Nazmul Hoque Sarkar was a lawyer, politician, and elected member of 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 ...

who was killed in the

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in 1971 and is considered a martyr in

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Early life

Sarkar was born in Harirampur, Bagha Upazila, Rajshahi District in 1937. He graduated from Kalidaskhali School in 1952 and from Rajshahi College in 1955. He afterwards completed his Bachelor of Law degree and joined the District Bar of Rajshahi.

Career

Sarkar served as the General Secretary of District Bar of Rajshahi for two consecutive terms. He joined the Dhaka High Court bar in 1966. He served as the Rajshahi District vice-president and later president of Bangladesh Awami League. In 1970, he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Rajshahi-8 constituency on an Awami League ticket. He organized 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 Rajshahi in 1971.

Death

On 25 March 1971, at the start of Operation Searchlight and the Bangladesh Liberation war, he was taken by

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and was never seen again. After the

Independence of Bangladesh Independence of Bangladesh was declared on 26 March 1971, celebrated as Independence Day, from Pakistan. The Independence Day of Bangladesh is celebrated on 26 March when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the Independence of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh ...

, the government established Shaheed Nazmul Hoque High School in Kadirganj in Rajshahi district in 1972.

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released commemorative postal stamps in his name on 14 November 1998.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkar, Nazmul Hoque Awami League politicians 1937 births 1971 deaths Martyred intellectuals of the Bangladesh Liberation War Rajshahi College alumni Candidates in the 1970 Pakistani general election Members of the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh