Mir Mugdho

Mugdho was born one of twins, one minute after his brother Snigdho. He had an elder brother, Dipto. Mugdho's father was a health inspector from Brahmanbaria municipality. As a child, he was a Bangladesh Scout. He played football and was planning a trip around Bangladesh at the time of his death.

Mugdho obtained his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Khulna University in 2023.{{cite news |script-title=bn:মুগ্ধকে হারিয়ে শোকসাগরে খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangla/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6/news-details-237506 |work=The Business Standard |date=27 July 2024 |language=bn |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728172310/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangla/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6/news-details-237506 |url-status=live }} After that, he began his MBA at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), in Dhaka city. He was a freelancer, earning about $2,000-3,000 a month.{{Cite news |date=24 July 2024 |title=The unfinished dreams of Mugdho |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/352544/the-unfinished-dreams-of-mugdho |url-status= |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}

On 18 July 2024, Mugdho set out to distribute food and water to the protestors. His twin brother Snigdho was planning to come with him, but Mugdho asked him not to. He began distributing food and water at 4 pm. In a video recorded fifteen minutes before his death, he is seen distributing water bottles and boxes of biscuits to protestors.{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/lives-we-lost/news/promising-life-cut-short-bullet-3668151 |title=A promising life cut short by bullet

|newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=5 August 2024 |date=2 August 2024 |last=Mizan |first=Mashfiq }} Around 5 pm, when he was at the side of the road, he was shot at Azampur intersection in Uttara.{{cite news |script-title=bn:কোটা আন্দোলন: মাথায় গুলি লেগে যেভাবে লুটিয়ে পড়েছিল মুগ্ধ, প্রিয় ও রিয়াদ |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c3g62dr1xw9o |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=BBC Bangla |date=26 July 2024 |language=bn |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803030011/https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c3g62dr1xw9o |url-status=live }} The bullet entered through his forehead and exited through the right side of his head. His body was taken to Uttara Crescent Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Snighdo was the first of Mugdho's family to learn of Mugdho's death and to see his brother's body. The rest of his family, who were in Cox's Bazar on holiday, learned of their son's death on next day morning.

File:One point movement of Bangladesh in Shantinagar 07.jpg carrying free water for the protesters in remembrance of Mugdho]]

Mugdho's death is considered one of the most notable deaths that occurred during the July Revolution and created much discussion in social and political circles.{{cite news |script-title=bn:কত–কী মুগ্ধতা উপহার দিয়ে গেছে ছেলেটা |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/lifestyle/vxm4l85up2 |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=Prothom Alo |date=28 July 2024 |language=bn |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802131915/https://www.prothomalo.com/lifestyle/vxm4l85up2 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |script-title=bn:আহতদের সহযোগিতা করতে গিয়ে প্রাণ হারান মুগ্ধ |url=https://bonikbarta.net/home/news_description/392531/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A3-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7 |work=Bonik Barta |date=26 July 2024 |language=bn |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729015807/https://bonikbarta.net/home/news_description/392531/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A3-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7 |url-status=live }} His death was seen as a symbolic event in the uprising that became a symbol among the agitators.{{cite news |title=Death in quota protest: Education minister visits Mugdho's family |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/rights/news/death-quota-protest-education-minister-visits-mugdhos-family-3663381 |work=The Daily Star |date=27 July 2024 |language=en |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802020127/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/rights/news/death-quota-protest-education-minister-visits-mugdhos-family-3663381 |url-status=live }} Soon after his death, the video of him distributing water and biscuits, posted by his twin brother, went viral on social media.{{Cite news |date=29 July 2024 |title=A life full of promises cut short |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/life-full-promises-cut-short-905536 |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}}

Freelance marketplace Fiverr offered its condolences on Facebook for his death. The Minister of Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury also visited the home of Mugdho's family to give condolences following his death.

"Mugdho" named water bottles were also distributed in a post-revolution cartoon festival.{{Cite news|url=https://mzamin.com/news.php?news=120418|script-title=bn:সাম্প্রতিক ছাত্র আন্দোলনে নিহত ২৬৬ জনের তালিকা|website=Daily Manab Zamin|date=29 July 2024|access-date=29 July 2024|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729115638/https://mzamin.com/news.php?news=120418|archive-date=29 July 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Death toll rises to 202 as 1 more dies under treatment |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/btixft7v9h |work=Prothom Alo |date=25 July 2024 |language=en |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-date=26 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726103807/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/btixft7v9h |url-status=live }} In August 2024, Bangabandhu Mukta Mancha, located in Uttara, Dhaka, was renamed as Mugdho Mancha in his memory.{{cite news|url=https://dailyinqilab.com/national/article/678084|script-title=bn:উত্তরায় মুগ্ধ মঞ্চ|first=মাসুদ|last=পারভেজ|date=14 August 2024|access-date=15 October 2024|newspaper=Daily Inqilab}}

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