Gouripur(Mymensingh) Correspondent :
The 49th martyrdom anniversary of Harun was observed in a befitting manner in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh district on Saturday .
On the day, the people of this upazila remember the sacrifice of the hero of the 1969 mass upsurge that swept away the regime of iron man Ayub Khan. Student leader Harun was shot dead by the then Pakistan police at the height of the mass movement. Continuing that movement, the nation achieved independence in 1971 following the nine-month long War of Liberation.
Different socio -cultural and political organizations, clubs, Shaheed Harun Smriti Parishad, Muktijudda Command Gouripur unit, Muktijudda Santan Command , freedom fighters and students placed floral wreaths on the Shaheed Harun Monument at Harun Park of the upazila town.
In the early morning, Probhat Feri was brought out by different organizations which paraded through the main roads of the town and joined the Harun Park.
The elite of Gouripur and Nandail upazila urged the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) to have mentioned the name of Gouripur college student Azizul Haq Harun inhabitant of Tamarula village of Nandail upazila, the hero of the Mass Upsurge in 1969’who was killed at historic Dhan Mahal in Gouripur upazila . Now this historic ground known as Dhan Mahal in 1969 named after Harun which is called Harun Park still exists in the mid- town of Gouripur.
The 49th martyrdom anniversary of Harun was observed in a befitting manner in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh district on Saturday .
On the day, the people of this upazila remember the sacrifice of the hero of the 1969 mass upsurge that swept away the regime of iron man Ayub Khan. Student leader Harun was shot dead by the then Pakistan police at the height of the mass movement. Continuing that movement, the nation achieved independence in 1971 following the nine-month long War of Liberation.
Different socio -cultural and political organizations, clubs, Shaheed Harun Smriti Parishad, Muktijudda Command Gouripur unit, Muktijudda Santan Command , freedom fighters and students placed floral wreaths on the Shaheed Harun Monument at Harun Park of the upazila town.
In the early morning, Probhat Feri was brought out by different organizations which paraded through the main roads of the town and joined the Harun Park.
The elite of Gouripur and Nandail upazila urged the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) to have mentioned the name of Gouripur college student Azizul Haq Harun inhabitant of Tamarula village of Nandail upazila, the hero of the Mass Upsurge in 1969’who was killed at historic Dhan Mahal in Gouripur upazila . Now this historic ground known as Dhan Mahal in 1969 named after Harun which is called Harun Park still exists in the mid- town of Gouripur.
