Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya ( bn, অনুদ্বৈপায়ন ভট্টাচার্য; 31 January 1941 – 25 March 1971) was a lecturer of the Department of Applied Physics at the

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who was killed by the

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on 25 March 1971.

Early life

Bhattacharya was born in a Bengali Hindu Brahmin family on 31 January 1941 in the village of Jantari in erstwhile greater Sylhet district of

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. His birthplace is now under

Nabiganj Upazila Nabiganj ( bn, নবীগঞ্জ, Nobīgonj) is an Upazila of Habiganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. History After the Conquest of Gour in 1303, many disciples of Shah Jalal migrated and settled in present-day Nabiganj wher ...

in Habiganj District of Sylhet Division in Bangladesh. His father Digendra Chandra Bhattacharya was a school teacher. After the

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and inclusion of Sylhet in East Pakistan, the Bhattacharya family did not migrate to India. As a child Bhattacharya attended the J.K. High School in Nabiganj. In 1961, he passed the Matriculation examination. In 1963, he passed I.Sc. from Sylhet MC College. He complete B.Sc. in physics in 1966 and Masters in applied physics in 1967 from

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Career

In 1968, Bhattacharya joined Dhaka University as a lecturer in the newly opened Department of Applied Physics. In 1969, he started working as the house tutor of Jagannath Hall of Dhaka university. He obtained a scholarship for higher studies under the Colombo plan and was scheduled to leave for London on 26 March 1971.

Assassination

On the night of 25 March 1971, the

launched Operation Searchlight. In

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, they attacked the Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University. Bhattacharya was shot in front of the Jagannath Hall building and buried in a mass grave.

Legacy

In 1995, the Government of Bangladesh issued a commemorative stamp in his name on 14 December, Martyred Intellectuals Day. The library of Jagannath Hall has been renamed to Shahid Anudvaipayan Pathagar.

References

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