Abul Barkat

Abul Barkat  was a protester killed during the Bengali Language Movement protests which took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh), in 1952. He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh . Barkat was born on June 13 or 16, 1927 in Babla village, Salar that time Bharatpur Block, Murshidabad, West Bengal, British Raj. He studied in Babla primary school and completed his matriculation from Talibpur High School in 1945 and completed his intermediate from Krishnath College in 1947. Abul Barkat was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2000  A museum has been built for him in Dhaka University campus. A documentary titled Bayanno'r Michhil was made about his life. Movement Hero Abul Barkat memorial museum and archive was open in 2012 in Dhaka University; it was financed by Dhaka District Council.