Mirza_Mazharul_Islam

Mirza Mazharul Islam

Mirza Mazharul Islam

Bangladeshi surgeon and language movement veteran (1927–2020)

Mirza Mazharul Islam (1 January 1927 – 11 October 2020)[1] was a Bangladeshi surgeon and language movement veteran.

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Life

Islam was born on 1 January 1927 in Agacaran village under Kalihati in Tangail of the then British India.[2] His father Helaluddin was an officer in a British company and mother Chhanda Khatun was a housewife.[2]

He was the chief consultant at the Department of Surgery in BIRDEM. In recognition of his contribution to the Bengali language movement, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2018.[3]

Islam died from COVID-19 complications on 11 October 2020 at BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka.[1]

Death

Mirza Mazharul Islam died from COVID-19 complications on 11 October 2020 at BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka.[citation needed]

References

  1. [1]
    "Language Movement hero Dr Mirza Mazharul Islam dies of COVID-19". bdnews24.com. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. [2]
    কেমন আছেন ভাষাসৈনিকরা মাজহারুল ইসলাম চিকিৎসাসেবা দিয়ে যাচ্ছেন. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. [3]
    "21 named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.


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