Faizur Rahman (police officer)
| Faizur Rahman Ahmed ফয়েজুর রহমান আহমেদ |
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| Born |
21 February 1921 Kutubpur, Netrokona, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) |
| Died | 5 May 1971 (aged 50) Pirojpur |
| Resting place | Pirojpur |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse(s) | Ayesha Faiz |
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Faizur Rahman Ahmed (Bengali: ফয়েজুর রহমান আহমেদ; February 21, 1921 – May 5, 1971) was a police officer and a freedom fighter of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. He was killed by Pakistani military personnel.
He is well known for being the father of veteran Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed.
Ahmed was born on February 21, 1921 in Kutubpur village of Netrokona district of Bangladesh, which was then a part of British Empire. His father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife.
There was no school in Rahman's village and he had to move to somewhere else for his primary study. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1943. After completing his BA, he joined a primary school as a teacher. He joined the police in 1948. He was pasted to Sylhet as a Sub-Inspector of Police and later posted to Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Rangamati, Bandarban, Chittagong, Bogra, Comilla and Pirojpur.
He was promoted to Inspector while he was in Bogra. He was promoted as a Deputy Superintendent of Police and posted to Comilla. He joined as the Sub-Divisional Police Officer in Pirojpur which was then a sub-division of East Pakistan and participated in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. He was also a writer.
Faizur Rahman was married to Ayesha Faiz on February 8, 1944. His first son Humayun Ahmed nicknamed Kajal was born in 1948 in his in-law's house of Mohongonj, Netrokona when he started his career as a police in Sylhet. His first daughter Sufia Haider Shefali, and another son Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, second daughter Momtaz Shahid Shikhu and last son Ahsan Habib (cartoonist) were born in Sylhet. His last daughter Rukhsana Ahmed was born in Bandarban.
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