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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Shahidullah Kaiser<br />
| native_name = শহীদুল্লা কায়সার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = Shahidullah Kaiser.jpg<br />
| birth_name = Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|2|16}}<br />
| birth_place = Mazupur, [[Feni District|Feni]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| disappeared_date = {{disappeared date and age|1971|12|14|1927|2|16|df=y}}<br />
| disappeared_place = [[Dhaka]]<br />
| disappeared_status = {{Missing for|1971|12|14}}<br />
| occupation = Writer, novelist, journalist, editor<br />
| education = BA (economics)<br />
| alma_mater = [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]<br />
| spouse = [[Panna Kaiser]]<br />
| children = [[Shomi Kaiser]] and Amitav Kaiser<br />
| awards = [[#Awards|list of awards]]<br />
| relatives = [[Zahir Raihan]] (brother)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Shahidullah Kaiser''' (16 February 1927 – disappeared 14 December 1971) was a [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] novelist and writer.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Alam |first=Muhammad Shamsul |year=2012 |chapter=Shahidullah Kaiser |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Kaiser,_Shahidullah |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> He was awarded [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1969,<ref>{{cite web |script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত লেখক তালিকা – বাংলা একাডেমি |url=https://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315 |publisher=Bangla Academy |language=bn |accessdate=16 February 2022}}</ref> [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1983 and [[Independence Day Award]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref><ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><ref name=indepen>{{cite web|url=http://brri.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brri.portal.gov.bd/page/87944ec4_496e_415d_af37_27a10fb35625/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|title=Independence Day Award|accessdate=23 September 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Kaiser was born in the Mazupur village (in present-day [[Feni District]]) as Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah. He studied at secondary education from Amirabad BC Laha High School, sonagazi, Feni, He also studies [[Presidency College, Kolkata]] and obtained a bachelor's degree in economics with honours. Later, he enrolled in master's of arts at [[Calcutta University]] but did not complete the degree.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Family==<br />
Kaiser's wife, [[Panna Kaiser]], is an author and novelist. She served as a member of the parliament for the [[Awami League]] government from 1996 to 2001. Kaiser's daughter, [[Shomi Kaiser]], is a television actress. His son, Amitav Kaiser, is a banker.<br />
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==Politics and journalism==<br />
Kaiser was active in politics and cultural movements from his student days. Following the formation of [[Pakistan]] in 1947, he joined the provincial Communist Party of [[East Pakistan]]. He started working as a journalist in 1949 with the ''[[The Daily Ittefaq|Ittefaq]]'' in [[Dhaka]]. In 1952, he participated actively in the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]]. For his political role in the movement for protection of [[Bengali language]], Kaiser was arrested on 3 June 1952. He was later jailed for three and a half years. Right after his release in 1955, he was again arrested and jailed on a political crackdown on activists. A few years later he was released. In 1958, Kaiser joined as an associate editor of ''[[The Sangbad]]'' – a [[Bengali language]] daily – where he worked for the rest of his life. When the military coup of 1958 put [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]] in power, and [[martial law]] was proclaimed, Kaiser was arrested again on 14 October 1958 and remained in jail for four years till his release in September 1962.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Disappearance==<br />
Kaiser collected medicine and food and delivered those to the posts such as one being [[Sufia Kamal]]'s house, from where the freedom fighters picked those up for their training outpost.<ref name=HussainDailyStar/><br />
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At the end the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971, the [[Pakistan Army]] and its local collaborators initiated a plan for killing the leading Bengali intellectuals. As a part of it, Kaiser was rounded up on 14 December 1971. He never returned, nor was his body ever found. It is assumed that he was executed along with other intellectuals. His brother, [[Zahir Raihan]], a notable film-maker, also disappeared while searching for Kaiser.<ref name=Capturing>{{cite news|last=Ferdous|first=Fahmim|title=Zahir Raihan: Capturing national struggles on celluloid|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=269585|accessdate=9 November 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=19 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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In early December 1971, Kaiser cautioned [[Sufia Kamal]] to leave Dhaka, but he himself did not leave and got caught in the hand of the Pakistani Army.<ref name=HussainDailyStar>{{cite news|last=Hussain|first=Akbar|title=I would rather die than sign any false statement|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2004/victory_day/vic02.htm|accessdate=2 January 2014|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=16 December 2022}}</ref><br />
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On 3 November 2013, [[Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin]], a Muslim leader based in London, and [[Ashrafuz Zaman Khan]], based in the United States, were sentenced in absentia after the court found that they were involved in the abduction and murders of 18 people – nine Dhaka University teachers, six journalists including Kaiser and three physicians – in December 1971.<ref name=Independent1>{{cite news |last=Chowdhury |first=Syed Tashfin |date=3 November 2013 |title=UK Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen Uddin sentenced to death in Bangladesh |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/uk-muslim-leader-chowdhury-mueen-uddin-sentenced-to-death-in-bangladesh-8919895.html |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |accessdate=7 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin]] denied the charges in an interview aired by [[Al Jazeera]] in August 2013.<ref name=AlJazeera>{{cite news|last=Hull|first=Jonah|title=Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin: 'Not a war criminal'|<br />
url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2013/07/201371813054661892.html |accessdate=9 November 2013|newspaper=Al Jazeera|date=3 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''Sareng Bau'' (''The Captain's Wife'', 1962)<br />
* ''Rajbandir Rojnamacha'' (''The Diary of a Political Prisoner'', 1962)<br />
* ''Sangshaptak'' (''The Indomitable Soldiers'', 1965)<br />
* ''Peshwar Theke Tashkhand'' (''From Peshwar to Tashkent'', 1966)<br />
* ''Krishnachura Megh'' (''Delonix regia Clouds'')<br />
* ''Timir Balay'' (''The Circle of Darkness'')<br />
* ''Digante Phuler Agun'' (''The Flaming Horizon'')<br />
* ''Samudra O Trsna'' (''Sea and Thirst'')<br />
* ''Chandrabhaner Kanya'' (''Chandrabhan's Daughter'')<br />
* ''Kabe Pohabe Bibhabari'' (''When Will It Dawn?'') (unfinished)<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
;TV Series<br />
* ''[[Songsoptok]]'' (''The Indomitable Soldiers'', 1971)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Adamjee Literary Award]], 1962<br />
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]], 1969<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]], 1983<br />
* [[Independence Day Award]], 1998<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1971 Bangladesh atrocities#Killing of intellectuals|1971 East Pakistan Intellectuals massacre]]<br />
* [[List of journalists killed in Bangladesh]]<br />
* [[List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970|List of people who disappeared]]<br />
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