- Sarjis Alam
- 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Students Against Discrimination
- Jatiya Nagorik Committee
- Timeline of Student–People's uprising
- July Shaheed Smrity Foundation
- 2025 Gazipur anti-Awami League protest
- Students–People's uprising (Bangladesh)
- Bangladesh Rifles revolt
- Resignation of Sheikh Hasina
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Sarjis Alam (born 2 July 1998) is a Bangladeshi student activist. He is one of the coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination, which led the Student–People's uprising leading to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government.
Early life and education
Sarjis Alam was born on 2 July 1998 in Atwari Upazila, Panchagarh. He completed his HSC at BAF Shaheen College in Dhaka, and earned both his BSc and MSc in Zoology from the University of Dhaka.
Activism
Sarjis joined the Bangladesh Chhatra League in 2017 upon his admission to the University of Dhaka. In 2019, he was elected to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union from the Chhatra League panel. He resigned from the organization in 2022 and also participated in various debate competitions during his academic years.
In 2024, Alam joined the Anti-discrimination Students Movement as a coordinator, opposing quotas in government jobs, which evolved into mass uprising culminating in the ouster of Hasina administration. He along with Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud, Hasnat Abdullah and others gained national recognition in mid-July 2024 when he and several other students from the University of Dhaka were detained by the police as the protests became violent.
In the aftermath, On August 5, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and went on exile. Nahid Islam stated that, their goals weren't fully met and that the group aimed to "abolish fascist systems forever". He and his organisation called Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government.
He also served as the secretary general of the July Shaheed Smrity Foundation, from 21 October 2024, until his resignation on 22 January 2025.
Personal life
Sarjis is the son of Aktaruzzaman Saju, a businessman and former member of the Awami League party, and Bakera Begum, a homemaker. His paternal grandfather, Tazir Uddin, was a farmer and businessman. Sarjis has one brother who is pursuing an honors degree at Dhaka College.
Sarjis got married on 31 January 2025.
References
External links
Quotations related to Sarjis Alam at Wikiquote
Media related to Sarjis Alam at Wikimedia Commons