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Speakers at a
civic condolence meeting here yesterday paid rich tributes to Dr MA Wazed
Miah, saying that this highly acclaimed nuclear scientist was a man of `head
and heart’. “A man of high stature, Dr Wazed Miah left invaluable
contributions not only in his professional career as a reputed atomic
scientist, but in many other fields of our national life,” they observed.
They said Dr Wazed was not a politician, but he was not devoid of political
thoughts. He used to give enlightened leadership from behind the scenes, they
added.The civic condolence meeting was organized by Bangladesh Awami League
as the concluding part of its three-day programme to mourn the death of Dr
Wazed Miah, husband of AL Chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Dr Wazed Miah died on Saturday at a city
hospital after a prolonged illness. He had been suffering from various complications,
including diabetes, and respiratory and kidney problems. Held at the
Bangladesh-China Conference Centre, the condolence meeting was presided over
by AL Presidium Member and Deputy Leader in Parliament Syeda Sajeda
Chowdhury. AL Presidium Members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Abdur Razzak,
Suranjit Sengupta and Mohammad Nasim, AL Secretary General Abdul Jalil, AL
spokesman and LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Workers
Party President Rashed Khan Menon, Samyabadi Dal General Secretary and
Industries Minister Dilip Barua, Jatiya Party General Secretary Sheikh
Shahidul Islam, and Dr Wazed’s teacher and Sampradaik Samprity Parishad
(communal harmony council) President Dr Ajoy Roy, among others, addressed the
meeting. AL leader Ashim Kumar Ukil conducted the programme. At the outset of
the condolence meeting, noted cultural personality Asaduzzaman Noor, MP,
recited from Tagore’s poem— `tumiki keboli chhabi’ The speakers said Dr Wazed
Miah was an eminent nuclear scientist, researcher and writer, but all these
were overshadowed by his quality as a good man.
Teacher of the physics department of Dhaka
University and President of Communal Harmony Prof Ajoy Roy said Wazed was one
of the brilliant students of the department. “Wazed was a good organizer who
gave leadership from behind in the historic ’62 Education Movement’,” said
Prof Ajoy, direct teacher of Wazed Miah. Dilip Barua, who was a direct
student of Dr Wazed Mia, said, “This nuclear scientist used to teach us
quantum physics which is a very difficult and complicated subject. But `Wazed
Sir’ used to teach us in such a simple method that we could easily assimilate
the issues.” Barua, who is also a minister in charge of industries, told the
audience that in the next cabinet meeting he would raise a proposal to build
a `Bigyan Bhaban’ for promotion of science and technology in the country. “I
shall also propose to name it as `Dr Wazed Bigyan Bhaban’,” he added.
Sheikh Shahidul Islam said after brutal
assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Dr
Wazed Mia guided Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana like a guardian. “In fact,
they were under his warm shadow of affection,” he added. “He gave them
inspiration and guidance and helped them reach this level of national life,”
he said. Shahidul Islam said Dr Wazed Mia was a `perfect gentleman’ who had
no enemies throughout his life. Teacher of the physics department of Dhaka
University and President of Communal Harmony Prof Ajoy Roy said Wazed was one
of the brilliant students of the department. “Wazed was a good organizer who
gave leadership from behind in the historic ’62 Education Movement’,” said
Prof Ajoy, direct teacher of Wazed Mia. Dilip Barua, who was a direct student
of Dr Wazed Mia, said, “This nuclear scientist used to teach us quantum
physics which is a very difficult and complicated subject. But `Wazed Sir’
used to teach us in such a simple method that we could easily assimilate the
issues.” Barua, who is also a minister in charge of industries, told the audience
that in the next cabinet meeting he would raise a proposal to build a `Bigyan
Bhaban’ for promotion of science and technology in the country. “I shall also
propose to name it as `Dr Wazed Bigyan Bhaban’,” he added. Sheikh Shahidul
Islam said after brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Dr Wazed Mia guided Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana
like a guardian. “In fact, they were under his warm shadow of affection,” he
added. “He gave them inspiration and guidance and helped them reach this
level of national life,” he said. Shahidul Islam said Dr Wazed Mia was a
`perfect gentleman’ who had no enemies throughout his life.
Mohammad Nasim termed Wazed Miah as
unassuming and devoted and a man without greed. “He (Wazed Miah) gave us
courage during all movements,” he said. Rashed Khan Menon said Wazed Mian was
uncompromising in building a non-communal prosperous Bangladesh and on the
question of the Liberation War. “He did not exercise his power although he
was very close to power,” Menon said. Matia Chowdhury said women of the
country were in need of a shelter when they stepped into politics and Wazed
Mia was that shelter of Sheikh Hasina. “Though Wazed Mia was not a
politician, his contribution to politics was unforgettable,” she said.
Describing the death of Wazed Mia as an irreparable loss to the country,
Suranjit Sengupta said his devotion to the
nation will be ever remembered. “Wazed Mia was not a barrier to the way of
doing politics by Sheikh Hasina, rather he worked as a complementary factor
to her doing politics,” he said. Abdul Jalil said Wazed Mia had proved his
political prudence throughout his life and established himself through the
pursuit of knowledge. He called upon all to put him in a respectable position
by following his ideals and works.
Tofail Ahmed said Wazed Mia was not only a
nuclear scientist; he was also a man of political sagacity. “Wazed Mia used
to speak in a straight-forward manner whatever he believed and would always
think about the country and its people,” he said. “He was very close to power
but it could not touch him,” he said, demanding establishment of `Bigyan
Bhaban’ after the name of the eminent nuclear scientist. Abdur Razzak said
Wazed Mia was a politically conscious man and his contribution to the nuclear
science is enormous.
Amir Hossain
Amu said man like Wazed Mia is needed now to build `Digital Bangladesh’ by
2021, a vision of the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Sajeda Chowdhury said the whole country is shocked at the death of Wazed Mia
and the presence of thousands of people in his janaza had proved the amount
of love and respect they had for the leading nuclear scientist of the country.
Born on February 16 in 1942, in a respectable Muslim family of Fatepur village
under Pirganj upazila of Rangpur district, Dr Wajed was the youngest among
four sons and three daughters of Abdul Quader Mia.
He
studied up to class four at the primary school at his village and then up to
class six at a high school under the Pirganj thana.
He obtained his matriculation with
distinction from Rangpur Government District School in Rangpur district in
1956 in first division and was admitted to Rajshahi Science College from
where he passed the Higher Secondary Certificate examination securing second
position in merit list.
Wajed Mia was admitted to Physics Department
of Dhaka University in 1958 and obtained first class first in B. Sc (hons) in
1961 and first class first in M.Sc in 1962 from same university.
He joined the Pakistan Atomic Energy
Commission on April 9 in 1963. He obtained his ‘Diploma from Imperial College
of London in 1963- 64.Dr M A Wazed Miah returned home in September 1967 after
obtaining his PhD degree in Physics from Durham University of the United
Kingdom and joined as scientific officer at Atomic Energy Research Centre in
Dhaka. Later, he was engaged in post-doctoral research from November 1969 to
1970 in London.
Dr M A Wazed Miah tied his nuptial cord with
Sheikh Hasina, daughter of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman, on November 17 in 1967. They have a son and a daughter –
Sajib Wajed Joy and Saima Wajed Putul.
In 1969 he got the associate-ship of
Italy-based International Theoretical Physics Research Centre of Nobel
Laureate Professor Dr Salam where he was engaged in a research project under
the world- renowned scientist. In the same year he returned home and remained
engaged with Atomic Energy research Centre. In 1975 he was in the then West
Germany to undergo higher training on atomic reactor science while his wife
Sheikh Hasina was with her at that time and thus evaded the August 15, 1975
carnage. He was engaged in research works at the New Delhi-based laboratory
of Indian Atomic Energy Commission from 1975 to 1982, the period he actually
was forced to leave an exiled life after the killing of Bangabandhu along
with most of his family members. On return home, he rejoined the Bangladesh
Atomic Energy Commission and retired as its chairman in 1999.
A nuclear scientist of international repute,
Dr MA Wajed Mia, who breathed his last at a city hospital yesterday, is known
more for his professional excellence in scientific arena but close friends
and contemporaries were familiar to his role also as a student leader during
the climax of Bengali nationalist movement in 1960s. His quality earned the
position of the vice president of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall while he was
always under the affectionate shadow of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He even was arrested and served in jail for his
leading role in the then 1962 students movement against Education Commission
recommendations shrinking facilities for higher education. But his academic
excellence and knack for academic pursuit made him a nuclear scientist
eventually installing to the top position of the country’s Atomic Energy
Commission after long career as a researcher and fellow at different
scientific institutes and organizations in different countries including
Germany and India. He all through tried to maintain a low profile while in
personal life, led a very simple life and was an amiable person but never
compromised with anything unjust.
Apart from his publications on scientific
research and nuclear science, Wajed Mia also authored a number of books on
social and political issues including one on the memories of the Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The books included Fundamentals
of Electromagnetics, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujib-ke Ghire Kichhu Ghatana o Bangladesh.
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বীর মুক্তিযোদ্ধা মুক্তির একটি ব্লগ
Biography of Dr. M A Wajed Sudha Miah
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