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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Abdul Jabbar<br />
| image = Language martyr, Abdul Jabbar.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| native_name = আব্দুল জব্বার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|11|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mymensingh]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|2|21|1919|10|11|df=y}}<br />
| known_for = Demonstrator killed during [[Bengali Language Movement]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Abdul Jabbar''' (11 October 1919 – 21 February 1952) was a protester who was killed during the [[Bengali language movement]] in 1952 that took place in the erstwhile [[East Pakistan]] (currently [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name=bpedia/><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-22838|title=Little has been done to remember my father|date=2008-02-11|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-06|language=en}}</ref> He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/nation-pays-tributes-language-movement-martyrs-1364692|title=Nation pays tributes to language movement martyrs|date=2017-02-21|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-06|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Jabbar was born on 11 October 1919 in Panchua under the [[Gaffargaon Upazila|Gaffargaon]], [[Mymensingh District|Mymensingh]], [[East Bengal]], [[British Raj]]. Although he received his primary education in the local educational institution called pathsala (Dhopaghat Krishtobazar Primary School), he failed to continue his education owing to poverty.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Jabbar,_Abdul}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Jabbar worked with his father farming in his village. He decided to travel to the river port town of [[Narayanganj]] by train. He got a job in Burma through an Englishman he met in Narayanganj. He worked there for 12 years before going back to Burma.<ref name=bpedia /> He was recruited in the British Indian Navy during World War Two but was discharged after being injured during training.<ref name=":0" /> He was then working as a tailor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-174850|title=Bangla earned thru' blood|date=2011-02-21|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-06|language=en}}</ref> He came to Dhaka, East Pakistan in 1952 with his wife for the medical treatment of his mother-in-law in Dhaka Medical College Hospital.<ref name=bpedia /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
In 1949, Jabbar married Amina Khatun, one of his friends’ sister and settled down. One and a half year after the marriage, Amina had a baby boy, who was named Nurul Islam Badol.<ref name=bpedia /><br />
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==Events==<br />
[[Image:Jabbar epitaph.jpg|right|thumb|Epitaph on Jabbar's grave in Azimpur Graveyard (2007).]]<br />
On 21 February 1952 the students in Dhaka bought a procession demanding Bengali be made a state language defying the Section 144 (curfew) imposed by the police. Jabbar joined the rally when it reached Dhaka Medical college. There the police fired on the rally injuring Jabbar. He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College where he died.<ref name=bpedia /><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
The Government of Bangladesh awarded Jabbar the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2000.<ref name=bpedia /> The ''Bhasa Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar-VDP School and College|Bhasa Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar-VDP School & College'' school operated by Ansar and Village Defense Party in named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardianbd.com/ansar-vdp-vasha-shaheed-abdul-jabber-school-and-college/|title=Ansar-VDP: Vasha Shaheed Abdul Jabber School and College|website=www.theguardianbd.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-98287|title=School kabaddi|date=2009-07-23|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-06|language=en}}</ref> Shaheed Rafiq-Jabbar Hall is dorm of Jahangirnagar University is named after him and fellow language activist Rafiq Uddin Ahmed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/18/arms-found-in-ju-3-bcl-men-held|title=Arms found in JU, 3 BCL men held|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2017-04-06}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
[[File:Grave of Abdul Jabbar Language martyr.jpg|thumb|Grave of Jabbar (1919 – 1952) Language martyr at Azimpur graveyard, Dhaka.]]<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
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