Tributes paid to Birshreshtha Mohiuddin Jahangir
Sunday, 14 December 2008
BARISAL, Dec 13 (BSS): Birshreshtha Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir, one of the seven greatest heroes of the 1971 liberation war, was remembered here on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of his martyrdom Friday.
Birshreshtha Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir Smriti Parishad organized elaborate programmes including discussion on his life and achievements, opening a free medical camp and holding milad mahfil on Babuganj Degree College premises in Babuganj Upazila of Barisal district.
Advocate Abdul Mannan Akand, president of Barisal District Bar Association, presided over the discussion and Mushfiq Ahmed Shamim, deputy commissioner of Barisal district, was the chief guest.
Among others, Ratan Ali Sharif, Bir Protik, Barrister Maniruzaman Asad, Abul Kalam Azad, SM Safiullah, Manzur Rahman Bachchu and members of the martyr's family took part in the discussion.
They called upon the people not to vote for anti-liberation elements and friends of autocrats and to elect honest, competent and pro-liberation and pro-people candidates in the upcoming election to be held in the month of victory.
Participants of the programme demanded naming Babuganj Upazila Hospital and Barisal Airport after Birshreshtha Mohiuddin Jahangir.
They also demanded immediate stoppage of distortion of history of the great liberation war and inclusion of real history of independence of the country in the curriculum from primary to the highest level of education.
More than a hundred people were treated at the free medical camp opened on this occasion. Patients were operated upon by Dr Harunur Rashid, Dr Alamgir Hossain, Dr Shahnaj Parvin Shimul, Dr Arafat Hossain and Dr Emdadul Huq Russell.
Mohiuddin Jahangir was born on March 8, 1949 at Rahimganj, about 30 kilometres from Barisal city. Late Moulvi Abdul Kader and Safia Khatun were his parents.
Birshreshtha Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir Smriti Parishad organized elaborate programmes including discussion on his life and achievements, opening a free medical camp and holding milad mahfil on Babuganj Degree College premises in Babuganj Upazila of Barisal district.
Advocate Abdul Mannan Akand, president of Barisal District Bar Association, presided over the discussion and Mushfiq Ahmed Shamim, deputy commissioner of Barisal district, was the chief guest.
Among others, Ratan Ali Sharif, Bir Protik, Barrister Maniruzaman Asad, Abul Kalam Azad, SM Safiullah, Manzur Rahman Bachchu and members of the martyr's family took part in the discussion.
They called upon the people not to vote for anti-liberation elements and friends of autocrats and to elect honest, competent and pro-liberation and pro-people candidates in the upcoming election to be held in the month of victory.
Participants of the programme demanded naming Babuganj Upazila Hospital and Barisal Airport after Birshreshtha Mohiuddin Jahangir.
They also demanded immediate stoppage of distortion of history of the great liberation war and inclusion of real history of independence of the country in the curriculum from primary to the highest level of education.
More than a hundred people were treated at the free medical camp opened on this occasion. Patients were operated upon by Dr Harunur Rashid, Dr Alamgir Hossain, Dr Shahnaj Parvin Shimul, Dr Arafat Hossain and Dr Emdadul Huq Russell.
Mohiuddin Jahangir was born on March 8, 1949 at Rahimganj, about 30 kilometres from Barisal city. Late Moulvi Abdul Kader and Safia Khatun were his parents.