Sayed Haider | |
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Born | December 1925 |
Died | 15 July 2020 (aged 94) |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Dhaka Medical College |
Known for |
Bengali Language Movement veteran Designer of first Shaheed Minar, Dhaka |
Awards | Ekushey Padak |
Sayed Haider (December 1925 – 15 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi physician and Language Movement activist. He along with Badrul Alam designed the first Shaheed Minar. [1] It was then demolished by the Pakistani Army on 26 February 1952. For his contribution to the Language Movement he was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016. [2] [3] [4]
Haider was born in 1925 at Pabna in the then British India. [5]
He passed MBBS from Dhaka Medical College in 1952. He received postgraduate diploma on public health from Punjab University. [5]
After the unrest and killing of students on 21 February 1952, students of Dhaka Medical College decided to build a monument ' Shaheed Minar' (Monument for Martyrs) in honor of the killed activists. Haider along with Badrul Alam planned and designed the Shaheed Minar. [1] [6] [7]
Haider wrote books on public health and medicine. Rog Niramoy Sustho Jibon was published in 1969. Loksomaj Chikitshabiggyan was published from Bangla Academy. [5]
Haider was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 for his contribution in language movement. [4] [8]
He died on 15 July 2020 in Dhaka from reportedly late complications of the coronavirus infection. [9] [10]