PM pays homage to Bangabandhu on historic March 7

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic March 7.

On behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Radwan Mujib Siddiq placed a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city on Tuesday morning.

After laying the wreath, he stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of the independence.

Later, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader along with the party leaders placed a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu. 

On this day in 1971, Bangabandhu through his fiery and soulful address made a clarion call to the people to fight against the Pakistani occupation forces to achieve the long-cherished independence.

Before a rally of a million of freedom- loving people at the then Race Course Maidan (now Suhrawardhy Udyan) on March 7 in 1971, Bangabandhu in an announcement of independence declared, “Ebarer sangram amader muktir sangram, ebarer sangram swadhinatar sangram (the struggle this time is for our freedom, the struggle this time is for our independence)”.

The historic March 7 speech of the Father of the Nation was included in the Memory of the World International Register, a list of world's important documentary heritage maintained by UNESCO on October 30 in 2017.