Meherun Nesa ( 20 August 1942 – 27 March 1971 ) was a poet , and martyred Bengali intellectual of the Bangladesh Liberation War . Nesa was born on 20 August 1942 in Khidirpur , Kolkata , West Bengal , British Raj . She did not attend school but was self taught . She moved with her family to East Bengal , Pakistan in 1950 after the partition of India . Nesa worked as a Copy writer in Bangla Academy . After which she worked at the Philips Radio Company starting in 1961 . She worked as a copy writer in the USIS library Dhaka operated by United States Information Agency . Nesa published her first poem , Chashi , in 1953 in the Daily Sangbad . Her poems were influenced by romanticism and realism , her poems expressed her political views . She demanded Bangla be made a state language through her poetry . Her poems were published by a number of publications including Pakistani Khabar , Dainik Pakistan , Sangram and Philips Magazine , etc . She was involved in the Mass uprising of 1969 , and member of the Action Committee in Mirpur . On 23 March 1971 she hoised the flag of Independent Bangladesh in her house . On 27 March 1971 her house in Mirpur , Dhaka was attacked by local collaborators of Pakistan army including Biharis . She along with her family were killed by them . Her two brothers and mother were killed along with her . The Bangladesh post office released stamps with her image in 14 December 1995 . Abdul Quader Mollah , the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh , was charged with her death and the death of her family . Mollah was hanged on 12 December 2013
martyred Bengali intellectual
1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals
Meherun Nesa