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Bangabandhu was Himalayas to Castro

Great revolutionary and Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90. People of Bangladesh are particularly recalling the great leader for his historic comments comparing Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the Himalayas."I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas," Castro said in 1973.Fidel Castro made this historic comments embracing Bangabandhu at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Algiers, the Algerian capital, in 1973.The Cuban legendary Communist leader died late Friday in Havana, the Cuban capital, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television."The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening," the president announced on national television. Fidel Castro was 90.Source: BSS