Pabna has no memorabilia of its great son Rabbi

13 December 2009, 17:00 PM

Ahmed Humayun Kabir, Pabna

People from all walks of life in Pabna have demanded preservation of the memorabilia of martyred intellectual Dr Fazle Rabbi and naming Pabna Medical College after him in recognition to his supreme sacrifice for the country's independence. “Dr Fazle Rabbi laid down his life for the country. But it's a shame for us that we did not preserve any of his memorabilia in the last 38 years,” said Gopal Sanyal, president of Pabna Drama Circle yesterday. Dr Fazle Rabbi, an illustrious son of the nation, was born on September 21 in 1932 at Chhatiani village in Pabna Sadar upazila. He passed Matriculation examination from Pabna Zilla School in 1948 and studied at Dhaka College and took MBBS degree in 1955, family sources said. On completion of higher medical education in England, Dr Rabbi returned to country in 1963 and joined Dhaka Medical College as an associate professor. According to family sources and publications on his life and works, Dr Rabbi helped the freedom fighters risking his life as he believed that Bangladesh must be freed from occupation forces and shackles of poverty. The then Pakistan army with the help of their local collaborators caught Dr Rabbi on December 15 from his residence in the capital and killed him along with other intellectuals days before the country's independence. Abdul Matin Khan, president of Sammilito Sangskritik Jote in Pabna said, people from all walks of life want naming of Pabna Medical College after Dr Fazle Rabbi. A campaign for it is going on and a human chain would be formed in Pabna today to press the demand, he added.