Govinda Chandra Dev

Govinda Chandra Dev known as Dr. G. C. Dev, was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dhaka. He was assassinated at the onset of Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 by the Pakistan Army. Dev started his career as a lecturer in Ripon College in Kolkata. As the college was transferred from Calcutta to Dinajpur (now in Bangladesh) during World War II, he moved as well.

Later, in July 1953, he joined the Department of Philosophy at Dhaka University. He also served as the house tutor of Dhaka hall (present Shahidullah Hall) in 1957 before being appointed as the provost of Jagannath Hall in the same year. Dev was assassinated along with the husband of his adopted daughter by Pakistan army personnel involved in 1971 Dhaka University massacre on the black night of 25 March.