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BHASANI-DEATH-ANNIVERSARY
42nd death anniversary of Maulana Bhasani tomorrow
DHAKA, Nov 16, 2018 (BSS) – The 42nd death anniversary of veteran
politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani will be observed across the
country tomorrow.
Popularly known as “Majlum Jananeta”, the leader of the downtrodden
Maulana Bhasani, passed away on November 17 in 1976.
To mark the day, different parties and organisations have chalked out
various programmes.
The programmes include placing wreaths on Bhasani’s grave at Shantus in
Tangail district and offering prayers seeking eternal peace of his departed
soul.
Bhasani was a popular leader in his fight against imperialism and
oppression of the Pakistani rulers.
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, born in 1880 in Dhangara in Sirajganj, was the
son of Haji Sharafat Ali Khan. He gained immense popularity among peasants.
He is regarded as the proponent of secular and left-leaning politics in
Bangladesh.
He was the founder and president of the Pakistan Awami Muslim League which
later became Awami League (AL). He also formed a progressive political
organisation called National Awami Party (NAP).
After Pakistan’s 1965 war with India, Bhasani extended his support to Field
Marshal Ayub Khan’s regime for its China-leaning foreign policy, but later he
gave the leadership to mass uprising against the regime in 1968-69.
Bhasani played a very significant role in the 1969 movement against
Pakistan, which eventually led to the collapse of the Ayub regime and the
release of Bangabandhu and other co-accused in the so-called Agartala
conspiracy case.
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