Md Abdul Muktadir

Mohammad Abdul Muktadir was a Bengali geologist and academic who was killed in the 1971 Dhaka University massacre. He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh.

Abdul Muktadir studied in Chakerbazar Government Primary School and then Silam PL Junior High School. In 1956 he graduated from Raja G. C. High School and in 1958 from Sylhet Government College. He completed a bachelor's and a master's in geology from Dhaka University in 1960 and 1962 respectively.

Career In July 1963, Muktadir was an assistant geologist with the East Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority. He then joined the faculty of Dhaka University on 19 October 1964 as a lecturer of geology. He earned his PhD in hydrology in the University of London. He received further training on hydrology as part of technical assistance from the British government.

Death and legacy Abdul Muktadir was killed by the Pakistan Army at the onset of Operation Searchlight during the Dhaka University massacre. During the night of 25 March 1971, they took shelter in the third floor flat of Syed Ali Naki. They could not sleep seeing fire outside the window and hearing screams and the sounds of the army vehicles. At sunrise on 26 March,

The University of Dhaka's Geology Department named their museum after him as Shahid Muktadir Museum.