Black Night of 25 March
At the beginning of Operation Searchlight, on the night of 25 March 1971, a number of teachers of Dhaka University were killed. Among them were notable intellectuals like Dr. Govinda Chandra Dev of Philosophy, Professor Abdul Muktadir of Geology, Professor A R Khan Khadim (Physics), Anudaipayan Bhattacharjee (Applied Physics), Dr. F. R. Khan, Sharafat Ali of Mathematics, Dr. Muniruzzaman of Statistics and Professor Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta of English. These killings can be attributed to the Pakistan Army who also killed thousands of students and other people in Dhaka on that night and afterwards.
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