 Two days after the incident, the First Shaheed Minar was inaugurated by his Father, Hakim Mahbubur Rahman along with the protesting students of Dhaka University.In 2000 Rahman was awarded Ekushey Padak by the government of Bangladesh.A bronze sculpture of his head with four other "martyrs" of the language movement is called "Moder Gorob" and located in Bangla Academy premises.