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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bengali language movement protestor (1918–1952)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| image = Language martyr, Shafiur Rahman.jpg<br />
| image_size = 215px<br />
| name = Shafiur Rahman<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth-date|24 January 1918}}<br />
| birth_place = Konnagar Village, [[Serampore]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now [[West Bengal]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{death-date and age|22 February 1952|24 January 1918}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Bengal]] (now [[Bangladesh]])<br />
| known_for = Language Martyr of 1952<br />
| occupation = Clerk<br />
}}<br />
[[Image:Safiur grave.jpg|right|thumb|Grave of Shafiur Rahman in Azimpur Graveyard, Dhaka (Photo of 2007).]]<br />
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'''Shafiur Rahman''' ({{lang-bn|শফিউর রহমান}}) (24 January 1918 – 22 February 1952) is considered in [[Bangladesh]] to be a martyr of the [[Bengali Language Movement|language movement]] which took place in the former [[East Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/nation-pays-tributes-language-movement-martyrs-1364692|title=Nation pays tributes to language movement martyrs|date=21 February 2017|work=The Daily Star|access-date=6 April 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/homage-language-heroes-1364557|title=Homage to language heroes|date=21 February 2017|work=The Daily Star|access-date=6 April 2017|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Shafiur Rahman was born in [[Konnagar]], near [[Serampore]], in [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]. His father's name was Hakim Mahabubur Rahman and mother's name was Kanayata Khatoon. He passed from Konnagar High School in 1936 and completed his I. Com from Government Commerce College, [[Kolkata]]. After the [[partition of India]] he moved to Dhaka, [[East Bengal]] taking a job of a clerk in the accounts section of the [[Dhaka High Court]].<ref name="Banglapedia" /><br />
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== Bengali Language Movement ==<br />
On 22 February 1952<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/feb/21/tribute-paid-language-martyrs|title=Tribute paid to language martyrs |work=Dhaka Tribune|language=en|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref> while commuting to his job on his bicycle he entered [[Nawabpur Road]], which was full of protesters against police shootings the previous day at a language movement rally. Police fired at the protests in which Rahman was shot in the back and died after being taken to [[Dhaka Medical College]]. He was buried in Azimpur graveyard under Police guard.<ref name="Banglapedia" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Al-Helal |first=Bashir |year=1985 |title=Bhasha Andoloner Itihash |publisher=Bangla Academy |location=Dhaka |language=bn |pages=482–83 |oclc=416400073}}</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Two days after the incident, the First [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]] was inaugurated by his Father, Hakim Mahbubur Rahman along with the protesting students of [[Dhaka University]].<br />
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In 2000 Rahman was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the government of Bangladesh.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{citation<br />
|author=Rafiqul Akbar<br />
|chapter=Rahman, Shafiur<br />
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rahman,_Shafiur<br />
|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref> A bronze sculpture of his head with four other "martyrs" of the language movement is called ''[[Moder Gorob]]'' and located in [[Bangla Academy]] premises.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/02/05/d702052502124.htm|title=Moder Gorob: An ornament in Ekushey Book Fair|last=Mitu|first=Wahida|date=|work=The Daily Star|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
[[File:Grave of Safuir Rahman 21 Feb 1953.png|right|thumb|The grave of Sofiur, 21 February 1953]]<br />
[[File:Grave of Shafiur Rahman Language martyr (2).jpg|thumb|Grave of Shafiur Rahman (1918 – 1952) Language martyr at Azimpur graveyard, Dhaka (2021)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite news |title=Khaleda distributes Ekushey Padak 2005 among 14 distinguished personalities |url=http://www.bssnews.net/index.php?genID=BSS-01-2005-02-19&id=7 |newspaper=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |date=19 February 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121245/http://www.bssnews.net/index.php?genID=BSS-01-2005-02-19&id=7 |archive-date=28 September 2022}}<br />
* {{cite news |title=PM distributes govt honorarium to 5 language martyrs' families |url=http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=7/5/2006&section_id=2&newsid=30010&spcl=no |newspaper=The Financial Express |location=Dhaka |date=5 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311051936/http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=7%2F5%2F2006&section_id=2&newsid=30010&spcl=no |archive-date=11 March 2007 |url-status=dead }}<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://www.pmo.gov.bd/21february/imld_back.htm |title=International Mother Language Day: Background and Adoption of the Resolution |website=Prime Minister's Office |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040822111821/http://www.pmo.gov.bd/21february/imld_back.htm |archive-date=22 August 2022}}<br />
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[[Category:1952 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hooghly district]]<br />
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