Death anniversary of Qazi Motahar Husain today
Saturday, 9 October 2010
The 29th death anniversary of eminent scientist, litterateur, chess maestro and national professor Dr Qazi Motahar Husain will be observed today (Saturday), said a press release.
He was born on July 30, 1897and died in 1981 leaving behind his glorious works.
He was one of the forerunners of a movement, 'Mukto Buddhi', which endeavoured to encourage the educated but conservative Muslim society to free expression and progressive thinking
To mark the day, Qazi Motahar Husain Foundation and the Department of Statistics, Dhaka University (DU) jointly chalked out elaborate programmes which includes unveiling the ceramic portrait of Qazi Motahar Husain in front of the Statistics department at 10:00 am today.
He was born on July 30, 1897and died in 1981 leaving behind his glorious works.
He was one of the forerunners of a movement, 'Mukto Buddhi', which endeavoured to encourage the educated but conservative Muslim society to free expression and progressive thinking
To mark the day, Qazi Motahar Husain Foundation and the Department of Statistics, Dhaka University (DU) jointly chalked out elaborate programmes which includes unveiling the ceramic portrait of Qazi Motahar Husain in front of the Statistics department at 10:00 am today.