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{{Short description|Pakistani Air Force officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Zahurul Haq
|native_name=জহুরুল হক
|native_name_lang=bn
|birth_date= {{birth date|1935|02|09|df=y}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1969|02|15|1935|02|09|df=y}}
|birth_place= Sonapur, [[Noakhali Sadar Upazila|Sudharam]], [[Noakhali district|Noakhali]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]])
|death_place= [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
|allegiance=[[East Pakistan]]
|branch=[[Pakistan Air Force]]
|rank= [[sergeant]]
| awards= [[Independence Day Award]] (2018)
}}

'''Zahurul Haq''' (9 February 1935 – 15 February 1969) was a [[Pakistan Air Force]] sergeant. He was one of the 35 persons accused in the [[Agartala Conspiracy Case]] in 1969. He was killed in custody and his death led to increase in [[1969 uprising in East Pakistan]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|chapter=Haq, Zahurul|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Haq,_Zahurul |editor2-last= Rahman |editor2-first=S M Mahfuzur}}</ref> He received the [[Independence Day Award]] from the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/2-more-named-bangladesh-independence-day-award-2018-1550902|title=2 more named for Independence Award|date=20 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|access-date=29 August 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Haq was born on 9 February 1935 in Sonapur, Sudharam (now [[Noakhali Sadar Upazila]]), [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]]. He completed his matriculation from [[Noakhali Zilla School]] in 1953 and intermediate and B.Sc in Physics from [[Jagannath College]].<ref name=bpedia/>

==Agartala Conspiracy Case==
Haq joined [[Pakistan Air Force]] in 1957 as an [[Airman]] and reached the rank of a Sergeant. He was arrested in December 1967 in accusation of a conspiracy to cause an uprising in [[East Pakistan]] with the intention of bringing about the secession of the province from the rest of Pakistan. He was confined in [[Dhaka Central Jail]] and later, was transferred to [[Dhaka Cantonment]] in Kurmitola. In January 1968, Awami League leader [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]'s name was added to the case.<ref name=observer>{{cite news|url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/02/15/72658.php|title=Sergeant Zahurul Haque dies|date=15 February 2015|access-date=14 September 2017|newspaper=The Daily Observer}}</ref> A special tribunal was set headed by a West Pakistani Justice [[S. A. Rahman]], with two other Bengali judges Justice Mujibur Rahman Khan and Justice [[Maksum-ul-Hakim]].<ref name=observer/> [[Barrister Abul Khair Khan]] served on the legal panel in this Agartala Conspiracy Case as a lawyer for Sergeant Zahurul Haq.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=http://epaper.thedailystar.net/index.php?opt=view&page=1&date=2018-08-31 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 August 2022}}</ref> The final date for the case was set to 6 February 1969 and the date was deferred later.<ref name=bpedia/> On 15 February 1969, he was shot by a Pakistani [[Havildar]]. He was taken to the Combined Military Hospital and died at around 10 pm.<ref name=bpedia/>

==Legacy==
Haq's death led to more street protests and state guest house and other government buildings were burned down which led to the withdrawal of the Agartala Conspiracy Case on 22 February 1969. ''"February 15 Bahini"'', the first armed force was formed and consisted of student leaders.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Afsin |date=15 December 2015 |title=Flags through the ages |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/special-feature/flags-through-the-ages-187219 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>

Haq was a painter. Some of his paintings are displayed in [[Bangladesh National Museum]]. Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall of the [[University of Dhaka]] is named after him.<ref name=bpedia /> BAF Zahurul Haq base, a [[Bangladesh Air Force]] base is named after him.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mahmud |first=Tarek |date=14 May 2015 |title=Three BAF officials injured in copter crash at Ctg airport |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/may/14/three-baf-officials-injured-copter-crash-ctg-airport |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>

Haq's eldest brother, [[Aminul Haq (Attorney General)|Aminul Haque]] (d. 1995) became the [[Attorney General of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/death-anniversary-1252786 |title=Death anniversary |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=13 July 2016 |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Noakhali District]]
[[Category:Pakistan Air Force personnel]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi activists]]
[[Category:Causes and prelude of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Protest-related deaths]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
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