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{{Short description|Bengali Language Movement protester (1927–1952)}}
{{Distinguish|Abul Barkat (economist)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Language martyr, Abul Barkat.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = আবুল বরকত
| native_name_lang = bn
| name = Abul Barkat
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|06|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Salar, Murshidabad|Salar]], Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|02|21|1927|06|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Dacca]], East Bengal, Pakistan
| resting_place = Azimpur Graveyard, Dhaka
| height =
| occupation = Language rights activist
}}
'''Abul Barkat''' ({{langx|bn|আবুল বরকত}}; 16 June 1927 – 21 February 1952) was a protester killed during the [[Bengali language movement]] protests which took place in the erstwhile [[East Pakistan]] (currently [[Bangladesh]]), in 1952.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-89436|title=DU hands over martyr Barkat's certificate after 58 years|date=2009-05-23|work=The Daily Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416120923/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-89436 |access-date=2017-04-05|archive-date=16 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/ekushey-a-turning-point-in-our-history|title=Ekushey: A turning point in our history|date=2013-02-21|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-05|language=en}}</ref> He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tribute paid to language martyrs|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/feb/21/tribute-paid-language-martyrs|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2015-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-100452|title=Documentary on Shaheed Abul Barkat premiered|date=2009-08-07|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-05|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Abul Barkat was born on June 16, 1927 in Babla village, [[Salar, Murshidabad|Salar]] that time [[Bharatpur I|Bharatpur]] Block, [[Murshidabad]], [[West Bengal]], [[British Raj]]. He studied in Babla primary school and completed his matriculation from Talibpur High School in 1945 and completed his intermediate from [[Krishnath College]] in 1947. He moved to Dhaka in 1948 after the [[Partition of India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Barkat,_Abul|title=Barkat, Abul|last=Kader|first=Rozina|date=|website=Banglapedia|language=en|access-date=2017-04-05}}</ref> He completed his BA in political science from [[University of Dacca]] in 1951. He started his MA in political science in Dhaka University.<ref name="The Daily Star">{{cite news|last1=Rahman|first1=Palash|title=Martyr Barkat museum still waiting for opening|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=222904|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2015-07-10|archive-date=11 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711095647/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=222904|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Bengali Language Movement ==
On February 21, 1952, students bought out a protest demanding Bengali language be given the status of national language despite [[Unlawful assembly|Section 144]] (curfew) being imposed. The police fired at the protestors on the road in front of [[Dhaka Medical College]]. Abul Barkat was seriously injured and later died at the Dhaka Medical College around 8:00{{nbsp}}pm on February 21, 1952. He was buried in the Azimpur Graveyard.His mother, Hasina Begum, inaugurated the [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]] in 1963.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/heritage/monument-souls-574186|title=A Monument of Souls|date=2016-02-19|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-05|language=en}}</ref>[[Image:Barkat Epitaph.jpg|thumb|Epitaph on Abul Barkat's grave at Azimpur Graveyard, Dhaka (2007).]]

==Legacy==
Abul Barkat was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2000.<ref name=":0" /> A museum has been built for him in Dhaka University campus.<ref name="The Daily Star"/> A documentary titled ''Bayanno'r Michhil'' was made about his life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-100124|title=Documentary on Shaheed Abul Barkat to premiere today|date=2009-08-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-05|language=en}}</ref> Movement Hero Abul Barkat memorial museum and archive was opened in 2012 in Dhaka University; it was financed by Dhaka District Council.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-227820|title=Barkat memorial museum at DU|date=2012-03-26|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-05|language=en}}</ref>

==Gallery==
[[File:Grave of Abul Barkat Language martyr (2).jpg|thumb|Grave of language martyr Abul Barkat (1927–1952) at Azimpur graveyard, Dhaka (2021)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070520205804/http://www.pmo.gov.bd/21february/imld_back.htm Short biography] in Prime Minister's official web site, Govt of Bangladesh

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[[Category:Bengali language movement activists]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:1952 deaths]]
[[Category:Burials at Azimpur Graveyard]]
[[Category:Krishnath College alumni]]
[[Category:People from Murshidabad district]]

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Imteenu at 11:02, 18 December 2025