Sheikh Lutfar Rahman

Sheikh Lutfur Rahman (Bengali: শেখ লুৎফর রহমান) was a Bangladeshi-Indian[1] serestadar and court clerk officer responsible for record-keeping at the Gopalganj civil court in British India.[2] His son Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the founder of Bangladesh.[3] Lutfar was a religious Muslim.[4] He was also the paternal grandfather of the Sheikh Hasina.[5][6]

Sheikh Lutfar Rahman
শেখ লুৎফর রহমান
Sheikh Lutfar Rahman with his son Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Born1881
Tungipara, Gopalganj
Died30 March 1975 (aged 94)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBritish Indian (1881-1947)
Pakistani (1947-1971)
Bangladeshi (1971-1975)
OccupationCourt officer
Known forFather of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Spouse(s)Sheikh Sayera Khatun
Children
Parent(s)
  • Sheikh Abdul Hamid (father)
FamilySheikh-Wazed family


Early life

Rahman was born to Sheikh Abdul Hamid in 1881. He was married to his paternal first-cousin Sheikh Sayera Khatun, the daughter of his father's brother Sheikh Abdul Majid. He left home to find a job and worked in the Dewani court, today Gopalganj civil court.[7]

1971 Liberation War

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Lutfar Rahman and his wife Sheikh Sayera Khatun, along with the family of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were put under arrest by the Pakistan Army. Initially, Lutfar Rahman and his wife were in Khulna at their younger son Naser's house in Khulna, but was later sent away to their ancestral home in Gopalganj. On April 8 1971, the Pakistan Army looted ornaments and other valuables from the house and later bulldozed and set fire to it. The soldiers also shot dead four relatives and two servants of the household. The elderly couple were rendered homeless until the local Awami League activists built them a temporary shed which was also destroyed by the Pakistan Army after 20 days. They were then sent away to Dhaka where they were put under arrest with their elder son's family.[8]

Death and legacy

Rahman died on 30 March 1975.[5] He was buried in Tungipara, Gopalganj district, Bangladesh.[9] Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Bridge over Madhumati River connecting Gopalganj-Pirojpur Highway.[10] The foundation stone of the bridge was laid on 23 December 2000 by Sheikh Hasina. The construction was stopped in 2001 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jammat-e-Islami government. The construction work resumed in 2009 when Bangladesh Awami League returned to power in 2009. The bridge was inaugurated in January 2015 by Sheikh Hasina.[11] Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Adarsha Government College is a government college in Kotalipara, Gopalganj.[12]

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References
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  2. Tripathi, Salil (2016). The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy. Yale University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-300-21818-3. Sheikh Lutfur Rahman, was an official in the district's civil court.
  3. "PM attends milad for her grandfather Sheikh Lutfar Rahman | Daily sun". www.daily-sun.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  4. Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur (2012-06-01). Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: The Unfinished Memoirs. Penguin UK. ISBN 9788184757033.
  5. "Bangabandhu's father remembered". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  6. "42nd death anniv of Sheikh Lutfur Rahman today". www.observerbd.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  7. "Early life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  8. Women on the March, Volumes 15-16. Smt. Mukul Banerjee for the Women's Department, 1971. 1971. pp. 1971/18.
  9. "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  10. "Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Bridge opens to vehicular movement". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  11. "PM to inaugurate Sheikh Lutfur Rahman Bridge in Tungipara". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  12. "Kotalipara Upazila - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
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