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{{Short description|Bangladeshi independence activist (1936–2013)}}
{{Infobox person
| native_name = বেলাল মোহাম্মদ
| native_name_lang = Bengali
| image = Belal Muhammad delivering speech (cropped).jpg
| caption = Belal Muhammad at a conference in [[Sandwip]], [[Chittagong]].
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|02|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Musapur, [[Sandwip]], [[Chittagong]], Bangladesh
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2013|07|30|1936|02|20}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| notable_works = Founder of [[Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra]] in 1971.
| movement = [[Liberation war of Bangladesh]]
| awards = [[Independence Day Award]] (2010)<br>[[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (2011)
| parents = Mahmuda Khanom <br> Moulavi Muhammad Yaqub
}}

'''Belal Mohammad''' (20 February 1936 – 30 July 2013) was one of the founders of the [[Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra]].<ref name=dailystar>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/2009/03/04/page04.htm|title=The voice behind the scene|author=Farina Noireet|publisher=The Daily Star|date=17 March 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
Muhammad was born at Musapur Union in [[Sandwip]], [[Chittagong]]. His mother was Mahmuda Khanom and father was Moulavi Muhammad Yaqub.<ref name=media>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediavibrationbd.com/songit_peso_man_news.php?id=6|title=আমি জীবনে কোনদিন কোন রাজনীতি করিনি|publisher=Media Vibration|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405212709/http://mediavibrationbd.com/songit_peso_man_news.php?id=6|archive-date=2013-04-05}}</ref> He was an active member of [[Bangladesh Students Union|Student Union]] of Chittagong committee in his student life.<ref name=media /> He started working as the sub-editor of ''Dainik Azadi'' in 1964 and also joined in [[Radio Pakistan]] in that year.<ref name=media /> Muhammad's wife died in 1973 and only son, Ananda, died in 1998 at the age of 32.

==Liberation war in 1971==
On 7 March 1971, when the non-cooperation movement began with the speech from [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], Mohammad was then a government officer and worked as a scriptwriter and artiste for the Radio Pakistan. He believed that the radio was a strong backbone for a nation. That is when the idea of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra came to his head.<ref name=dailystar />
Since he was a radio officer, he had some experience on the subject. In those days, the [[Chittagong]] Radio station had a 10 KW transmitter, which had a radius of 50 miles listening area.<ref name=dailystar />
Belal, along with two of his friends and co-organizers, Abdullah-Al-Faruque, Abul Kashem Sandwip, and two other unwilling engineers, who they somehow managed to convince, set out for the transmitter station at [[Kalurghat]] and founded ''Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra''.<ref name=dailystar />
He was the arranger and organizer of the declaration of [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Independence of Bangladesh]] from [[Kalurghat]] betar kendra after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had declared it and announced by Major [[Ziaur Rahman]] on behalf of Sheikh Mujib on March 27, 1971.<ref name=media /> Belal was appointed as the assistant director of the radio station on June 1, 1971.

==Awards==
Mohammad was awarded [[Independence Day Award]] in 2010 for his contributions to the independence and Bangladesh Liberation War.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arts.bdnews24.com/?p=2769|title=স্বাধীনতার ঘোষণা: বেলাল মোহাম্মদের সাক্ষাৎকার|publisher=bdnews24.com|date=March 28, 2022}}</ref> He also received [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] for literature on liberation war affairs in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bangla Academy Awards 2011 go to 10|url=http://news.priyo.com/life/2012/02/19/bangla-academy-awards-2011-go-46876.html|publisher=priyo.com|date=February 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216070958/http://news.priyo.com/life/2012/02/19/bangla-academy-awards-2011-go-46876.html|archive-date=December 16, 2022}}</ref>

==Death==
Mohammad died on July 30, 2013, at the age of 77 at the Intensive Care Unit in [[Apollo Hospital Dhaka]]. He donated his body which was received by [[Sher-e-Bangla Medical College]] for the use of the medical students.

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[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
[[Category:People of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:2013 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengali writers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi male writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
[[Category:People from Sandwip Upazila]]

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