath Datta

Dr Mohd Shahidullah (10 July 1885-13 July 1969). Professor

Maulana Bhasani (1885-1976). Politics

Dhirendra Nath Datta (1897- 1971). Lawyer and politician

Dr Quazi Motahar Hossain (1897-1981). Professor

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Father of Bangladesh)

Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900-85).Politics

Abul Hashim (1905-74). Politics

Ataur Rahman Khan (1905). Law and politics

Abdus Salam (1910-77). Jouralism

Abul Kalam Samsuddin (1897-1978) Journalism

Tofajjal Hossain Manik Miah (1911-69). Journalism

Osman Ali (1900-71) Daudkandi, Comilla) Business & Politics

Shaokat Osman (1917-) Huglee, India). Novelist

Sikandar Abu Jafor (1919-75, Tetulia, Khulna): Journalist & poet

Mohd Abdul Hai (1919-69, Murshidabad, India). Teaching

Samsul Huq (1920-64, Tangail): Politics

Mohd Abul Kashem (1920- Debendi, Chittagong)

Golam Maola (1921-67, Naria, Shariatpur). Medicine and Politics

Abdus Samad Azad (1922, Bhuakhali, Sunamganj). Politics

Kalim Sharafi (1924-): Singer

Mohd Toaha(1922-87)  Kushakhali, Laksmipur: Politics

Kamruddin Hossain Shahud (1925- Janglibari, Kishoreganj). Teaching

Munier Chaudhury (1925-71, Dhaka). Professor, Playwright.

Tajuddin Ahmed (1925-75), Kapasia, Dhaka): The leader of the liberation war.

Sardar Fazlul Karim (1925- Barisal). Professor

Shahidullah Kaiser (1926-71, Noakhali). Journalist and Novelist

Mofazzal Haider Chowdhury (1926-71). Professor

Mohd Sultan (1926-83, Boda, Panchagar): Politics & Business

SA Bari AT (1927-87, Munshipara, Dinajpur). Politics and law.

Mustafa Nurul Islam (1927, Nisindara, Bogra). Teaching

Kazi Golam Mahbub (1927, Barisal): Politics & law

Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan (1928, Merenga, Mymensing).Politics

Badrul Alam (1927-80, Sherpur). Medicine

Mosharaf Hossain Chowdhury (1927, Tangail). Business

Meer Hossain Ahmed (1927, Dhaka). Professional

Mahbub Alam Chowdhury (1927, Chittagong): Industrialist

Ataur Rahman (1927, Bogra): Teaching

Abdul Momen (1928, Mohanganj, Netrokona). Politics & law

Abdul Matin (1928, Shailjana, Pabna). Politics

Fakir Shahabuddin (1927-89, Kapasia, Dhaka). Politics & law

Fazle Lohani (1928-85, Kolkata, India). Journalist & TV Presenter

Gaziul Huq (1928). Lawyer

MA Ajmal Hossain Bulbul (1928, Sirajganj). Medicine

KG Mustafa: (1928, Kuripara, Sirajganj). Journalism

Zillur Rahman (1929, Kishoreganj) Politics & law

Abdul Gafur(1929-). Journalism

Ahmed Rafiq (1929, Comilla). Medicine

Ali Ahad (1929, Comilla). Politics

Shamsur Rahman (1929, Mahuttuli, Dhaka). Poet

Usha Bepari (1929, Rajbari). Nursing

Abdullah al Muti (1930, Pabna). Scientist

Zulmat Ali Khan (1930,Mymensing). Politics & law

Mohd Ali Asgar (1930) Comilla. Medicine

Habibur Rahman Shelly (1930) Murshidabad, India). Judge

Abdul Latif (1930,Raipasha, Barisal). Singer and musician

Ishtiaq Ahmed (1930, Kolkata, India)

MR Akhtar Mukul (1930) Bogra. Journalism

Anwarul Huq Khan (1930,Basirhat, India). Publisc service

Bahauddin Chowdhury (1930, Armanitola, Dhaka):Journalism

Altaf Mahmud (1930,Muladi, Barisal) Singer and musician

Sufia Karim (1930, Pabna). Teacher

Momtaz Begum (1930,Narayanganj). Teacher

Hasan Hafizur Rahman (1931, Jamalpur). Journalist and poet

Safia Khatun (1931, Kolkata, India). Teaching

Nizamul Huq (1931, Chhagalnaiya, Feni). Dance teacher

Aminul Islam (1931,Totia, Dhaka) Teacher, Arts College

Sadek Khan (1931,Munsiganj). Journalism

Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury (1932, Ulania, Barisal). Journalism

Murtaza Bashir (1932, Ramna, Dhaka). Teacher, Arts College

MN Nurul Alam (1932, Rajshahi). Lawyer

Sufia Ahammad (1932, Dhaka). Teacher

Sayeed Atikullah (1933, Tangail).Journalism

Halima Khatun (1933, Bagerhat). Lecturer

Abu Zafar Obaidullah (1934,Barisal). professional and poet

Zahir Ryhan (1935, Noakhali): Film director

Syed Samsul Huq (1935,Rangpur). Novelist, poet

Golam Murtaza (1936, Dhaka). Business

Mohd Mokammel (1937, Bhola). Bureaucrat

Anisuz Zaman (1937, Kolkata, India). Professor

Dinajpur

Dabirul Islam

Abdur rahman Chowdhury

Nurul Huda

Kader Bakhs

Yusuf Ali

Mohd Farhad

Bogra

Syed Nawab Ali

Abdul Matin

Mojaharul Islam Abu

Jalal Uddin Akbar

Fazlur Rahman

Saleha (Rani)

Mujibur Rahman Akkelpuri

Chittagong

Kabial Ramesh Sheel

Ahsab Uddin Ahmed

Principal Rafiq

Pulin Dey

Sucharit Chowdhury

Pabna

M Mansur Ali

Amzad Hossain

Mahbubur Rahman

Aminul Islam

Prorsad Ray

Kamal Lohani

Dhaka

Prof Mozaffar Ahmed Chowdhury

Prof Ajit Guha

Khairat Hossain

Ahmmad Ali

Ranesh Dasgupta

Satyen Sen

Wadud Patwari

Amulya Kanchan Ray

Abdul Aalim

Alauddin al Azad

Imadullah Lala

Momin Talukdar

ATM Shamsul Huq

Rowshan Ara Bacchu

Borhan Uddin Khan Jahangir

Abdul Gani Hajari

MA Muhit

Ibrahim Taha

Farman Ullah

Anis Chowdhury

Sirajul Islam

MA Mukit

Rafiqul Islam

Prof AT Latif

The First Shahid Minar