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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Azharul Haque<br />
| image = Azharul Haque-1.JPG<br />
| caption = Azharful Haque, 2 March 1965 when he was a medical student<br />
| native_name = আজহারুল হক<br />
| pronunciation = Ājahārula haka<br />
| birth_date = 2 March 1940<br />
| birth_place = [[Dacca]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[British Raj|British India]] <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|11|15|1940|3|2|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Motijheel]], [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| resting_place = [[Azimpur, Dhaka|Azimpur]], [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]], Bangladesh <br />
| monuments = Shahid Minar in [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka|Notre Dame College]]<br />
| known_for = [[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals|Martyred Intellectual]]<br />
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'''Azharul Haque''' (2 March 1940 – 15 November 1971) was a Bangladeshi physician-surgeon, who was killed in the [[Bangladesh War of Independence]] and is considered to be a martyr intellectual in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/secret-operation-young-surgeon-1329364|title=Secret operation of a young surgeon|date=13 December 2016|work=The Daily Star|access-date=25 March 2017|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Haque was born on 2 March 1940 in [[Dacca]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Dhaka Division]], Bangladesh). His father Md. Zahurul Haque, was from West Bengal and was the jailer of [[Old Dhaka Central Jail|Dhaka Central Jail]]. After his father died, he lived under the care of his older brother, Anwarul Haque, who was also a jail official. He moved around in East Bengal following the different places his brother was posted. He completed his [[Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery]] degree from [[Sylhet Medical College]] in 1963 and then completed his MBBS from [[Sir Salimullah Medical College]] in 1968.<ref name=":0">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Haque, Azharul}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1969, he joined [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital|Dhaka Medical College]] as an assistant surgeon. After the outbreak of independence war, he provided treatment to members of the [[Mukti Bahini]] in his private chambers in [[Hatirpool]], Dhaka. He was warned by the East Pakistani paramilitary [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al-Badr]] force over his activities in a letter addressed to his practice. In July 1971, he was summoned to the police headquarters and warned. He started treating members of Mukti Bahini in slums near his practice.<ref name=":0" /><br />
[[File:Amma-Abba-2.jpg|thumb|Azharul Haque and his wife Syeda Salma Haque, 15 February 1971]]<br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
On 15 November 1971, a curfew was imposed on Dhaka. The area around his practice was surrounded by members of Al-Badr. He and another doctor, A. B. M. Humayan Kabir were waiting for an ambulance when they were spotted by the Al-Badr members, who interrogated them. The Al-Badr were looking for Azharul Haque and arrested the two doctors. On 16 November 1971, the bodies of Azharul Haque and A B M Hamayun Kabir were found in a culvert near [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka|Notre Dame College]] in [[Motijheel Thana|Motijheel]], Dhaka with their hands tied and blindfolded. He was buried in Azimpur graveyard. On 14 December 1995, Bangladesh Post Office released commemorative stamps in his name.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/operated-like-gestapo-48000|title=Operated like Gestapo|date=30 October 2014|work=The Daily Star|access-date=25 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> <br />
[[File:Stone-5.jpg|thumb|The Monument was founded in front of the culvert near Notre Dame College where Dr. Azhaul Haque and Humayun Kabir were found dead on 16 November 1971]]<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Haque was married to Syeda Salma Haque.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salma Haque and her never-ending war |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/317189/salma-haque-and-her-never-ending-war |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}</ref> His granddaughter studied at the University of Toronto in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haque |first=Shashoti |date=2020-12-14 |title=The Brave Doctor |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/news/the-brave-doctor-shaheed-dr-azharul-haque-2010921 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1940 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Dhaka]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi surgeons]]<br />
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]<br />
[[Category:Academic staff of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century surgeons]]<br />
[[Category:Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Health professionals killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War]]<br />
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