"The story we heard from our fathers is that the Muslims said, "We will not let them go here and beat the drums during prayers while they are on our necks." The Hindus told E.H. Brandy in English, "They said, 'We will throw our necks away.'" Brandy then ordered the Gurkha soldiers to shoot. Immediately, 19 Muslims were martyred. Sher-e-Bangla then came here and dismissed Brandy, wanted to give land to the families of the martyrs, renamed the Kulkathi area as Shaheediya and built a school and a madrasa called Shaheediya, which still exists... My father said, "If you want to study in a university and become educated and work as mediators for those Muslims who did not know English and were given their statements to the British by the Hindus because they misinterpreted them, then I am willing to allow you to take the entrance examination." After I got admitted to Dhaka University, I was reading Abul Mansur Ahmed's book 50 Years of Politics in the library and saw that this incident was also briefly mentioned at the beginning."

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Osman Hadi

Sharif Osman Hadi, better known as Osman Hadi (30 June 1994 – 18 December 2025), was a Bangladeshi politician and activist. He was one of the founders and served as the spokesperson of the political platform Inquilab Mancha. Following the July Revolution in Bangladesh, he emerged as a prominent figure in youth-led movements, known for his active political stance against Indian hegemony in Bangladesh, his advocacy for the rights of the July martyrs, and his role in the Awami League ban movement.

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