Ninety-fifth anniversary of birth of leading organizer of War of liberation, former President late Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury will be observed today.
Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was born in 31 January 1921 at Nagbari in the district of Tangail. He was the only son of eminent politician former speaker of erstwhile Provincial Assembly late Abdul Hamid Chowdhury. Justice Chowdhury resigned as Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University on 15th March 1971 in protest of killing of two students by Pakistani occupation army. Later on he played a significant role to mobilize world opinion for the cause of Bangladesh as special envoy of the provisional government. In 1985 he was unanimously elected chairman of U.N. Human Rights Commission.
He authored five books “Probashe Muktijuddher Dinguli” “Manobadhikar” “Human rights in the Twentieth Century” “Muslim family law in the English courts” and Swadhinotar Protisruti O Onnanya”.
