Shafi Imam Rumi
| Shafi Imam Rumi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | শাফি ইমাম রুমী |
| Born |
29 March 1952 Sylhet, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Died | 30 September 1971 (aged 19) |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Freedom Fighter , BNCC Cadet (UOTC then) |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Jami(brother) |
Shafi Imam Rumi was a guerilla fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was the eldest son of Jahanara Imam. In her memoir about the war, Ekatorer Dinguli, Rumi was portrayed as the premier character. Rumi was murdered by the Pakistani Army and for being the mother of a martyr from the liberation war, Jahanara Imam was also known as Shaheed Janoni or martyr's mother.
Rumi was born on 29 March 1951 in the higher middle-class family of Jahanara and Sharif Imam. He started his education at a local kindergarten school in Azimpur. Rumi passed his matriculation from Adamji Cantonment School and College in 1968. He stood third in the Pakistan Education Board. During his college days, Rumi joined the University Officers Training Core along with his friends. He was later promoted to the rank of Sergeant. By March 1971, he completed his H.S.C. and got admitted in Engineering College (currently BUET). He was also enrolled into Illinois Institute of Technology but did not attend due to the war.
We are fighting a just war. We shall win. Pray for us all. I don't know what to write... there is so much to write about. But every tale of atrocity you hear, every picture of the terrible destruction that you see is true. They have torn into us with a savagery unparalleled in human history. And sure as Newton was right, so shall we too tear into them with like ferocity. Already our war advanced. When the monsoons come we shall intensify our operation.
During the earlier part of the war, Rumi constantly attempted to convince his mother for giving him the permission to attend the war. As his mother finally agreed on 19 April 1971, Rumi compiled his first attempt to cross the border to India on 2 May. But he had to come back for adverse situation and became successful in his second try. He took training for the war in Melaghar, Agartala under Sector-2. It was the sector supervised by Khaled Mosharraf and Rashid Haider. After his training he came to Dhaka to join the Crack Platoon, a group that conducted major guerrilla operations against the Pakistan Army. His major target was to bomb the Siddhirganj Power Station. Rumi participated in hit and run attacks, including the shooting of police guards outside a house Dhanmondi Road 18 that led to his capture, detention and demise. In the Dhanmondi operation, Rumi and his friends carried out a successful assault on the Pakistanis, shooting and killing soldiers from the back window of a black Morris Oxford and then giving the pursuers the slip. The whole street of Dhanmondi gentry celebrated it.
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