Zahurul Haq

Zahurul Haq (9 February 1935 – 15 February 1969) was a Pakistan Air Force sergeant. He was one of the 35 persons accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case in 1969. He was killed in custody, and his death led to an increase in the 1969 uprising in East Pakistan. He received the Independence Day Award from the Government of Bangladesh in 2018.

Early life Haq was born on 9 February 1935 to a Bengali Muslim family in Sonapur, Sudharam (now Noakhali Sadar Upazila), Noakhali. He completed his matriculation from Noakhali Zilla School in 1953 and intermediate and B.Sc. in physics from Jagannath College. A special tribunal was set up, headed by a West Pakistani Justice S. A. Rahman, with two other Bengali judges, Justice Mujibur Rahman Khan and Justice Maksum-ul-Hakim. The final date for the case was set to 6 February 1969, and the date was deferred later.

Haq was a painter. Some of his paintings are displayed in the Bangladesh National Museum. Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall of the University of Dhaka is named after him.

Haq's eldest brother, Aminul Haque (d. 1995) became the attorney general of Bangladesh.