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| name = ATM Zafar Alam
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| native_name = এ.টি.এম. জাফর আলম
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| birth_date = 5 May 1947
| birth_place = [[Cox's Bazar District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (Present: Bangladesh)
| death_date = 25 March 1971
| death_place = [[Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Huq Hall]], [[University of Dhaka]]
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| occupation = Student Leader<br>Civil Servant
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| awards = [[Independence Day Award]] (2019)
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'''ATM Zafar Alam''' (5 May 1947 – 25 March 1971) was a renowned student leader of Bangladesh. He was awarded the [[Independence Day Award]] in 2019 for his unique general contribution to the [[Bangladesh Liberation war]].<ref name="স্বাপু">{{Cite web|title=List of individuals / institutions awarded the Independence Award|url=https://cabinet.gov.bd/site/view/all_independence_awardees|access-date=25 June 2019|publisher=[[Cabinet of Bangladesh]], [[Government of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Jafar Alam was born on 5 May 1948 in Matabbar Para village of Rumkha Palang in Haldia Palang Union of [[Ukhia Upazila]] under Cox's Bazar district of the then [[Bengal Presidency]], British India (now Bangladesh).<ref name="সঅ">{{Cite news|script-title=bn:কক্সবাজারের কৃতি সন্তান শহীদ এ টি এম জাফর আলম "স্বাধীনতা পদক ২০১৯" এর জন্য মনোনীত|work=Sandesh24.com online|url=https://www.sondesh24.com/কক্সবাজারের-কৃতি-সন্তান/ |language=bn |access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>

== Career ==
After finishing his education, Alam passed the then Pakistan Civil Service (CSP) examination and was appointed as the SDO of Noakhali.<ref name="কাক১">{{Cite news|date=23 September 2018|script-title=bn:শহীদ এ টি এম জাফরের নামে কক্সবাজারে শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠান |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/second-capital-everyday/2018/09/23/683153 |work=Kaler Kantho |language=bn |access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>

== Death and legacy ==
Alam was killed on 25 March in the [[1971 Dhaka University massacre]] by Pakistan Army.

Alam was awarded the Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest civilian honor, in 2019 for his outstanding contribution to Bangladesh's independence movement and [[Bangladesh Liberation war]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=12 personalities, one organisation receive Independence Award|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/68353/12-personalities-one-organisation-receive-independence-award|access-date=2020-07-14|work=New Age |language=en}}</ref>

Alam's brother, [[Mohammad Shafiul Alam]], is the Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. He is the chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Shaheed Zafar Alam Diabetic and Community Hospital, named after Alam.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Uddin|first=Jasim|title=Cabinet Secretary Shafiul Alam at Cox's Bazar|url=http://www.sstvenglish.com/2019/10/cabinet-secretary-shafiul-alam-at-coxs.html|access-date=2020-07-14|language=en}}</ref> Shaheed ATM Zafar Alam CSP conference room in Cox's Bazar was named after him.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Cox's Bazar tourist spots, hotels to remain closed till Eid-ul-Azha - National |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=265018|access-date=2020-07-14|work=The Daily Observer}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:People of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:People from Cox's Bazar District]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]

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