Sunday marks the fourth death anniversary of Shajahan Siraj, one of the key organizers of the Liberation War in 1971.
On this day in 2020, he passed away in Dhaka at the age of 77, according to a press release.
To commemorate the occasion, a two-day program has been organized in Dhaka and Kalihati, Tangail. On behalf of the Shajahan Siraj Welfare Trust, a wreath will be placed on his grave at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka in the morning.
Qurankhwani and a food distribution program will be held at the orphanages run by Anjuman Mufidul Islam.
In Kalihati, the day's program will begin with laying wreaths at the mural of the deceased. Additionally, scholarships will be awarded to poor and meritorious students at Shajahan Siraj College in Kalihati.
Furthermore, doa mahfil, Qurankhwani, and special prayers will be held at mosques in the upazila after the Jummah prayers. Prayers will also be offered at temples.
Shajahan Siraj, a veteran politician, read the manifesto of the country's independence in the presence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and millions of others on March 3, 1971. He was also the commander of the Bangladesh Liberation Force.
He was elected a member of parliament five times during his 60-year-long political career.
Siraj was known as one of the "four caliphs" of the Liberation War, alongside ASM Abdur Rob, Abdul Kuddus Makhon, and Nur-e-Alam Siddique. He was a key figure in the Swadhin Bangla Biplabi Parishad, a secret organization formed by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1962 with the aim of liberating the country from Pakistan.
