Shahidullah Kaiser
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শহীদুল্লা কায়সার | |
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Shahidullah Kaiser (16 February 1927 – disappeared 14 December 1971) was a
Personal life
Kaiser was born in the Mazupur village (in present-day
Politics and journalism
Kaiser was active in politics and cultural movements from his student days. Following the formation of
Disappearance
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.[6]
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 and blaming it on the Pakistan Army to incite rebellion. 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.[7]
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.[6]
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.[8]
Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin denied the charges in an interview aired by Al Jazeera in August 2013.[9]
Bibliography
- Sareng Bau (The Captain's Wife, 1962)
- Rajbandir Rojnamacha (The Diary of a Political Prisoner, 1962)
- Sangshaptak (The Indomitable Soldiers, 1965)
- Peshwar Theke Tashkhand (From Peshwar to Tashkent, 1966)
- Krishnachura Megh (Delonix regia Clouds)
- Timir Balay (The Circle of Darkness)
- Digante Phuler Agun (The Flaming Horizon)
- Samudra O Trsna (Sea and Thirst)
- Chandrabhaner Kanya (Chandrabhan's Daughter)
- Kabe Pohabe Bibhabari (When Will It Dawn?) (unfinished)
Filmography
- TV Series
- Songsoptok (The Indomitable Soldiers, 1971)
Awards
- Adamjee Literary Award, 1962
- Bangla Academy Literary Award, 1969
- Ekushey Padak, 1983
- Independence Day Award, 1998
See also
- 1971 East Pakistan Intellectuals massacre
- List of journalists killed in Bangladesh
- List of people who disappeared
References
- ^ a b c Alam, Muhammad Shamsul (2012). "Shahidullah Kaiser". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত লেখক তালিকা – বাংলা একাডেমি (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Independence Day Award" (PDF). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b Hussain, Akbar (16 December 2004). "I would rather die than sign any false statement". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Ferdous, Fahmim (19 February 2013). "Zahir Raihan: Capturing national struggles on celluloid". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin (3 November 2013). "UK Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen Uddin sentenced to death in Bangladesh". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ Hull, Jonah (3 November 2013). "Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin: 'Not a war criminal'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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