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Martyred Intellectuals Bangladesh 1971

Zahir Raihan
(19 August 1935 – disappeared 30 January 1972)
He was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer, and filmmaker. He is most notable for his documentary Stop Genocide (1971), made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was posthumously awarded Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Day Award in 1992 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Munier Choudhury
(27 November 1925 – 14 December 1971)
He was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic, and political dissident. He was a victim of the mass killing of Bengali intellectuals in 1971. He was awarded Independence Day Award in 1980, by the then President Ziaur Rahman's government, posthumously.
Selina Parvin
(31 March 1931 – 14 December 1971)
She was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet. She is one of the intellectual martyrs killed by Al-Badr 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. She was buried in Azimpur Graveyard on 18 December 1971.
Shahidullah Kaiser
(16 February 1927 – 14 December 1971)
He was a Bangladeshi novelist and writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1969, Ekushey Padak in 1983 and Independence Day Award in 1998.
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