Central Committee observes 25 March: the night of Bengali massacre by Pakistani army in 1971
The crack down and genocide on civil population of
Bangladesh by the Pakistani occupation army started at mid night of 25
March 1971. Nirmul Committee marks this event as the "Night of
Holocaust". Each year on 25 March night NC organizes public meeting and
candle light procession from central Shahid Minar to the killing field
of Jagannath Hall where several hundred innocent people were buried on
the following days i.e. 26 and 27 March, 1971.
This year leaders of the armed forces and civilian freedom fighters of
the Liberation War attended the rally at Central Shahid Minar holding
torch and led the procession to pay tribute to the martyrs' of
Bangladesh Liberation War. The photo shows (from left) painter Abul Bark
Alvi, architect Rabiul Hussain, advocate Sultana kamal, social activist
Tarik Ali, journalist Haroon Habib, GS, Gana Forum, Saifuddin Manik,
former adn inspector general of Police Ahmedul Haque Chowdhury,
President, CPB Manjurul Ahsan Khan, poet Mohd samad, educationist Hena
Das, Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Prof Ajoy Roy, tribal leader Promod
Mankin MP, GS Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity council Prof Nimchandra
Bhowmik, Commander of Sector I of Liberatin War and former home minister
Maj (retd) Rafiqul Islam, Commander of Sector 8 of Liberatin War Lt Col
(retd) Abu osman Chowdhury, Commander of S Force of Liberatin War and
former army chief General (retd) KM Shafiullah, Deputy Chief of
Bangladesh Liberatin Army and former Air Vice Marshal (retd) AK
Khandakar, Barrister Amirul Islam, President, Workers' Party Rashed Khan
Menon, Prof Kabir Chaowdhury (president of the rally), Presidium member
of and AL former minister Motia Chowdhury, Coordinator of Eleven Party
Alliance Nurul Islam, Prititi Devi (daughter in law of Bangla Language
Hero Dhiredra Nath Datta), Chairman, Muktijoddha Sangsad Abdul Ahad
Chowdhury, Shamoli Nasrin Chowdhury (wife of martyr Dr Alim Chowdhury)
The candle night procession of the central committee started from the
central Shahid Minar at midnight of 25 March and was led by the family
members of the martyrs and freedom fighters of liberation war
The family members of the martyrs and freedom fighters of liberation war
visiting the mass graveyard at the Jagannath hall of Dhaka
university