Syed Kamel Bakht
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Syed Kamel Bakht was a communist who formed his own guerrilla force in Satkhira in southwest Bangladesh. He fought against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh War of Liberation.[1]
Syed Kamel Bakht died at the age of 17 during the war in the month of November by a group of Mujib Bahini personnel.[2] His elder brother Syed Didar Bakth later became the Minister of Information and Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh.[3]
Syed Kamel Bakht was born in 1954 at Tentulia village of Tala Upazila which is now under Satkhira District of present Bangladesh. He was the youngest of all the sons of his father Syed Sharfuddin Hashemy.
He completed his primary education in a local school. After passing the matriculation examination he joined Khulna BL College before the war broke out in 1971.
Political affiliation
Syed Kamel Bakht was influenced by his elder brother Syed Deedar Bakht who was a leader of Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries of East Bengal. He also joined the group before the Liberation War of Bangladesh and soon became an organizer with his talent.
When the war broke out in the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries of East Bengal was converted into the Bangladesh National Liberation Struggle Coordination Committee.[4]