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|name = Lutfunnahar Helen<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1947|12|28|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Magura District|Magura]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]<br />
|nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|05|1947|12|28|df=y}}<br />
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'''Lutfunnahar Helen''' (28 December 1947 – 5 October 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, political activist who was killed by Pakistan Army in Bangladesh Liberation War and is viewed as a "martyr" in the Bangladesh.<ref name="desx">{{cite web|last1=Ahmed|first1=Lilyma|title=Helen, Lutfunnahar|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Helen,_Lutfunnahar|website=en.banglapedia.org|publisher=Banglapedia|access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/72567/2016-12-16|title=Victory is Theirs|work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Helen was born on 28 December 1947 in [[Magura District|Magura]], [[East Bengal]] in the then [[Dominion of Pakistan]]. In 1965, she graduated from Magura College and later graduated from [[Rajshahi University]] in 1968.<ref name="desx" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Helen was a social activist. In 1962 while she was a student she participated in democracy protests against military dictator General [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]]. She was the secretary of women affairs of the Students Union while she was in Magura College. She was also the vice-president of Magura subdivisional unit of East Pakistan Student union. After graduation from [[Rajshahi University]] in 1968 she joined [[Magura Girls' High School]].<ref name="desx" /><br />
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===Bangladesh Liberation War===<br />
When the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] started in 1971 she joined the war along with her brothers. [[Mukti Bahini]] members took over the camp of paramilitary [[Razakar (Pakistan)|Rajakar]] in Muhammadpur Thana, [[Magura District|Magura]], and turned it into a training camp, which Helen joined. She motivated local people to join the war and worked as an informant for the Mukti Bahini, informing them about the movements of [[Pakistani Army]] and Paramilitary soldiers. She worked to supply resources to Mukti Bahini and motivate girls to join the war effort.<ref name="desx" /><br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
Helen was captured by a team of Rajakars in Muhammadpur Thana and handed over to Pakistan Army camp in Magura in September 1971. On 5 October 1971 she was killed by Pakistan Army soldiers. She was tied to an army jeep and dragged to a canal of [[Nabaganga River]]. Her body was not recovered. Bangladesh post office released stamps with her image on Martyred Intellectual Day on 14 December 1995.<ref name="desx" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/12/14/d51214091087.htm|title=Homage To Our Martyred Intellectuals|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref><br />
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