Azharul Haque
{{Short description|Bangladeshi physician}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Azharul Haque
| image = Azharul Haque-1.JPG
| caption = Azharful Haque, 2 March 1965 when he was a medical student
| native_name = আজহারুল হক
| pronunciation = Ājahārula haka
| birth_date = 2 March 1940
| birth_place = Dacca, Bengal, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|11|15|1940|3|2|df=y}}
| death_place = Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| resting_place = Azimpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| monuments = Shahid Minar in Notre Dame College
| known_for = Martyred Intellectual
}}
Azharul Haque (2 March 1940 – 15 November 1971) was a Bangladeshi physician-surgeon, who was killed in the Bangladesh War of Independence and is considered to be a martyr intellectual in Bangladesh.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/secret-operation-young-surgeon-1329364|title=Secret operation of a young surgeon|date=13 December 2016|work=The Daily Star|access-date=25 March 2017|language=en}}
Early life
Haque was born on 2 March 1940 in Dacca, British India (now in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh). His father Md. Zahurul Haque, was from West Bengal and was the jailer of Dhaka Central Jail. After his father died, he lived under the care of his older brother, Anwarul Haque, who was also a jail official. He moved around in East Bengal following the different places his brother was posted. He completed his Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery degree from Sylhet Medical College in 1963 and then completed his MBBS from Sir Salimullah Medical College in 1968.{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Haque, Azharul}}
Career
In 1969, he joined Dhaka Medical College as an assistant surgeon. After the outbreak of independence war, he provided treatment to members of the Mukti Bahini in his private chambers in Hatirpool, Dhaka. He was warned by the East Pakistani paramilitary Al-Badr force over his activities in a letter addressed to his practice. In July 1971, he was summoned to the police headquarters and warned. He started treating members of Mukti Bahini in slums near his practice.
Death and legacy
On 15 November 1971, a curfew was imposed on Dhaka. The area around his practice was surrounded by members of Al-Badr. He and another doctor, A. B. M. Humayan Kabir were waiting for an ambulance when they were spotted by the Al-Badr members, who interrogated them. The Al-Badr were looking for Azharul Haque and arrested the two doctors. On 16 November 1971, the bodies of Azharul Haque and A B M Hamayun Kabir were found in a culvert near Notre Dame College in Motijheel, Dhaka with their hands tied and blindfolded. He was buried in Azimpur graveyard. On 14 December 1995, Bangladesh Post Office released commemorative stamps in his name.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/operated-like-gestapo-48000|title=Operated like Gestapo|date=30 October 2014|work=The Daily Star|access-date=25 March 2017|language=en}}
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Category:Martyred intellectuals of the Bangladesh Liberation War
Category:Mukti Bahini personnel
Category:Academic staff of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
Category:20th-century surgeons
Category:Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College alumni