Bangabandhu:
The father of the nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He
is recognized as the greatest Bengali of the past Thousand Years. We owe to his
charismatic leadership for making us a free nation. This great leader was born
on 17th March 1920 at Tungipara in Gopalganj. His father's name was Sheikh
lutfur Rahman and mother's name was Sayera Khatun. He passed the matriculation
examination from the Gopalganj Mission High School. He obtained B.A. degree in
1947 from the Kolkata Islamic college. Afterwards, he joined the politics and
did his best for the Bengali Nation to make them free from the misrule and
oppression of the Pak rulers. His history address on the 17th March 1971, at
mammoth gathering at the Race Course marked a turning point in the history of
the Bengali Nation. In his address he made a clarion call, saying: " Build
forts in each homestead. You must resist the Pakistani army with whatever you
have in hand. Remember: since we have already had to shed blood, we will have
to shed a lot more of it. By the grace of Allah, we will be able to liberate
the people of this land. The struggle this time is a struggle for freedom the
struggle this time is a struggle for emancipation. He was arrested at 25 March,
1971 and was taken to Pakistan. He was sent back home after Liberation. He was
the Prime Minister and sometime President of Bangladesh but unfortunately, he
was assassinated by some misguided Army officers on 15th August, 1975, along with
most of his family members excepting for his two daughters. It is considered a
great loss for the nation. Nothing can compensate the loss. He was engraved at
Tungipara.
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