Syed Nazrul Islam: Difference between revisions

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|office       = 2nd [[Ministry of Industries (Bangladesh)|Minister of Industries of Bangladesh]]

|president    = [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]]<br />[[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]

|children      = [[Sayed Ashraful Islam]],

[[Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi]],Syed Monzorul Islam,Syed Shoriful Islam, [[Syed Shafayet Islam]],Syeda Rafia Noor.

'''Syed Nazrul Islam''' ({{lang-bn|সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম|Soiyod Nozrul Islam}}; 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and a senior leader of the [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]]. During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], he was declared as the [[Vice President of Bangladesh]] by the [[Provisional Government of Bangladesh|Provisional Government]]. He served as the [[Acting President]] in the absence of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Documents between India and Bangladesh |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/top-news/documents-between-india-and-bangladesh-92683 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref>

Syed Nazrul Islam was born in 1925, into a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of [[Syed]]s in the village of Bir Dampara, Jashodal Union in [[Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila|Kishoreganj]] (then Mymensingh District) of the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering the Four Leaders |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/remembering-the-four-leaders/ |work=The Daily Star |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> He obtained degrees in history and law from the [[University of Dhaka]] and was an active student political leader in the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]]. Syed captained his college's cricket and hockey teams and participated in the [[Pakistan movement]]. He entered the civil service of [[Pakistan]] in 1949 but resigned in 1951 to work as a professor of history at the Anandmohan College in [[Mymensingh]], where he also practised law.<ref name=":0">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Islam, Syed Nazrul}}</ref>

Syed Nazrul's political career began when he joined the [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami Muslim League]] and participated in the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]] in 1952, for which he was arrested by Pakistani police. He would rise to various provincial and central party leadership positions, becoming a close confidante of the party's leader Sheikh Mujib. He was jailed during the Six Point Demand movement.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahsan |first1=Syed Badrul |title=Recalling Six Points |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=237295 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in 1970, where he served briefly as deputy leader of the majority. Following the arrest of Mujib on 25 March 1971 by Pakistani forces, Syed escaped to [[Mujibnagar]] with other party leaders and proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palma |first1=Porimol |title=On the road to freedom of Bangladesh |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/the-road-freedom-77714 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> Mujib was elected president of Bangladesh but Syed would serve as acting president, with [[Tajuddin Ahmed]] as prime minister. Syed played a key role in leading the nationalist cause, co-ordinating the [[Mukti Bahini]] guerrilla force and winning support from [[India]] and other nations.<ref name=":0" />

Islam married Syeda Nafisa Islam and had 4 sons and 2 daughters. His four sons were [[Sayed Ashraful Islam]], Syed Manzurul Islam Manju, Syed Shariful Islam and Syed Shafayetul Islam, and his two daughters were  [[Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi]] ad Syeda Rafia Noor.

Following the [[assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] on 15 August 1975 Syed fled underground with other Mujib loyalists such as [[Tajuddin Ahmad]], [[A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman]] and [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]], but was ultimately arrested by the regime of the new president [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]]. The four leaders were imprisoned in the [[Dhaka Central Jail]] and assassinated on 3 November under controversial and mysterious circumstances. This day is commemorated every year in Bangladesh [[Jail Killing Day]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering the four national leaders on Jail Killing Day |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/11/03/remembering-the-four-national-leaders-on-jail-killing-day |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> Captain (relieved) Kismat Hashem was sentenced to life in prison for the killings. He died due to cardiac arrest in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jail killing convict Kismat Hashem dies in Canada |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/jail-killing-convict-kismat-hasem-dies-canada-73937 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref>

Government-run [[Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College]] in Kishoreganj is named in his memory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Medical college after Syed Nazrul Islam to be set up at Kishoreganj |url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/more.php?news_id=138249&date=2012-07-28 |location=Dhaka |newspaper=The Financial Express |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> [[Sayed Ashraful Islam]] is son of Sayed Nazrul Islam.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/07/09/sheikh-hasina-fires-trusted-syed-ashraful-as-lgrd-minister |title=Sheikh Hasina fires trusted Syed Ashraful as LGRD minister |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>