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DEATH-ANNIVERSARY-SUHRAWARDY
57th death anniversary of Suhrawardy observed
DHAKA, Dec 5, 2020 (BSS) – The 57th death anniversary of Hussain Shaheed
Suhrawardy, one of the greatest leaders of undivided India, was observed
across the country today in a befitting manner.
The unparallel leader of all Indian politics, who had dedicated his entire
life to ensure the welfare of the people by upholding democracy, died at a
Beirut hotel, Lebanon on December 5, 1963.
To mark the day, different political and socio-cultural organisations,
including the ruling Awami League (AL), took various programmes, including
placing wreaths at the grave of the great leader in the morning, discussions,
Qurankhwani, milad and doa mahfil in the capital and elsewhere across the
country.
Awami League (AL) led by its General Secretary and Road Transport and
Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader paid glowing tribute to the late leader by
placing wreaths at his grave adjacent to the High Court in the morning while
Fateha and doa were offered there.
During the time, the party’s organising secretary SM Kamal Hossain, Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, Office Secretary Biplob Barua, Agriculture and Co-operative Affairs Secretary Faridunnahar Laily and central committee members Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin and Riazul Kabir Kawsar, among others, were present.
Leaders of Dhaka South and North Units of AL, Awami Jubo
League, Chhatra League, Bangladesh Krishak League, Sramik League and
activists also placed wreaths at the grave of the great leader.
Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy was born in a respected Muslim family at
Medinipur in West Bengal, India on September 8, 1892.
Suhrawardy was a Bengali politician and statesman in the first half of the
20th century. He served as the premier of Bengal in British India and was the
fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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