Altab Ali

Altab Ali
আলতাব আলী
Ali, 1974
Born1953
Sylhet District, East Bengal, Pakistan[1]
Died4 May 1978(1978-05-04) (aged 24)
St Mary's Park, London, United Kingdom[2]
Resting placeSylhet District, Bangladesh
OccupationTextile worker

Altab Ali (Bengali: আলতাব আলী; 24 October 1953[3] – 4 May 1978) was a Bangladeshi textile worker stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated killing.[4][5][6] His death sparked widespread outrage and grassroots action that helped to reduce racism against British Bangladeshis and British Asians in the United Kingdom.[4]

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