Bangladesh Liberation War Museum observed the Mass Uprising Day presenting people’s songs, recitations at the open stage of the museum on Monday. Martyr Motiur Rahman’s father Azhar Ali Mallick remembered his son’s dedication and sacrifice for the country at the discussion session of the programme. Sarwar Ali, a trustee of Liberation War Museum, also spoke on the occasion. ‘I do not think that this is the country for which my son and others died. How can I say it is an independent country, if such killings go on everyday?’ asked Azhar Ali Mallick.
‘Our independence largely owes to the sacrifices of the students and people during the mass uprising in 1969,’ said Sarwar Ali.
Mass Uprising Day is observed on January 20, commemorating the martyrs Asad, Matiur, Seargent Jahurul Haq and Dr Shamsuzzoha who were killed by police between January 20 and February 18 in 1969. The uprising consisted of mass demonstrations by the students and patriotic people in Bangladesh, which led to an immediate withdrawal of Agartala Conspiracy Case and ushered the independence war two years later.
The cultural part of the programme began with a presentation by recitation troupe Swarachitra. Members of the troupe presented poems that focused on the mass uprising. Tamanna Daisy recited the most famous poem on martyr Asad – Shamsur Rahman’s Asad-er Shirt.
In her voice, the poem expressed how the blood-stained shirt of a student activist ignited the revolutionary zeal of a people towards liberation.
Members of the Swarachitra, also presented of a compilation of poems. Compiled by noted artiste Mahidul Islam, the compilation included parts of poems by Syed Shamsul Haque, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, Muhammad Moniruzzaman and others.
The mass uprising-centric poems were followed by people’s songs. Artistes of Satyen Sen Shilpigoshthi presented songs like Janatar Sangram Cholbei, Amra Jibaner Gaan Gai and a few others.
-With New Age input
