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- Immortal Martyrs in the war of Libaration
During the days of war of liberation in 1971, the teachers, students, officers and employees of the University responding to the call of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had put up a strong resistance against all conspiracies, massacres and genocide launched by the Pakistani occupation army and its henchmen. In a spontaneous assemblage of teachers, students and employees held at the guest house premises in the morning of 26 March 1971, all raised their voice in favour of joining the war of liberation and the then-Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Q.M.F. Rahim had declared there instantaneously : "From now on this University will be named as 'Swadhin Bangladesh Krishi Bishwabidyalaya' (The Independent Bangladesh Agricultural University)". A large number of teachers, students, officers and employees of BAU had joined the great war of liberation and the University lost its 18 valiant heroes, who sacrificed their lives for the cause of liberating the motherland. They had no doubt left us forever, but spiritually these immortal martyrs are still with us and will remain alive in the days to come. The martyrs include one teacher, eleven students and six employees of BAU. Three halls of students' residence have been named after three valiant freedom fighters who laid their lives in the war of liberation. These halls of residence are : Shahid Shamsul Huq Hall , Shahid Nazmul Ahsan Hall and Shahid Jamal Hossain Hall .
6 External link
Official BAU homepage [27]
