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Biography
Abul Fazal Ziaur Rahman was a physician and Army officer who was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war. He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh.
Early life
Rahman was born in Noagon, Araihazar, Narayanganj on 2 February 1926. He graduated from Kathghar High School in Sandwip in 1944 and from Chittagong College in 1946. He Graduated from Dhaka Medical College after completing MBBS.
Career
Rahman joined the Pakistan Army Medical Corps in 1949. He served at the Combined Military Hospitals in Rangpur and Dhaka. In 1963, He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. In 1968, he was made the Superintendent and Principal of Sylhet Medical College, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1969 to 1970. He worked to expand the residential quarters and hostels of the medical school.
Death
In 1971, Rahman was transferred to Islamabad, West Pakistan, but he refused the transfer. The Pakistan Army placed him under house arrest. On 14 April 1971, he was taken from his home by the Pakistan Army and was never seen again. On 14 December 1995, Bangladesh Post Office issued commemorative stamps in his name on the occasion of Martyred Intellectuals Day.