The 52nd death anniversary of the champion of democracy and one of the greatest leaders of undivided India Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy will be observed in the country today through different programmes.
The unparallel leader of all Indian politics, who had dedicated his entire life to ensure the welfare of the people by upholding democracy, died at a Beirut hotel in Lebanon on this day in 1963. He remained alone in the hotel suite at the time of his death.
Suhrawardy was a Bengali politician and statesman in the first half of the 20th-century. He served as the Premier of Bengal in British India and was the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid deep tributes to the memory of Suhrawardy on the occasion of his death anniversary.
In separate messages, the president and the prime minister prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul of Suhrawardy, terming him as the champion of democracy.
To mark the day, different political and socio-cultural organisations, including ruling Awami League, have chalked out various programmes including placing wreaths at the grave of the great leader in the morning, discussion meetings, Quran Khwani, milad and doa mahfil in the capital and elsewhere across the country.
Awami League will pay tribute to the late leader by placing wreath at his grave adjacent to the High Court at 8am tomorrow. Fateha and doa will be offered there. In a statement, AL General Secretary and Public Administration Ministry Syed Ashraful Islam paid rich tribute to the late leader saying, “Nation will recall with respect Suhrawardy’s contribution to establishing democracy, justice and rule of law for long.”
He urged the party leaders and workers and its associate bodies and other like-minded organisations to observe the death anniversary of Suhrawardy.
Jatiya Party (Manju) will also observe his death anniversary tomorrow. A team of Jatiya Party leaders and activists led by party chairman and Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju will place wreath at the Suhrawardy’s mazar at 8am. A milad and doa-munajat will be offered there.
