On 25 March, 1971 Pakistani army executed ‘Operation Searchlight’ and cordoned Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম. On that black night senior lecturer of Geology Department, Md. Abdul Muktadir (student of M.Sc. 1962) was assassinated in his house at teachers’ quarter.

As a tribute to Md. Abdul Muktadir who inspired the students of the department prior to the liberation war, a geological museum at the department has been named after him ‘Shaheed Muktadir Geological Museum’.