Jekrul Haque (1 September 1914 — 12 April 1971) was a physician and politician who was elected to the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

in 1970. He was killed in the

Bangladesh Liberation war The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

and is considered a Martyr in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Early life

Jekrul Haque was born in

Saidpur, Bangladesh Syedpur (Saidpur) ( bn, সৈয়দপুর) is a city of Nilphamari district in Rangpur Division of Bangladesh. The city has become a very important communication hub for adjoining major district headquarters. Syedpur Airport is one of ...

on 1 September 1914. He graduated from Saidpur Pilot High School in 1933 and completed his Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery from Campbell Medical School in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

in 1939.

Career

Jekrul Haque worked in the Hazarihat Charitable Dispensary under Darwary Hospital in Syedpur as the Medical officer. After which he was the medical officer in Shah Abdul Gafur Charitable Dispensary in Dangargat. Then he worked at Zearatullah Medical Hall. He joined the

All India Muslim Students Federation The All India Muslim Students Federation (AIMSF) was an Indian Muslim students union affiliated with the All-India Muslim League. Splitting off from the All India Students' Federation in 1937, the body was organised under patronage of Muhammad A ...

and later the Muslim League after the partition of India. He was elected as an independent to the Legislative Assembly in 1954. In 1958 he was elected chairman of Syedpur Municipality. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1970 as an Awami League candidate. He supported the

Non-cooperation movement The Non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on 4 September 1920, by Mahatma Gandhi to have Indians revoke their cooperation from the British government, with the aim of persuading them to grant self-governance.

in 1971.

Death and legacy

On 25 March 1971, at the onset of Operation Searchlight and Bangladesh Liberation war, he was detained by Pakistan Army from his residence. He was kept in Rangpur Cantonment, where he was tortured. He was executed with other detainees on 12 April 1971. Bangladesh Post Office issued commemorative postal stamp on 14 December 1996. He was posthumously awarded the Independence Award in 2001 by the Government of Bangladesh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jekrul Haque 1914 births 1971 deaths Martyred intellectuals of the Bangladesh Liberation War People from Nilphamari District 20th-century Pakistani medical doctors Candidates in the 1970 Pakistani general election