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Bangladeshi community marks leader’s 33rd death anniversary
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Posted on Aug 14 2008
The Bangladesh Awami League Community (CNMI) is inviting everyone in the community to a commemoration of the death of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, considered the father of Bengali nation.
Awami League coordinator Rakibul Islam Minto said that today, Aug. 15, is the 33nd death anniversary of Mujibur Rahman, who was killed on Aug. 15, 1975, in a military coup.
Minto said the group would be hosting a prayer at the Garapan mosque at 8:30 tonight and is inviting everyone to join them in praying for the departed soul of Mujibur Rahman.
The mosque is located just behind the Mobil gas station on Middle Road.
“We are inviting everybody to come for a prayer and dinner also,” said Minto.
When Pakistan achieved independence in 1947, Bangladesh (then called East Bangal and called East Pakistan after 1955) became an eastern province of Pakistan, from which it is separated by more than on thousand miles.
A movement for greater autonomy was spearheaded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Awami League, which was founded in 1949 to pursue the political interests of East Pakistan.
The League won a majority in the federal Pakistani assembly in 1970, but the government postponed assembly session. As a result, on March 26, 1971, the Awami League declared the province independent as Bangladesh. Civil war ensued, and an estimated one million Bengalis died before India intervened on Bangladesh’s behalf and defeated Pakistan in December 1971.
The country’s initial government formed in 1972 under Mujibur Rahman, who became prime minister. In 1975 Mujibur Rahman was killed in a military coup. [B][I](Saipan Tribune)[/I][/B]
