center of the student movement. In the early hours of 21 February 1952, all the students of Dhaka Medical College gathered in front of the medical college dormitories. In the afternoon the group headed for the parliament which was in session. No procession was allowed due to the imposition of Section 144 (a section of the penal code that prohibited unlawful assembly). The students decided to defy Section 144 at 4:00 PM at the historic Aam-tola (which was situated beside the present day Emergency gate). The police fired at the procession, resulting in the deaths of Salam, Barkat, Rafique, Jabbar and Shafiur. After sunset on 21 February, at the site of the deaths, the students of Dhaka Medical College decided to build a monument. Badrul Alam and Sayed Haider the then students of Dhaka Medical College planned and designed the structure. They worked continuously on 22 and 23 February and finished the construction, using bricks, gravel and cement reserved for the hospital. A paper with Shaheed Smritistambha( Monument in memory of the martyrs) written on it was attached on the monument. It was inaugurated by the father of Shofiur Rahman, a martyr of language movement. However, the monument was demolished by government forces on 26 February 1952. Liberation War (1971) Many staff and students took part in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, as fighters or in treating the injured. DMC's doctors, teachers and students laid their lives in the war. Many eminent physicians and academics were abducted from home and killed during the war. Notable people Alumni Sitara Begum, doctor, army officer awarded the Bir Protik Mohammed Fazle Rabbee, cardiologist, intellectual killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War AFM Alim Chowdhury, ophthalmologist, intellectual killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, Former President of Bangladesh, Independence Day Award awardee in 1993 Sayed Haider, activist in the Bengali language movement, designer of Shaheed Minar, Ekushey Padak awardee (2016) Golam Moula, activist in the Bengali language movement, Eksushey Padak awardee (2010) (posthumous) Badrul Alam, activist in the Bengali language movement, designer of first Shaheed Minar, Ekushey Padak awardee (2014) Ahmed Rafiq, activist in the Bengali language movement, writer, researcher, Ekushey Padak awardee (1995) Mirza Mazharul Islam, surgeon, language movement veteran, Ekushey Padak awardee (2018) Abdul Malik, cardiologist, National Professor award winner, founder of National Heart Foundation, and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, awardee of Independence day award (2004) Shahla Khatun,