Sayed Haider

Sayed Haider (December 1925 – 15 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi physician and Language Movement activist. He along with Badrul Alam designed the first Shaheed Minar.^[1] It was then demolished by the Pakistani Army on 26 February 1952. For his contribution to the Language Movement he was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016.^[2][3][4]

Haider was born in 1925 at Pabna in the then British India.^[5]

He passed MBBS from Dhaka Medical College in 1952. He received postgraduate diploma on public health from Punjab University.^[5]

After the unrest and killing of students on 21 February 1952, students of Dhaka Medical College decided to build a monument 'Shaheed Minar' (Monument for Martyrs) in honor of the killed activists. Haider along with Badrul Alam planned and designed the Shaheed Minar.^[1][6][7]

Haider wrote books on public health and medicine. Rog Niramoy Sustho Jibon was published in 1969. Loksomaj Chikitshabiggyan was published from Bangla Academy.^[5]

Haider was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 for his contribution in language movement.^[4][8]

He died on 15 July 2020 in Dhaka from reportedly late complications of the coronavirus infection.^[9][10]