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Hossain, (Shahid) Nur (1961-1987) a victim in
a mass movement against Ershad-regime in 1987. Born in 1961 at Narinda
in Dhaka Nur Hossain was the son of Mujibar Rahman, an auto-rickshaw driver,
whose ancestral home was at village Jhatibunia under Mathbaria upazila
of Pirozpur district.
His family had been living at 79/1 Banagram Road in Dhaka since
liberation. Nur Hossain received his primary education from the
Radhasundari Primary School at Banagram Road, and while a student
of class VIII at Graduate High School in Dhaka, he left school
and received training in motor driving. As an activist in politics
he was the publicity secretary of the Banagram unit committee
of Dhaka City awami
league.
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Shahid Nur
Hossain |
As a part of the long drawn movement against the autocratic
rule of President
hussain Muhammad ershad, the alliance of the opposition political
parties declared 'Dhaka Blockade' programme on 10 November 1987. The aims
and objectives of the programme were to realise the demands for resignation
of Ershad government and holding of jatiya
sangsad elections under a neutral caretaker
government. Nur Hossain had his bare back and chest painted
with the slogan 'Sairachar nipat jak, Ganatantra mukti pak' (Down
with autocracy, let democracy be established). Looking so prominent in
the crowd, Nur Hossain was shot dead by the police at the Zero-point in
front of the General Post Office. The slogan imprinted on his body soon
turned into the slogan of the irresistable mass movement which eventually
led to the fall of the Ershad-government on 6 December 1990.
To commemorate his sacrifice in the struggle for the
restoration of democracy in the country, the Zero-square in Dhaka city
was renamed after him as Nur Hossain Square, and a postal stamp was issued
in honour of his memorable sacrifice.
[Rozina Kader]
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