Faizur Rahman

Faizur Rahman Ahmed
ফয়েজুর রহমান আহমেদ
Born(1921-02-21)21 February 1921
Kutubpur, Netrokona, East Bengal, British India
Died5 May 1971(1971-05-05) (aged 50)
Pirojpur, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Spouse
Ayesha Foyez
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(m. 1944⁠–⁠1971)​
Children6, including:
Humayun Ahmed
Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
Ahsan Habib
Parents
  • Azimuddin Ahmed (father)
  • Fatema Ahmed (mother)
RelativesNuhash Humayun (grandson)
AwardsIndependence Day Award (2017)

Faizur Rahman Ahmed (Bengali: ফয়েজুর রহমান আহমেদ; February 21, 1921 – May 5, 1971) was a police officer and a freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was killed by Pakistani military personnel during the war.[1] He was given the Independence Day Award posthumously by the government of Bangladesh in 2017.

He is well known for being the father of veteran Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed.

  1. ^ বাবার কবর. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). March 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-07.