Mirza Mazharul Islam

Mirza Mazharul Islam (1 January 1927 – 11 October 2020) was a Bangladeshi surgeon and language movement veteran.

Early life and education Mirza Mazharul Islam was born on 1 January 1927 to a Bengali family of Muslim Mirzas in the village of Aghacharan, Kalihati in Tangail, then part of the Mymensingh district of the Bengal Presidency (now in Bangladesh). His father Mirza Helaluddin was an employee of two British companies David & Company and Landel and Clark.

Islam studied at the pathshala of Manmohan Babu in Balla Bazar, and also completed maktab studies locally. He received a scholarship in class four and proceeded into class five, and enrolled at the Balla Coronation High English School.

Islam died from COVID-19 complications on 11 October 2020 at BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka.

Death Mirza Mazharul Islam died from COVID-19 complications on 11 October 2020 at BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka.