Barisal Correspondent :
The 48th anniversary of the 1969 Mass Uprising and martyrdom of Shaheed Asad was observed in Barisal on Friday styled as ‘ Asader Chetona Chiro Bahoman Rakto Thekey Roktey (sensations of Asad eternally flowing from blood to blood)’ yesterday.
The participants at the programme also called on all the countrymen to be united in the fight to protect the country’s independence and sovereignty.
They said that the best way to honour the sacrifices of the heroes of the uprising of 1969 is to institutionalise democracy and establish the basic and human rights of the people.
They demanding completing construction of memorials at the martyrdom-place called to include objective history of the mass uprising movement, its leaders and achievements in the educational curriculum of the country.
Shaheed Asad Parishad Barisal unit organized the programme on this occasion in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall yesterday morning.
The programmes were presided over by Dr. Mizanur Rahman, President and conducted by Joytirmoy Chakroborty Ratan, secretary of the organization.
Participants paying floral tribute on the portrait of Shaheed Asad, attended memorial lecture and discussion on ‘Achievements of mass uprising of 69 and Thoughts of Shaheed Asad’, and cultural function.
The memorial lecture was given by Unmesh Roy, lecturer of Bangla department, Barisal University.
Socio-cultural-political-educational personalities like Adv A K Azad of CPB, Adv Abdul Hye Mahbub of JSD, Dr. Manisha Chakraborty of BSD, Shanti Das of WP, participated in the discussion.
The discussants said that the Mass Uprising Day has great significance in national life and teaches us to become democratic and protest against all kinds of injustice and oppression.
They narrating the history said that Asaduzzaman, a graduate student of history at Dhaka University and also the DU unit president and Dhaka city unit general secretary of East Pakistan Chhatra Union (Menon group).
Asad sacrificed his life in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital while leading a protest rally protesting repression of Pakistan military on the people of the then East Pakistan on January 20 in 1969, the speakers said.
After that the autonomy movement spread like wildfire across the then East Pakistan following the killing of Motiur Rahman, a student of Nabakumar Institute in Dhaka, rickshaw puller Rustam Ali, and a number of other protesters in police firing.On January 24 in 1969.
The speakers viewed that the sacrifice of Asad, Matiur, and Rustam had not gone in vain. It triggered the movement that brought about the fall of the autocratic ruler, Ayub Khan, through a mass upsurge.
Ultimately their martyrdom culminated in the birth of Bangladesh after a bloody nine-month war in 1971.
Gano Shilpi Sangstha performed cultural function in the programme.
The 48th anniversary of the 1969 Mass Uprising and martyrdom of Shaheed Asad was observed in Barisal on Friday styled as ‘ Asader Chetona Chiro Bahoman Rakto Thekey Roktey (sensations of Asad eternally flowing from blood to blood)’ yesterday.
The participants at the programme also called on all the countrymen to be united in the fight to protect the country’s independence and sovereignty.
They said that the best way to honour the sacrifices of the heroes of the uprising of 1969 is to institutionalise democracy and establish the basic and human rights of the people.
They demanding completing construction of memorials at the martyrdom-place called to include objective history of the mass uprising movement, its leaders and achievements in the educational curriculum of the country.
Shaheed Asad Parishad Barisal unit organized the programme on this occasion in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall yesterday morning.
The programmes were presided over by Dr. Mizanur Rahman, President and conducted by Joytirmoy Chakroborty Ratan, secretary of the organization.
Participants paying floral tribute on the portrait of Shaheed Asad, attended memorial lecture and discussion on ‘Achievements of mass uprising of 69 and Thoughts of Shaheed Asad’, and cultural function.
The memorial lecture was given by Unmesh Roy, lecturer of Bangla department, Barisal University.
Socio-cultural-political-educational personalities like Adv A K Azad of CPB, Adv Abdul Hye Mahbub of JSD, Dr. Manisha Chakraborty of BSD, Shanti Das of WP, participated in the discussion.
The discussants said that the Mass Uprising Day has great significance in national life and teaches us to become democratic and protest against all kinds of injustice and oppression.
They narrating the history said that Asaduzzaman, a graduate student of history at Dhaka University and also the DU unit president and Dhaka city unit general secretary of East Pakistan Chhatra Union (Menon group).
Asad sacrificed his life in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital while leading a protest rally protesting repression of Pakistan military on the people of the then East Pakistan on January 20 in 1969, the speakers said.
After that the autonomy movement spread like wildfire across the then East Pakistan following the killing of Motiur Rahman, a student of Nabakumar Institute in Dhaka, rickshaw puller Rustam Ali, and a number of other protesters in police firing.On January 24 in 1969.
The speakers viewed that the sacrifice of Asad, Matiur, and Rustam had not gone in vain. It triggered the movement that brought about the fall of the autocratic ruler, Ayub Khan, through a mass upsurge.
Ultimately their martyrdom culminated in the birth of Bangladesh after a bloody nine-month war in 1971.
Gano Shilpi Sangstha performed cultural function in the programme.
