El-Gorashy

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'El-Gorashy ' or Ahmed El-Gorashy Taaha Arabicاحمد القرشي طه, (I942 - October 1964) known also as El-shaheed (or Martyr) El-Gorashy, born in El-Garrassa village close to El-Mannaqel town, Al Jazirah State of Sudan was a student in Khartoum University killed by police force in October 1964 at the time of a huge uprising which known by Thoraat October or October Revolution, which led to overthrown of the Ibrahim Abboud military regime.

El-Gorashy got his intermediate education in El-dlennj School in El-dlennj town located in Nuba Mountains region. In 1958 El-Gorashy joined El-Fashir Secondary School in El-fashir town (el-fashir secondary school founded in 1957). He joined Khartoum University in the early 1960s.

El-Gorashy was shot by police, during an invasion of student accommodation by police force (the students accommodation known by barrack because it used to be the accommodation of British army along the time of colony). El-Gorashy his accommodation called El-Dander which changed to El-Gorashy after his death and till today (today barrack became the female student accommodation since 1997). There was another student killed by police before El-Gorashy on 25 November 1964) the student name Babekir Hussan Abedel el- hafizArabic بابكر حسن عبد لحفيظ Baabekir originally from Omdurman lived in quarter called Wad Droo