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mother's brother).
He was born in 1928. His father's name was Akbar Ali Khan. He worked
as District Engineer in Kustia, Faridpur & Moymongshing. His hobby
was hunting & watching games. He died on April 20, 1995.
Boro Mama was Guardian to all of us. He used to
guide the entire family being the eldest of my uncles & Aunts. He
enjoyed his life to the fullest. He used to take us to Chinese
restaurant once in a while when we were in Dhaka. I lived at his
home in Kallyanpur for a year. Too bad that I could not pay my debt
to him. His sudden death was a very big loss for all of us. |
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Mama at his Pallabi home, 1986 |
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Boro Mama with Setar Mama |
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Farewell Ceremony at work |
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Mama with Mejho Mama & Amma at his home |
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Farewell Ceremony at work |
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Farewell Ceremony at work |
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Farewell Ceremony at work |
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Farewell Ceremony at work |
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With all my Khala & Khalu |
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Mama with Boro Khala & Khalu |
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Khondkar
Sirajul Islam (1933-2004), M.Sc. M.Ed is my elder Uncle
(Father's elder brother). He passed away in 2004 at the age of 71. He served as science
teacher in many schools of Bangladesh. He retired as the
Inspector of Schools. He has two sons and one daughter. He was
my guardian when I was in Bangladesh while my parents were in
Malaysia & Brunei. We miss him a lot. My father was very close
to him. He was a very simple person. He smiled a lot and always
dressed nicely. He admitted me to Pabna Zilla School & Motijheel
School in Bangladesh. He suffered a lot during last year of his
life. May Allah
award him Jannatul Ferdous. Amin.
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, Fall 98 |
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Chacha with Mollika, July 28, 2004 |
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Chacha with Kochi, July 28, 2004 |
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Chacha with Chandona Apa, July 28, 2004 |
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Chacha with Kibria Bhai, Dec, 2003 |
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| My Dada Khondker Abdul Kader was born on December
17th, 1904 (Friday) He passed Matriculation
Examination and joined the postal service on 5th
October 1927. He married on 29th March 1930 ( Monday).
He retired on 31st January, 1967. He had 3 sons and 7
daughters. He died on 2nd September 1990 at Pabna
Hospital. My Dadi, Jaynab Khatun
was born on 7th Dac 1915 Tuesday. She got
married on 29th March 1930 and died
on 12th March 1999, Thursday night.
My memories of Dada & Dadi: I spent a
year with my dada & dadi in 1978 in Pabna. That was one of my happiest
childhood memories I cherish. Dadi used to take great care me. Dada was
retired then. Dada used to wake up late in the morning. Complained about
not falling asleep fast at night due to his old age. He used to pray 5
times a day. All our our cousins used to pray behind him on weekends &
nights. He used to keep meticulous track of daily expenses. Dada loved
to comb his hair & beard. He always had a mirror close to him. |
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Dadi, Chacha & Maniza's Amma |
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I visited Dada in Pabna in 1986 |
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| Memories of my Boro Khala & Khalu:
Boro Khala was the kindest of our relatives. She was widely
know for helping poor people. I used to see poor people
always coming and going from her village. Her house was
often full with poor people. |
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