Harinath Dey

Harinath Dey (Bengali: ড: হরিনাথ দে) was a former lecturer of biochemistry at the University of Dhaka who was shot dead by the Pakistan armed forces on the Loharpool bridge in Sutrapur, Dhaka on the night of 27 March 1971.[1]

This article is about the research scientist Dr. Harinath Dey. For the linguist, see Harinath De.
Harinath Dey
হরিনাথ দে
Harinath Dey
Born1941
Died27 March 1971
Sutrapur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBritish Indian (1941-1947)
Pakistani (1947-1971)
Bangladeshi (1971)
OccupationResearch scientist

Early life and career

Dey was born in a Bengali Hindu family in 1941 in undivided India. After the Partition of India, his family continued to stay in East Pakistan. He started his career in research at the Science Laboratory in Dhaka.[2] He worked for some time as a nutrition officer with the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical Institute in India.[2] He was associated in the capacity of a lecturer in biochemistry at the University of Dhaka.[2] He also served at the Diabetic Association. In 1971, he was the principal scientific officer at the Science Laboratory.[2]

Death

Dey stayed in the Sutrapur locality of Dhaka. It was a neighborhood of old Dhaka where many well established persons of the society used to stay. On 25 March 1971, the Pakistan army launched Operation Searchlight, a violent crackdown on the city, resulting in large number of civilian casualties. In the afternoon of 27 March, Dey was picked up from his Malakartola Lane residence by the Pakistan army and taken to the army camp at Sutrapur police station, along with ten other Bengali Hindu residents of the area. At 10 pm, he along with others were marched to the Loharpool bridge. He was shot dead and his body disposed of in the Dholai canal.[3]

See also

References
  1. মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী [Death]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. "Death anniversary". The Daily Star. Dhaka. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  3. Das, Swapan Kumar (24 March 2012). সূত্রাপুরের মালাকারটোলা লেনে গণহত্যা. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Dhaka. Archived from the original on 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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