Abu Naser Muhammad Gaziul Haque was a language activist and an activist leader during the Bengali Language Movement.
11 Facts About Gaziul Haque
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Gaziul Haque got his early education from Kashipur School, and completed his matriculation examination from Bogra Zilla School in 1946.
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Gaziul Haque passed intermediate of arts examination from Azizul Haque College in 1948.
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Gaziul Haque completed his bachelor's and masters' in history from the University of Dhaka in 1951 and 1952 respectively and LLB degree from the same university in 1956.
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Gaziul Haque was the chairman of the procession of a news published in the English daily Morning News.
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Gaziul Haque was arrested in 1942 for replacing a Union Jack with a Muslim League flag flying on a government building in Ramna.
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Gaziul Haque led a procession in the University of Dhaka campus in protest of the statement of the then chief minister Khwaja Nazimuddin on 30 January 1952 on the language issue.
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Gaziul Haque presided over the historic Amtala meeting held on 21 February 1952.
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Gaziul Haque was imprisoned in 1953,1954 and 1975 for various causes.
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Gaziul Haque was a regular member of the Awami League Advisory Committee and one of the founders of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.
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Gaziul Haque was the chairman of Press Institute of Bangladesh and Bogra Hamdard Unani Medical College and Hospital.