Suleman Hossain
| Shahid Suleman Hossain | |
|---|---|
| Native name | সুলেমান হোসেন |
| Born | 1 February 1950 Little Dighli (now Shahid Suleman Nagar), Bishwanath, Sylhet District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| 14 December 1971 (aged 21)14 December 1971 (aged 21) | |
| 🏫 Education | Madan Mohan College Murari Chand College Baramchal High School Talibpur Primary School |
| 💼 Occupation | |
religionসুলেমান হোসেন ethnicityসুলেমান হোসেন বিষয়শ্রেণী:এইচকার্ডের সাথে নিবন্ধসমূহ Shahid Suleman Hossain (Bengali: সুলেমান হোসেন; 1 February 1950 - 14 December 1971) was a Bengali freedom fighter and guerrilla during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Early life and family
Hossain was born on 1 February 1950 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Little Dighli (Khajanchi Union) in Bishwanath, Sylhet District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan. He was the second of eight children of Abdul Wahhab and Khairunnesa. His father was the assistant headteacher of Rasamay High School in Sylhet town.
Education
Hossain's primary education began at the Talibpur Primary School in Bishwanath. After completing his studies there, his father was assassinated by miscreants. His studies were halted for a while. After that, he enrolled at the Baramchal High School near his maternal home in Kulaura. In 1966, he passed his exams in first division. He then proceeded to study at the Murari Chand College in Sylhet town where he completed his higher studies in 1968, allowing him to begin his bachelor's degree at the nearby Madan Mohan College.
However, with the outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War, he decided to defend his country and was subsequently killed on 14 December 1971, two days before the independence of Bangladesh.
Honours
- After the Independence of Bangladesh, the Sylhet Central Muslim Literary Society renamed Jinnah Hall, their main assembly-house, to Shahid Suleman Hall.
- His ancestral village, Little Dighli, was renamed to Shahid Suleman Nagar (city of Martyr Suleman).
- In memory of Suleman, every year the children's association Ananda Khelaghar holds competitions.
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