2022 March 17, Bangladesh celebrates the 102st birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born on 17 March 1920 at Tungipara. He started going to school at the age of nine and entered into class three.However, he had leadership skills from an early age. In his school days, he organized a student protest to remove their principal. But his potential leadership expanded when he was admitted into the University of Dhaka.
Sheikh Mujib, shortened as Mujib, was the founder of independent Bangladesh. He was the former President of Bangladesh and later became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for four years, from 1971 to 1975.Sheikh Mujib was the man who united the whole of Bangladesh to fight against the then oppressive West Pakistan. He is the man who worked behind the independence of Bangladesh. His popularity and contribution to the country, for the people, named him "Bangabandhu" which means "Friend of Bengal" in English terms. Indeed Mujib was an altruistic friend of all Bangladeshis.
However, Bangabandhu was the leading figure of the county as well as the political party Awami League, which was an East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) based party. Certainly, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gets the credit for the liberation war movement, which evetually gets us freedom from West Pakistan. As the then Pakistani government started discrimination towards East Pakistan, Mujib became the active voice to protest all the injustice. However, he had to go to jail multiple times due to his bravery.
The birth of Bangladesh was impossible without Bangabandhu. Hence, Mujib is considered as the Father of the Nation' which is termed Jatir Pita' in Bengali.Besides his contribution to the country, Mujib was
a family man too. Mujibur Rahman married his ternal cousin Fazilatunnesa when he was 13.Together they had five children, Sheikh Hasina,Sheikh Rehana, Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, a Sheikh Rasel.
Happy birthday jatir pita , Bangladesh
will never forget your sacrifice