Nurul Huda passes away

He was buried at Banani Graveyard after namaz-e-janaza at Banani Jam-e Mosque in the city after Asr prayers.

Son of advocate Nuruddin Ahmad and Sabia Khatun, Nurul Huda was born in Tripura of India on August 8 in 1924. After completion of BSC from Koltaka Presidency College in 1947, he enrolled at the then Ahsan Ullah Engineering College in Dhaka.

He was elected vice-president for 1948-54 and led the language movement in the college.

He was also members of Tamuddun Majlish, Rashtravasha Sangram Parishad and Sarbadaliya Rashtravasha Sangram Parishad.

During the first strike in the government offices in Dhaka demanding declaration of Bangla as the state language of Pakistan on December 13 in 1947, Nurul Huda led a rally in front of the secretariat.

He was also a member of a delegation of the Language Movement leaders at a meeting with Pakistan's Governor General Muhammad Ali Jinnah on March 24, 1948.