Amanullah Mohammad Asaduzzaman (known as Asad; 10 June 1942 – 20 January 1969)[1] was an East Pakistani student activist whose death at the hands of police during a protest on 20 January 1969 "changed the nature of the student-mass movement and ... turned into a mass-upsurge against the Ayub regime and its repressive measures", according to Banglapedia.

[2] The Daily Star reports him as one of three martyrs of the 1969 uprising in East Pakistan which "set the stage for the liberation war".

[2] Governor Monem Khan sought to prevent the action by imposing Section 144 on the students, under which no more than four persons were permitted to assemble.

[2] At around noon on 20 January 1969, the students enacted their planned protest, with a procession in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital heading towards Chan Khar Pool.

[2][8][9][10] Thousands of students and common people mourned Asad together in procession, carrying his blood-stained shirt to Shaheed Minar.

As a result, the administration of Field Marshal Ayub Khan was forced to terminate within two months from the day Asad died.

His brothers were — HM Muniruzzaman, a history professor and FM Rashiduzzaman, a project engineer of Bangladesh's national parliament building.