Dr. ANM Faizul Mahi was an educationist born in 1939 in Feni. He received degrees from Dhaka University and the University of Northern Colorado. He began his career as a high school headmaster and later became an assistant professor at Dhaka University. During the 1971 liberation war, he helped financially support freedom fighters and assisted people in need, risking his life. On December 14, 1971, just two days before Bangladesh's independence was declared, he was abducted from his quarters and later found dead. His contributions to education and the liberation war made him a martyr who helped create an independent Bangladesh.
Dr. ANM Faizul Mahi was an educationist born in 1939 in Feni. He received degrees from Dhaka University and the University of Northern Colorado. He began his career as a high school headmaster and later became an assistant professor at Dhaka University. During the 1971 liberation war, he helped financially support freedom fighters and assisted people in need, risking his life. On December 14, 1971, just two days before Bangladesh's independence was declared, he was abducted from his quarters and later found dead. His contributions to education and the liberation war made him a martyr who helped create an independent Bangladesh.
Dr. ANM Faizul Mahi was an educationist born in 1939 in Feni. He received degrees from Dhaka University and the University of Northern Colorado. He began his career as a high school headmaster and later became an assistant professor at Dhaka University. During the 1971 liberation war, he helped financially support freedom fighters and assisted people in need, risking his life. On December 14, 1971, just two days before Bangladesh's independence was declared, he was abducted from his quarters and later found dead. His contributions to education and the liberation war made him a martyr who helped create an independent Bangladesh.
Dr. ANM Faizul Mahi was an educationist born in 1939 in Feni. He received degrees from Dhaka University and the University of Northern Colorado. He began his career as a high school headmaster and later became an assistant professor at Dhaka University. During the 1971 liberation war, he helped financially support freedom fighters and assisted people in need, risking his life. On December 14, 1971, just two days before Bangladesh's independence was declared, he was abducted from his quarters and later found dead. His contributions to education and the liberation war made him a martyr who helped create an independent Bangladesh.
dr ANM Faizul Mahi, a bright star to his family, was born on 10th August 1939 in Feni,. His father’s name was Mohammad Nurul Islam Choudhury, who was an advocate by profession. Dr. Faizul Mahi passed SSC examination in 1955 from Feni Government High School. He went to Feni College and got his IA from there in 1957. Then he completed his graduation in 1959 from the same college. In 1962 he got his B.Ed degree from Dhaka Teachers' Training College and did MEd degree from Dhaka University on Education and Research. Dr. Faizul Mahi went to USA to pursue his higher education with government scholarship, this vividly shows how goal- oriented he was and far-fetched dreams he had. He acquired MA degree in 1965 and (Doctorate of Education) degree on Educational Administration from the Northern Colorado University, in 1968. HIS PROFESSIONAL YEARS … Dr. Faizul Mahi, began his professional life in teaching. In short we can say he devoted his life for the betterment of others. He clearly wanted to help our nation and its people and enlighten them with the power of knowledge. In 1962, he started off as a Headmaster of Feni G. A. Academy High School. He later left his city, Feni and came to Dhaka to join as a Lecturer in the Education and Research Institute of Dhaka University in 1968. In the same year, Dhaka University, seeing his zeal as a lecturer, promoted him to the post of Assistant Professor.
HIS HOBBIES AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Dr. Faizul Mahi, was very keen about sports. Literature fascinated him quite a bit, and as a degree holder from international universiTY, he read a lot of books. He was an artistic man for sure, since his devotion to songs and music is mentioned in the period of his life. He was well known among the people with whom he studied and worked internationally, and thus he was a part of so many research articles which were published in different journals and periodicals from country and abroad.
We were proposed with 3 questions… they were
1. Why did you pick him?
Answer 1: Dr. ANM Faizul Mahi was an educationist, he had a vision to make the new liberated Bangladesh, a place filled with people who has bright and big dreams. He became an assistant professor in Dhaka University within a year he joined, so this clearly shows how dedicated he was to his work. A teacher is someone who not only help you in academics but also helps you to surf through any difficulties life might throw to you. And Dr. Faizul Mahi, must be an amazing teacher for sure, for which his position WAS UPGRADED , pretty early. I picked him because his life story inspired me, his heroic contribution during the war of liberation in 1971 stunned me. His selfless acts of teaching the youth, helping the needy people during the war, helping the freedom fighters financially keeping a low profile is praiseworthy. All our martyred intellectuals and freedom fighters, not for a second, thought about their own family but for our own motherland. All the Bangladeshi people were family to them and Bangladesh was home. Everyone’s contribution and their loss of life gave us this beautiful Bangladesh today, and we could not be more grateful.
2. What was his contribution?
Answer 2: If I start off with his contribution to the liberation war of 1971, then I have to say it’s his life. He gave away his life to make Bangladesh a country with freedom today.He helped the freedom fighters financially, stood forward to help the people in need. Since it was a war zone, a lot of people were in distress and many had lost their homes, Dr. Faizul Mahi with his benevolent character helped them, a lot indeed. He disguised himself so that he could not be recognized by the Al-Badr members while doing his act of kindness, but sadly to his misfortune some of these members were his colleagues within IER, and he could not escape the watchful eyes of these Pakistani gangs, thus his life was in jeopardy. As per planning, he was forcefully carried out from the Dhaka University quarters at Fuller Road. While his dreamy eyes sketched dreams to witness his freed land from the oppressive Pakistanis, just two days prior to the official announcement of the liberated Bangladesh, his life was snatched away from him. BRUTALLY . He was abducted from his quarter on 14th OF December 1971 and later his dead body was found in the scaffold at Rayer bazaar, Mirpur. What an ending to this blessed soul!
3. What have you learned from this exercise?
Answer 3: We often take our beloved country for granted. We forget the blood shed of these heroes, the people who lost their loved ones, the babies who lost their lives and the women who were raped. This days that we are living, free of thought, no sounds of wailing, no war flights and the peace that prevails in our liberated country, is all due to the Selfless Freedom Fighters and the Martyrs. We owe this peaceful country of ours, this blissful golden soil, to them. This project lead me to know deeply about the incidents that has happened during the liberation war, the amount of agony our people had to endure and the heroic acts our freedom fighters have shown. And thus, my respect towards my country has increased in ten folds. We should educate ourselves and our coming generation about our history of independence. That is how the love for our motherland will increase in our hearts and we will give our best to make Bangladesh as one of the well-known countries in the world. We should also keep our land clean and practice more harmony with the people of our country and avoid fights and misunderstanding among ourselves. Because our history says when we become a team, all of the Bangladeshis, we are unbreakable.
