A life lit by courage

Abul Hashem Mia was a scholar of Political Science and Law, having earned his degrees from Dhaka University. During the Liberation War, he took up arms and fought under Major A.T.M. Haider in Sector 2, combining intellectual commitment with active resistance.

The torchlight that belonged to Abul Hashem Mia. Courtesy: Liberation War Museum

On 7 December 1971, following the liberation of Maijdee in Noakhali, he joined a victory rally celebrating freedom. It was there that a sniper's bullet, fired by a Razakar, ended his life. He was killed at the very moment independence was being realised.