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Humble respect and love on the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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Humble respect and love on the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

History of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birthday

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born in Tungipara village on March 17th 1920. He was the third among four daughters and two sons of his parents - Sheikh Lutfur Rahman and Saira Khatun.

From his days as a student, Rahman developed an interest in politics becoming an influential figure in the Muslim League, which advocated the creation of a separate Islamic state from India.

In the 1970 general elections in Pakistan, the Awami League, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won an overall majority, but the West Pakistani regime was reluctant to hand over power. The resulting power struggle led to Rahman declaring Bangladesh's independence on March 26th 1971 and marked the start of the War of Independence. In November 1970, India entered the war, supporting East Pakistan. This led to victory for East Pakistan on December 16th 1970.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the first President of Bangladesh on April 11th 1971. He took the role of Prime Minister in January 1972. In January 1975, he initiated one-party socialist rule, becoming Bangladesh's fourth President.

Rahman and his family were assassinated on 15 August 1975 during a coup by renegade army officers.

The date of Bangabandhu's death is a public holiday in Bangladesh, National Mourning Day.

On this day, the president and the prime minister pay their homage by placing wreaths at the Mazar (mausoleum) of Bangabandhu in Tungipara.

The Bangladesh government has announced that 100th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed as Mujib Year from March 17th 2020 to March 17th 2021.

Immortal Sayings of Bangabandhu

The name that is most directly engaged with Bangladesh is Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He won the hearts of billions of people, coming from a middle-class family, through various ups and downs of life. The words of the Father of the Nation are also immortal as himself. Today, here we are presenting to you some of his great quotes from his political life:

“My greatest strength is the love for my people, my greatest weakness is that I love them too much.”
“As we have already learned how to sacrifice our own lives, now no one can stop us!”
“The struggle this time is the struggle for our emancipation. The struggle this time is the struggle for independence”.
“Who is ready to die, no one can kill him.”
“The world is divided into two halves, the oppressed and the oppressors. I am with the oppressed”.
“If he does his duty wherever he is, there can be no chaos in the country.”
“Monks have no respect. The country cannot be formed by begging from abroad. You have to make money within the country.”
“As a man, what concerns mankind concerns me. As a Bengalee, I am deeply involved in all that concerns Bengalees. This abiding involvement is born of and nourished by love, enduring love, which gives meaning to my politics and my very being”
“I would like to say categorically and unequivocally that, our country will be a democratic, secular and socialist country. In this country, the laborers, peasants, Hindus, and Muslim all will be living in peace and harmony”.
“We do not believe in Islam of labeling/show off. We believe in Islam of Insaaf-justice. Our Islam is the Islam of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)-Islam that taught the world the mystical formula of reasoning and justice”.
“I will sacrifice my life if necessary to eliminate all injustice, injustice, and exploitation from the country.”
“My peasants are not corrupt. My laborers are not corrupt. Who takes bribe then? Who carries out black marketing? Who serves as foreign agent? Who does money laundering? Who does hoarding/stockpiling? It is us, the 5% educated people. The bribe-takers and corrupts are amongst us 9 the 5% educated people). We must change our characters and purify our souls”.
“When you play with a gentleman, you play like a gentleman. But when you play with bastards, make sure you play like a bigger bastard. Otherwise, you will lose.”
“Life is too short Keep this in mind. Neither I nor you will carry anything except clothes a few yards after death. So, why would you exploit people, torture people?”
“If there is no Bengali nationalism, the existence of our freedom will be endangered.”