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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdur Rob Serniabat
| native_name = আব্দুর রব সেরনিয়াবাত
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Abdur Rab Serniabat.jpg
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| office = [[Ministry of Water Resources (Bangladesh)|Minister of Water Resources]]
| president = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
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| birth_date = 1921
| birth_place = Saril, [[Agailjhara Upazila|Agailjhara]], [[Barisal District|Barisal]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|15 August 1975]]
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
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'''Abdur Rob Serniabat''' (1921-1975) was a [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] [[politician]] and the former [[water resources]] [[Minister (government)|minister]]. He was the [[brother-in-law]] of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], founding father of [[Bangladesh]], and the maternal uncle of [[Sheikh Hasina]], the four-time [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|prime minister of Bangladesh]]. He was killed during the [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujib|assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] on 15 August 1975.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nation In Mourning|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/nation-in-mourning-37183|work=The Daily Star|access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
Abdur Rab Serniabat was born in the village of Sarail in [[Gournadi Upazila|Agailjhara]], [[Barisal District|Barisal]], in 1921.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ahmed|first1=Sirajuddin|title=Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh|date=1998|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788174762207|pages=62}}</ref>

==Career==
At early stages in his career, Abdur Rob Serniabat was a [[lawyer]] in [[Barisal|Borishal city]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mujibur Rahman|first1=Sheikh|title=Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: The Unfinished Memoirs|date=June 2012|publisher=Penguin|location=UK|isbn=9788184757033|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oScvZvKW9-kC&dq=Abdur+Rab+Serniabat&pg=PT124|access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref> He later carried out his appointed role as the [[Minister (government)|minister]] of Water Resources for [[Government of Bangladesh|Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh]], soon after Bangladesh's liberation from [[East Pakistan|Pakistani ruling]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Momen|first1=Nurul|title=Bangladesh, the first four years|publisher=Bangladesh Institute of Law & International Affairs|pages=141|oclc=560279964}}</ref>

==Assassination==
{{Main|Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman}}
His house on 27 Minto Road, Dhaka was attacked at about 5:00 AM by soldiers commanded by Major Shahriar Rashid, Major Aziz Pasha, Captain Nurul Huda and Captain Majed. Abdur Rob Serniabat, daughter Baby Serniabat, son Arif Serniabat, his nephew Shaheed Serniabat, Grandson Sukanto Babu were among those killed while his wife Amena Begum, [[Shahan Ara Begum]], [[Abul Hasnat Abdullah]]'s wife daughter Beauty Serniabat was injured along with others in the house. His sons [[Abul Hasnat Abdullah]] and his another son Abul Khair Abdullah Granddaughter Kanta Abdullah and survived. A case was filed regarding this incident at [[Ramna Police Station]] on 21 October 1996, convicting 18 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=No justice yet in 3 other Aug 15 cases|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/story.php?nid=150810|work=The Daily Star|access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref> His son Abul Hasnat Abdullah was elected a member of parliament in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abul Hasnat Abdullah|url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/members/view/322|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=10 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923054233/http://election.dhakatribune.com/members/view/322|archive-date=23 September 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His house is now part of headquarters complex of [[Dhaka Metropolitan Police]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ali|first1=Tawfique|title=A heritage site in city heart overshadowed|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=42243|work=The Daily Star|access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref> On 30 July 2018, his grandson, [[Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah]], was elected Mayor of [[Barisal|Borishal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2018/07/30/sadiq-abdullah-of-al-set-to-beat-bnps-sarwar-in-barishal-mayor-contest|title=Sadiq Abdullah of AL bags eight times more votes than BNP's Sarwar in Barishal mayor race|access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Shaheed Abdur Rob Serniabat Stadium at [[Barisal Division|Borishal Division]] in Bangladesh is named after him. [[Shaheed Abdur Rab Serniabat Textile Engineering College|SARSTEC]], a technological college for textiles education which is located at the same division has also been named honoring him.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/feb/01/dont-line-greet-ministers-except-president-pm|title=Students to line up for president and PM only|last=|first=|date=|work=Dhaka Tribune|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:1975 deaths]]
[[Category:Burials at Banani Graveyard]]
[[Category:Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family]]
[[Category:Water Resources ministers]]
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members]]

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