Nabakumar Institution is a historical education institute in Bakhsi Bazar of old

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

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History

Nabakumar Institution was established in 1916 by a

zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...

called Nabakumar. It was operated as a school though it was named an institute. In 1973 it opened a college branch.

Matiur Rahman Mallik Matiur Rahman Mallik (24 January 1953-24 January 1969) was a Pakistani Bengali national activist. He was killed by the Pakistani police during 1969 uprising in East Pakistan. He received the Independence Day Award from the Government of Bangla ...

, a ninth grade student of Nabakumar Institution, was killed during a street march demanding autonomy for the then

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

by the Pakistan police on 24 January 1969. The day is seen as

Mass Upsurge Day Mass Uprising Day ( bn, গণঅভ্যুত্থান দিবস) is observed in Bangladesh on 24 January to mark the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising, the climax of the movement of the people of the then East Pakistan for autonomy in 1969 ...

by the Bangladeshi as it eventually led to the Bangladesh Liberation war. In remembrance of this great sacrifice for the nation Matiur Rahman Monument was constructed in its premises.

References

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