Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 106th birth anniversary today

Today, March 17, is the 106th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the architect of independent Bangladesh.

On this day in 1920, Bangabandhu, the spirited leader of the Bangalee nation, was born in a respected Muslim family at Tungipara village of Gopalganj. He was the third among four daughters and two sons of his parents - Sheikh Lutfur Rahman and Saira Khatun.

In 1949, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was elected as the joint secretary of the East Pakistan unit of the then Awami Muslim League. In 1953, he was elected general secretary of the party and in 1954, he was elected a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly on the ticket of the United Front.

He then led every democratic and freedom movement, including the 1952 Language Movement, the 1954 United Front elections, the 1958 anti-military rule movement, the 6-point and later 11-point movements of 1966, and the 1969 mass uprising, and received the title of Bangabandhu. Under his courageous and far-sighted leadership, the Bengali nation gradually began to prepare for the independence movement.

Although the Awami League achieved an absolute victory in the 1970 general elections, the then Pakistani military junta did not hand over power and began various oppressions on the Bengali nation. Bangabandhu called for a struggle for independence in his historic March 7 speech in 1971. This has been recognized as a world heritage through its inclusion in UNESCO's International Memory of the World Register.

His contribution to the independence struggle of the Bengali nation and the emergence of Bangladesh has been remembered in history.

Through a long political struggle, he organized the desire for independence, which led to the War of Liberation in 1971 and the birth of independent Bangladesh.

His contribution as the architect of independent Bangladesh is remembered with respect by the people of this country.