Writer, researcher, politician, and president of the National Liberation Council, Badruddin Umar, has passed away )Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un).
He died at 10:05 am on Sunday, at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Shyamoli in the capital. The news was confirmed by the National Liberation Council’s secretary, Faizul Hakim.
Umar was 94 years old. He was born on December 20, 1931.
Speaking to Channel i Online, Faizul Hakim said Umar had been ill for nearly a month and was admitted to the hospital several times. This morning, when his health deteriorated again, he was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Badruddin Umar was a leftist politician, writer, and researcher.
In 1961, he completed his degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Returning to Bangladesh, he founded the Department of Sociology at Rajshahi University in 1963.
In 1968, in protest against the authoritarian behaviour of Governor Monem Khan, Umar resigned from his teaching position and devoted himself to politics and writing.
His book on the Language Movement of East Bengal and Contemporary Politics was the first research-based work on the subject.
He began his professional career as a part-time lecturer at Dhaka University before establishing the sociology department at Rajshahi University.
Umar also served as president of the Bangladesh Krishak Federation and as the central coordinator of the Democratic Revolutionary Alliance.
At one point, Umar was a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of East Bengal.
In 2003, he founded the National Liberation Council and became its president.
