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In the 2014 British-Bangladeshi film "Shongram"(Struggle), about Bangladesh Liberation War, loosely based around key events and dates, such as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after the war speech on the 7 March 1971, just before his arrest, the first day of attack on the Bengali civilian population on 25 March 1971, while also explaining the atrocities ...
The 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu, or the 7/3 Speech (Bengali: সাতই মার্চের ভাষণ, romanized: Sāta'i Mārcēra Bhāṣaṇa), was a public speech given by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh on 7 March 1971 at the Ramna Race Course (now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka to a gathering of over one million (1,000,000) people. [1]
Since 2019, the anniversary of Rahman's speech has been observed as Bangladeshi Immigration Day in New York. [15] The Bangladeshi Posts and Telecommunications Division released a 2020 postage stamp commemorating the speech, [16] and the government released an commemorative e-poster. [17] A campaign began to commemorate the day for Mujib Year. [15]
International Mother Language Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh. The resolution was suggested by Rafiqul Islam and Abdus Salam, Bengalis living in Vancouver , Canada. They wrote a letter to Kofi Annan on 9 January 1998 asking him to take a step for saving the world's languages from extinction by declaring an International Mother Language Day.
Later on the same day (27 March), a second broadcast was read as correction: I, Major Ziaur Rahman, do hereby declare the Independence of Bangladesh on behalf of our great leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Later in an interview with German Radio, Ziaur Rahman talked about his 27 March announcement. [50]
The day was declared as National Children's Day after the Awami League came to power in 1996. The decision was made to honour Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's affection for children and his vision for their welfare. [3] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known as "Bangabandhu" (Friend of Bengal), was born on 17 March 1920. His birthday is a public holiday ...
In his speech, the 47-year-old thanked various individuals, expressed his appreciation for the FX on Hulu series, and also gave a special shout-out to his mom and dad. "Thank you to my parents.
His parents are Dr. M. A. Wazed Miah and Sheikh Hasina Wazed. His father was a nuclear scientist. His father was a nuclear scientist. In August 1975, his grandparents and uncles were assassinated during a military coup in Bangladesh; he and his mother, father and aunt survived as they were visiting West Germany . [ 4 ]