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| native_name = অনুদ্বৈপায়ন ভট্টাচার্য<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1941|01|31}}<br />
| birth_place = Jantari, Sylhet, [[Assam Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|03|25|1941|01|31}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan<br />
| occupation = Scholar<br />
| nationality = [[British India]] (1941-1947)<br />[[Pakistan]] (1947-1971)<br />
| parents = Digendra Chandra Bhattacharya<br />
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'''Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya''' ({{lang-bn|অনুদ্বৈপায়ন ভট্টাচার্য}}; 31 January 1941 – 25 March 1971) was a lecturer of the Department of Applied Physics at the [[University of Dhaka]] who was killed by the [[Pakistan Army]] on 25 March 1971.<ref name="banglapedia">{{cite book |last=Dev |first=Miltan Kumar |year=2012 |chapter=Bhattacharya, Anudvaipayan |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhattacharya,_Anudvaipayan |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Bhattacharya was born in a [[Bengali Hindu]] Brahmin family on 31 January 1941 in the village of Jantari in erstwhile greater Sylhet district of [[Assam]] in [[British India]].<ref name="banglapedia"/> His birthplace is now under [[Nabiganj Upazila]] in [[Habiganj District]] of [[Sylhet Division]] in Bangladesh. His father Digendra Chandra Bhattacharya was a school teacher. After the [[Partition of India]] and inclusion of Sylhet in East Pakistan, the Bhattacharya family did not migrate to India.<br />
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As a child Bhattacharya attended the J.K. High School in [[Nabiganj Upazila|Nabiganj]]. In 1961, he passed the Matriculation examination. In 1963, he passed I.Sc. from Sylhet MC College. He complete B.Sc. in physics in 1966 and Masters in applied physics in 1967 from [[Dhaka University]].<ref name="banglapedia"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 1968, Bhattacharya joined Dhaka University as a lecturer in the newly opened Department of Applied Physics. In 1969, he started working as the house tutor of [[Jagannath Hall]] of Dhaka university. He obtained a scholarship for higher studies under the Colombo plan and was scheduled to leave for London on 26 March 1971.<ref name="banglapedia"/><br />
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== Assassination ==<br />
On the night of 25 March 1971, the [[Pakistan Army]] launched [[Operation Searchlight]]. In [[Dhaka]], they attacked the Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University. Bhattacharya was shot in front of the Jagannath Hall building and buried in a mass grave.<ref name="banglapedia"/><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
In 1995, the Government of Bangladesh issued a commemorative stamp in his name on 14 December, Martyred Intellectuals Day. The library of Jagannath Hall has been renamed to Shahid Anudvaipayan Pathagar.<ref name="banglapedia"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{1971 Bangladesh genocide|state=expanded}}<br />
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