AKM Asadul Haq

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AKM Asadul Haq
Born1 December 1928
Sandwip, Bengal, British India (now Chittagong, Bangladesh)
Died17 April 1971(1971-04-17) (aged 42)
Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong, Bangladesh
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (before 1971)
Service/branchFlag of the Bangladesh Army.svg  Bangladesh Army
Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg  Pakistan Army
Years of service1953 - 1971
Rank Bangladesh-army-OF-3.svg Major
Unit Army Medical Corps
Known for Martyred Intellectual
Battles/wars
Alma mater Chittagong College
Dhaka Medical College

Shaheed Alamgirul Kamaluddin Mohammed Asadul Haq was a Bangladeshi physician and an army officer in the Pakistan Army who was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war and is considered a martyr in Bangladesh. [1]

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Early life

Haq was born on 1 December 1928 at Santoshpur, Sandwip Upazila, Chittagong District, East Bengal, British Raj. He graduated from Kathghar High School in 1944 and from Chittagong College in 1946. He completed his MBBS from Dhaka Medical College in 1952. He was harassed by police during his internship in Dhaka Medical College for treating protesters injured in the 1952 Language Movement. [1]

Career

In 1953 Haq joined the Pakistan Army Medical Corps. He completed his FCPS in Quetta, West Pakistan and FRCS from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1962. From 1956 to 1970 he served in various Combined Military Hospitals of Pakistan Army including in Abbottabad Cantonment, Bagh, Azad Kashmir, Jessore Cantonment, Multan Cantonment, and Sargodha Cantonment. In 1970 he was appointed commanding officer of the Armed Forces Medical Store Depot in Chittagong Cantonment. [1]

Death

Haq was arrested along with his family after the start of Operation Searchlight by Pakistan Army on 25 March 1971. They were imprisoned inside the Combined Medical Hospital. He along with some other Bengali Army officers were executed by Pakistan Army on 17 April 1971. [1]

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References

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