Kazi Khaleda Khatun

Kazi Khaleda Khatun was one of the school students who took part in the Bengali Language Movement [1] at a young age.

Kazi Khaleda Khatun
BornAugust 7, 1939
Pirojpur, Barishal, Bangladesh
DiedSeptember 28, 2013
NationalityBangladeshi
CitizenshipBritish Indian (1939-1947)
Pakistani (1947-1971)
Bangladeshi (1971-2013)  Bangladesh
OccupationDoctor
Known forBengali language movement

Birth

On 7 August 1939, Khaleda Khatun was born in the 'Kazi' family of Pirojpur, Barishal, Bangladesh. Her father was Kazi Majhar Uddin Ahmed and her mother Hakimunnesa Khatun. Her elder brother is a martyr of the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Education

Kazi Khaleda Khatun finished her matriculation from Kamrunnessa Government Girls High School in 1954. After finishing her Intermatriculation from Eden Women College in 1956, she achieved MBBS degree from Dhaka Medical College in 1968.

Career

She started her career as a lecturer of pathology department in Dhaka Medical College. Later she was a curator of that department. She started working in Iraq under the Iraq government for four years from 1978. In 1983, she returned Dhaka and joined Dhaka Medical College again. She had also worked in the National Heart disease Institute in Dhaka.

Participation in the Language Movement

Khaleda Khatun was a student of the 8th grade during the Language Movement time, in 1952. She was motivated by other language movement activists and took part in this movement actively. In February 1952, she ignored the 144 rule like other language movement activists and attended the meeting at 'Amtola' of University of Dhaka. She also took part at the rally breaking the 144 rule and was tortured by the police. She fell sick due to the tear gas police used at that rally.[2]

First Martyr Monument in School

Kazi Khaleda Khatun along with other female language activists built up a Martyr Monument known as "Shaheed Minar" in Kamrunnesa Govt. Girls School. It was a replica of Shaheed Minar, Dhaka. It was also first monument built up on the memory of language martyrs in any school.

Death

This language activist died on 28 September 2013. She was buried in Mirpur Buddhijibi Cemetery.[3]

References
  1. Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine ভাষা আন্দোলনে নারীদের ভূমিকা Female Participation in Language Movement
  2. ভাষাকন্যাদের স্বীকৃতি মিলছে না কেন? Derived from Daily Kalerkantho
  3. কাজী খালেদা খাতুন Kazi Khaleda Khatun
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