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{{EngvarB|date=March | {{Short description|Bangladeshi journalist and poet}} | ||
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|birth_name= | |birth_name=Siddiqua Chowdhury | ||
|birth_date= 31 March 1931 | |birth_date= 31 March 1931 | ||
|birth_place= | |birth_place = [[Ramganj Upazila|Ramganj]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[British Raj|British India]] | ||
|death_date= 14 December 1971 (aged 40) | |death_date= 14 December 1971 (aged 40) | ||
|death_place=[[Rayer Bazaar]], [[Dhaka | |death_place = [[Rayer Bazaar]], [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]], Bangladesh | ||
| | |burial_place=[[Azimpur, Dhaka]], Bangladesh | ||
|death_cause= Bayonet charge | |known_for=[[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals|Martyred Intellectual]] | ||
|death_cause= [[Assassination]] by [[Bayonet]] charge | |||
|other names= Manwara Begum | |other names= Manwara Begum | ||
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|occupation= Journalist | |occupation= Journalist, poet | ||
|years active= | |years active= 1959 - 1971 | ||
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'''Selina Parvin''' (31 March 1931{{snd}}14 December 1971) was a [[Bangladeshi]] journalist and poet.<ref name=DailyStarIntel>{{cite news |title=Profiles of martyred intellectuals |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/december/december14th/intellectuals.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=14 December 2006 |accessdate=7 November | '''Selina Parvin''' (31 March 1931{{snd}}14 December 1971) was a [[Bangladeshi]] journalist and poet.<ref name=DailyStarIntel>{{cite news |title=Profiles of martyred intellectuals |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/december/december14th/intellectuals.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=14 December 2006 |accessdate=7 November 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203062204/http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/december/december14th/intellectuals.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is one of the [[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals|intellectual martyrs]] killed by [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al-Badr]]<ref name=DS-Tamanna>{{cite news |last=Khan |first=Tamanna |date=4 November 2013 |title=It was matricide |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/it-was-matricide/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=7 November 2013}}</ref> on 14 December, immediately before the victory after the 9-month-long war of independence of Bangladesh in 1971. This day later came to be commemorated as the intellectual martyr day. As a journalist she used to work for ''Weekly Begum'', ''Weekly Lalana'' and ''Shilalipi''.<ref name=DailyStarIntel/><!-- need to verify English spelling of the magazines --> She was buried in Azimpur Graveyard on 18 December 1971.<ref name="Hossain 2012">{{cite book |last=Hossain |first=Selina |year=2012 |chapter=Parvin, Selina |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Parvin,_Selina |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> | ||
==Childhood== | ==Childhood== | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Selina Parvin had a job for in nursing at Mitford Hospital in 1957. She worked for some time as a matron in [[Rokeya Hall]] in 1959 and joined the ''Azimpur Baby Home'' as a teacher in 1960. She worked for some time in ''Salimulla Orphanage'' in 1965 and then joined as secretary to the editor of 'week Begum'' in 1966. In 1967 Selina Parvin joined the ''Weekly Lalana'' as a journalist. She then married a politician. She used to work with various periodicals and used to publish her own pro-liberation<ref name=DS-Tamanna/> periodical ''Shilalipi'' on an irregular basis.<ref name=academy/> She used the weekly's earning to help freedom | Selina Parvin had a job for in nursing at Mitford Hospital in 1957. She worked for some time as a matron in [[Rokeya Hall]] in 1959 and joined the ''Azimpur Baby Home'' as a teacher in 1960. She worked for some time in ''Salimulla Orphanage'' in 1965 and then joined as secretary to the editor of ''week Begum'' in 1966. In 1967 Selina Parvin joined the ''Weekly Lalana'' as a journalist. She then married a politician. She used to work with various periodicals and used to publish her own pro-liberation<ref name=DS-Tamanna/> periodical ''Shilalipi'' on an irregular basis.<ref name=academy/> She used the weekly's earning to help freedom fighters.<ref name=DS-Tamanna/> In Shailalipi, Selina Parveen used to publish articles by prominent personalities including Prof [[Munir Chowdhury]], journalist [[Shahidullah Kaiser]], [[Zahir Raihan]] and [[ANM Golam Mostafa]], all of whom except Raihan became targets of Al-Badr.<ref name=DS-Tamanna/><ref name=Independent1/> Zahir Raihan left his house on 30 January 1972 looking for his brother [[Shahidullah Kaiser]], but never returned.<ref name=Capturing>{{cite news |last=Ferdous |first=Fahmim |date=19 February 2013 |title=Zahir Raihan: Capturing national struggles on celluloid |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=269585 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=9 November 2013 |archive-date=10 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110063654/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=269585 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
On 13 December 1971, like other intellectual martyrs, Selina Parvin was seized by members of the paramilitary force Al-Badr. Her son Sumon was only 7 years old.<ref name=MofidulLong/> She was brutally killed on 14 December and her dead body was later discovered in the Rayerbazar Boddhobhumy. | On 13 December 1971, like other intellectual martyrs, Selina Parvin was seized by members of the paramilitary force Al-Badr. Her son Sumon was only 7 years old.<ref name=MofidulLong/> She was brutally killed on 14 December and her dead body was later discovered in the Rayerbazar Boddhobhumy. Delwar Hossain, the lone survivor of the killing, testified to the court that being blindfolded, he heard a woman [Selina Parvin] screaming and begging Al-Badr men for her life, appealed to spare her as she had a son and there was none to take care of him but her. But the brutal killers did not spare her. She was instantly killed by charging bayonet as narrated by the witness.<ref name=DS-Tamanna/><ref name=MofidulLong/> The lone survivor, who managed to loosen the rope with which he was tied and escaped, had described how three prisoners were tortured before being taken out to be shot. Among the victims, Selina Parvin was [later] found with two bayonet wounds, one through the eye and one in the stomach, and two bullet wounds.<ref name=MofidulLong>{{cite news |last=Hoque |first=Mofidul |date=14 December 2013 |title=Long Walk to Justice |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/long-walk-to-justice/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=31 December 2013 |archive-date=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231101623/http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/long-walk-to-justice/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
On 3 November 2013, [[Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin]], a Muslim leader based in London, and [[Ashrafuz Zaman Khan]], based in the US, were sentenced in absentia after the court found that they were involved in the abduction and murders of 18 people in December 1971 – nine Dhaka University teachers, six journalists including Selina Parvin, and three physicians.<ref name=DS-Tamanna/><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 | On 3 November 2013, [[Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin]], a Muslim leader based in London, and [[Ashrafuz Zaman Khan]], based in the US, were sentenced in absentia after the court found that they were involved in the abduction and murders of 18 people in December 1971 – nine Dhaka University teachers, six journalists including Selina Parvin, and three physicians.<ref name=DS-Tamanna/><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 2013}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* {{cite news | title=AFD arranges festival of independent films | url=http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/timeout/18322.html | newspaper=New Age | date=11 May 2011 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129195609/http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-05-11&nid=18322 | archive-date=29 January 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} | * {{cite news | title=AFD arranges festival of independent films | url=http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/timeout/18322.html | newspaper=New Age | date=11 May 2011 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129195609/http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-05-11&nid=18322 | archive-date=29 January 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} | ||
* {{cite news | author=Shahidullah, Kaiser | title=Martyred Intellectuals: The saga lives on... | url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2009/december/martyred_day_special/page01.htm | newspaper=The Daily Star}} | * {{cite news | author=Shahidullah, Kaiser | title=Martyred Intellectuals: The saga lives on... | url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2009/december/martyred_day_special/page01.htm | newspaper=The Daily Star | access-date=11 December 2015 | archive-date=22 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122051/http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2009/december/martyred_day_special/page01.htm | url-status=dead }} | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:54, 15 March 2026
Selina Parvin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Siddiqua Chowdhury 31 March 1931 |
| Died | 14 December 1971 (aged 40) Rayer Bazaar, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Cause of death | Assassination by Bayonet charge |
| Burial place | Azimpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Other names | Manwara Begum |
| Occupation | Journalist, poet |
| Years active | 1959 - 1971 |
| Known for | Martyred Intellectual |
| Parent(s) | Moulvi Abidur Rahman (father) Mossamat Sajeda Khatoon (mother) |
Selina Parvin (31 March 1931 – 14 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.[1] She is one of the intellectual martyrs killed by Al-Badr[2] on 14 December, immediately before the victory after the 9-month-long war of independence of Bangladesh in 1971. This day later came to be commemorated as the intellectual martyr day. As a journalist she used to work for Weekly Begum, Weekly Lalana and Shilalipi.[1] She was buried in Azimpur Graveyard on 18 December 1971.[3]
Childhood[edit | edit source]
Selina was born in Ramganj Upazila of erstwhile Noakhali District.[1][3] Her father Md Abidur Rahman was a teacher. When after World War II her father's house in Feni District was seized, the family had to settle back in village. Then 12-year-old Selina was a student in class six and skilled in writing poetry and stories. Due to the traditional conservative rural context she had to put an end to her schooling. At the age of 14 she was married against her consent and she refused to live with her husband. She wanted to study further but could not succeed in the matriculation exam. After 10 years they divorced.[4]
Career[edit | edit source]
Selina Parvin had a job for in nursing at Mitford Hospital in 1957. She worked for some time as a matron in Rokeya Hall in 1959 and joined the Azimpur Baby Home as a teacher in 1960. She worked for some time in Salimulla Orphanage in 1965 and then joined as secretary to the editor of week Begum in 1966. In 1967 Selina Parvin joined the Weekly Lalana as a journalist. She then married a politician. She used to work with various periodicals and used to publish her own pro-liberation[2] periodical Shilalipi on an irregular basis.[4] She used the weekly's earning to help freedom fighters.[2] In Shailalipi, Selina Parveen used to publish articles by prominent personalities including Prof Munir Chowdhury, journalist Shahidullah Kaiser, Zahir Raihan and ANM Golam Mostafa, all of whom except Raihan became targets of Al-Badr.[2][5] Zahir Raihan left his house on 30 January 1972 looking for his brother Shahidullah Kaiser, but never returned.[6]
Death[edit | edit source]
On 13 December 1971, like other intellectual martyrs, Selina Parvin was seized by members of the paramilitary force Al-Badr. Her son Sumon was only 7 years old.[7] She was brutally killed on 14 December and her dead body was later discovered in the Rayerbazar Boddhobhumy. Delwar Hossain, the lone survivor of the killing, testified to the court that being blindfolded, he heard a woman [Selina Parvin] screaming and begging Al-Badr men for her life, appealed to spare her as she had a son and there was none to take care of him but her. But the brutal killers did not spare her. She was instantly killed by charging bayonet as narrated by the witness.[2][7] The lone survivor, who managed to loosen the rope with which he was tied and escaped, had described how three prisoners were tortured before being taken out to be shot. Among the victims, Selina Parvin was [later] found with two bayonet wounds, one through the eye and one in the stomach, and two bullet wounds.[7]
On 3 November 2013, Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a Muslim leader based in London, and Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, based in the US, were sentenced in absentia after the court found that they were involved in the abduction and murders of 18 people in December 1971 – nine Dhaka University teachers, six journalists including Selina Parvin, and three physicians.[2][5]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Profiles of martyred intellectuals". The Daily Star. 14 December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Khan, Tamanna (4 November 2013). "It was matricide". The Daily Star. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hossain, Selina (2012). "Parvin, Selina". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 স্মৃতি: ১৯৭১, Volume 4, Page 98, Bangla Academy, ISBN 984-07-3351-6
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin (3 November 2013). "UK Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen Uddin sentenced to death in Bangladesh". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ Ferdous, Fahmim (19 February 2013). "Zahir Raihan: Capturing national struggles on celluloid". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Hoque, Mofidul (14 December 2013). "Long Walk to Justice". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "AFD arranges festival of independent films". New Age. 11 May 2011.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - Shahidullah, Kaiser. "Martyred Intellectuals: The saga lives on..." The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.