Entertainment Report :
On the occasion of 91st birth anniversary of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, a month-long photography exhibition was inaugurated at Gallery 21 in the city’s Dhanmondi area last week.
Organised by Tajuddin Ahmad Smriti Sangsad, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed inaugurated the exhibition as the chief guest, while Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and veteran lawyer Dr Kamal Hossain, among others, were also present on the occasion. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was moderated by Tajuddin’s daughter Simeen Hussain Rimi, MP. Tofail Ahmed, AKM Mozammel Haque and Dr Kamal Hossain recalled their memories about Tajuddin Ahmad’s life and works.
The exhibition includes photographs from Tajuddin Ahmad’s personal life to different phases of his political life.
The show also features various photos from the time of Mujibnagar Government headed by Tajuddin Ahmad.
The month-long exhibition is open to all.
It is mentioned that Tajuddin Ahmad was a Bangladeshi statesman and freedom fighter. He served as the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and led the wartime Provisional Government during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He is regarded as one of the most influential and instrumental figures in the birth of Bangladesh, due to his leadership of the Provisional Government in 1971, in which he united the various political, military and cultural forces of Bangladeshi nationalism.
On November 3, 1975 in what became infamously known as the ‘Jail Killing Day,’ Ahmad along with Syed Nazrul Islam, AHM Qamaruzzaman and Muhammad Mansur Ali were killed at midnight by a group of army officers on the instruction of President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmed.
