Azharul Haque (1940-1971) was a Bangladeshi physician-surgeon, who was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War and is considered to be a martyr intellectual in Bangladesh.[1]
In 1969 he joined Dhaka Medical College as an assistant surgeon. After the outbreak of Bangladesh Liberation war he provided treatment to members of Mukti Bahini in his private chambers in Hatirpool, Dhaka. He was warned by the paramilitary Al-Badr over his activities in a letter addressed to his practice. In July 1971 he was summoned to the police headquarters and warned. He started treating members of Mukti Bahini in slums near his practice.[2]
Azharul Haque and his wife Syeda Salma Haque-15 February'1971
Death and legacy
On 15 November 1971, a curfew was imposed on Dhaka. The area around his practice was surrounded by members of Al-Badr. He and another doctor, A. B. M. Humayan Kabir were waiting for an ambulance when they were spotted by the Al-Badr members, who interrogated them. The Al-Badr were looking for Azharul Haque and arrested the two doctors. On 16 November 1971 the bodies of Azharul Haque and A B M Hamayun Kabir were found in a culvert near Notre Dame College in Motijheel, Dhaka with their hands tied and blindfolded. He was buried in Azimpur graveyard. On 14 December 1995, Bangladesh Post Office released commemorative stamps in his name.[2][3]
The Monument was founded in front of the culvert near Notre Dame College where Dr. Azhaul Haque and Humayun Kabir were found dead on 16 November 1971