Mamun Khandokar

"He who loses, only he understands, alas,
The pain of separation,
The unknowing question of an little child,
With what shall I offer solace?"
Little Jahin, with his innocent words, calls for his father. With his tender hands, he gently touches his father's face. But his father is lost forever. With wide eyes, he desperately searches for his beloved father's face. He searches and searches for the face of Martyr Mamun Khandokar.
Martyr Mamun Khandokar was born on February 3, 1981, in Bethomre village of Mathbaria police station in his home district of Pirojpur. The father of four children, Martyr Mamun Khandokar's father is Md. Haji Mujibur Rahman Khandokar and mother is Nurjahan Begum Renu.
For the sake of life and livelihood, he lived in the Madhyagazi's Chot area under Savar police station in Dhaka district. His middle-class family, with his four children and wife, was like a happy nest. The dream of raising his children as human beings played in his eyes. But the pro-government goons hyenas destroyed that happy nest. They were being Martyr Mamun and mixed his golden dreams with blood on the streets.
Family situation
From his childhood, Martyr Mamun Khandokar was very hardworking and was a businessman by profession. He used to help his father in all work. He also dreamed of raising his children to be like human beings. That is why he left his home with a lot of hope and went to Dhaka city. He was lost forever in the procession of that Dhaka city. He left behind four children. Whose shelter is now the veil of their widowed mother. In the absence of Martyr Mamun, his factory is now closed. He was also the director of Sidratul Muntaha Hafizia Madrasa. That source of income is also not open now. Only a cry is in the chest of Mamun's widowed wife.
How He Became a Martyr
The anti-discrimination student movement was going on throughout the month of July. Because the autocratic government, without accepting the just demands of the students, was running a steamroller of oppression. Bullets, rubber bullets, sound grenades and tear shells were being thrown all over the country targeting the students and the public. The chests of thousands of mothers were being emptied, thousands of children were becoming fatherless, and many were becoming widows before the color of the mehendi on their hands dried.
The 180 million people were fed up with 16 years of oppression-repression, exploitation-torture. The dam of patience broke and a tide of protest thoughts came. The students and the public gave a new form to the movement by risking their lives. As a result of this, the demand for the resignation of the autocrat Hasina arose. A flood of students and the public poured across the country. The chants of Hasina's downfall began to resonate from mouth to mouth.
Martyr Mamun was one of them, who could see the imprint of his own children in the faces of the oppressed students and the public. That is why he used to join the movement every day. He used to try his best to take the protesters forward. During that time, he used to try to help people by standing by them through extreme adversity. Because, let alone the movement, the party-blind forces of the illegal government could not tolerate even the slightest cooperation to anyone in the work of the movement. One such person was Martyr Mir Mugdha, who was shot and killed by the police for distributing water and biscuits.
On August 4, the public of students demanded a non-cooperation movement, and on the same day, it was announced that a "Long March to Dhaka" would take place on August 5. The helmet force posed a threat to Mamun in this situation. He joined the parade on the 5th, disregarding that warning. Baipail Mamun was wounded by police bullets and taken to the hospital around 12:30 pm while participating in a procession in Baipail of Nabinagar. In the meantime, autocracy was abolished in the nation. However, Martyr Mamun was unable to experience the delight of freedom. He left this mortal world and heeded Allah's call on August 7, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.
Feelings of close relatives and friends about the shaheed:
His cousin Anwar Khandokar said, "Mamun was a man of mixed nature. He used to give importance to the happiness and sorrow of people and solve their problems. He had a good relationship with the mosque. May Allah make him a guest of Jannatul Ferdous. Ameen."
Proposals to help the shaheed's family:
1. Arrange a teaching job for his wife.
2. Arrange for the educational expenses of the children.
Personal Information of the Martyr at a Glance
Full Name: Shaheed Mamun Khandokar
Occupation: Businessman
Father: Haji Mujibur Rahman Khandokar
Mother: Nurjahan Begum Renu
Address: Village: Betmor, Union: Betmor, Police Station: Mathbaria, District: Pirojpur
Current Address: Mohalla: Madhyagazi's Chot, Police Station: Savar, District: Dhaka
Family Members: 5
o Wife
o Son: Helal Uddin Khandokar Tawhid (Age-17 years, HSC)
o Sidratul Muntaha (Age-11 years, 3rd Grade)
o Safayat Huzaifa (Age-10 years, 2nd Grade)
o Mabruka Jahin (Age-11 months)
Place and Date of Injury: Nabinagar, Baipail, 05/08/2024, 12:30 PM
Assailant: Police
Date and Place of Death: While undergoing treatment in the hospital, 07/08/2024, 7:30 PM
Location of Martyr's Grave: Betmor, Mathbari, Pirojpur