Feb 23, a red-letter day for Banglaee nation as five decades ago in 1969, the people of Bangladesh bestowed ‘Bangabandhu’ title on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who later led the nation to attain freedom through supreme sacrifices made by Bangalees in the Liberation War in 1971.
The then Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Vice-President and Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad Convenor Tofail Ahmed announced the title on behalf of the people at a mass rally after Sheikh Mujib, subsequently the father of the nation, was freed from jail in the Agartala conspiracy case on Feb 22.
Since then, the greatest Bangali of all time has been known by that title which, in Bangla, means the friend of the people.
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