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{{Short description|Bangladesh mathematician (1933–1971)}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Abul Kalam Azad
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1928|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kushtia District | Kushtia]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]]))
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|12|15|1928|1|1}}
| death_place =
| nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]
| occupation = Mathematician, academic, martyred intellectual
| notable_works =
| movement =
| relatives =
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]]
| website =
| signature =
}}
'''Abul Kalam Azad''' (1 January 1933<ref name="drazad">{{Cite news|date=14 December 2014|script-title=bn:উদয়ের পথে শুনি কার বাণী: ড. আবুল কালাম আজাদ|work=[[Prothom Alo]]|language=bn|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%A1.-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6|access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> - 15 December 1971)<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 December 2013|script-title=bn:আজ বুদ্ধিজীবী ডঃ আবুল কালাম আজাদের শাহাদাতবার্ষিকী|work=[[Samakal]]|language=bn|url=http://www.samakal.net/2013/12/16/26563/print|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114247/http://www.samakal.net/2013/12/16/26563/print|archive-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> was a Bangladesh mathematician. He was a Fellow of the [[Royal Meteorological Society]] of London, the Applied Mathematical Society of the United Kingdom and the [[American Meteorological Society]]. During the Bangladesh Liberation war on 15 December 1971, a group of local accomplices of the [[Pakistan Army]] abducted him from his home.<ref>{{cite news |title=Massacre of the Bengali intellectuals in 1971 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-letters/2019/12/14/massacre-of-the-bengali-intellectuals-in-1971 |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=14 December 2022}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Azad was born on 1 January 1933 in Ramkrishnapur village, [[Bheramara Upazila]], [[Kushtia District]], [[East Bengal]], [[British India]]. He was a student of Mathematics. He became the first in the first class in MSc in Mathematics from [[Dhaka University]]. Azad was always very talented in his student life. He passed the post-graduate examination with a record breaking number in applied mathematics from Dhaka University and got a gold medal.<ref name="drazad" />

Azad holds a Diploma in Fluid Mechanics from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, an MSc in Applied Mathematics, and a PhD in Mathematics.<ref name="drazad" />

== Career ==
After completing his higher education, Azad joined the Government College in November 1956 as a Lecturer of Mathematics. Later he taught for a long time in the mathematics department of the government [[Jagannath College]]. At one stage he became the head of the mathematics department at Jagannath College. He served in this capacity from 1968 to 1969. On 10 September 1970, he was promoted to the post of Professor. In 1970, he joined the Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Teaching under [[University of Dhaka|Dhaka University]]. He taught here until he disappeared.<ref name="drazad" />

== Personal life ==
Unmarried Azad lived with his mother, four brothers and four sisters in Azimpur, Dhaka. He was the eldest of the siblings. He looked after his family after his father died.<ref name="drazad" />

== Death ==
One day before the end of Bangladesh Liberation war, on 15 December, [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al-Badr]], allied paramilitary forces of [[Pakistan Army]], detained him and took him to an unknown location.<ref name="ড. আবুল কালাম আজাদ">{{Cite news|date=14 December 2014|script-title=bn:উদয়ের পথে শুনি কার বাণী: ড. আবুল কালাম আজাদ|work=[[Prothom Alo]]|language=bn|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%A1.-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6|access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="drazad" /> In 2002, he was awarded [[Ekushey Padak|Ekushay Padak]].<ref>{{cite news|date=February 13, 2002|title=14 nominated for 'Ekushey Padak-2002'|newspaper=The Independent|location=Dhaka|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-50250645.html|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924181249/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-50250645.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|via=HighBeam Research}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Azad, Abul Kalam}}
[[Category:People killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka faculty]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:Jagannath University faculty]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]

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