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Bagha Jatin 100th Death Anniversary
On the occasion of the observance of the 100th death anniversary of Bagha Jatin, the village of Kaya in Kumarkhali will turn into a meeting place of eminent personalities including ministers of the governments of Bangladesh and India.
On the occasion of the centenary of the death of the revolutionary Bagha Jatin (Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay), one of the fighters who struck at the foundations of two hundred years of British colonial rule and made independence inevitable, the village of Kaya in Kumarkhali will turn into a meeting ground of the freedom fighters, conscious civil society and post-liberation generation of both countries along with ministers of the governments of Bangladesh and India, and leaders of local political, social and cultural organizations.
Under the special initiative of the National Committee for the Observance of the 100th Death Anniversary of Martyr Bagha Jatin, together with the freedom fighters, conscious civil society and post-liberation generation of Bangladesh and India, a day-long programme has been arranged on 2 September at 10 in the morning in the courtyard of Kaya College in Kaya village of Kumarkhali upazila.
In the inaugural session of the programme, speeches will be delivered by freedom fighter Abul Mal Abdul Muhit MP, Minister of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Bangladesh; Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani MP, Minister of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India; freedom fighter Rashed Khan Menon MP, Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism of the Government of Bangladesh; freedom fighter Hasanul Haq Inu MP, Minister of Information; Mr Pankaj Saran, India's Ambassador to Bangladesh; Lieutenant Colonel (retd.) Abu Osman Chowdhury, commander of Sector 8 in the Liberation War and one of the judges of the people's court; and Sri Arindam Mukhopadhyay, chairman of the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies of India. The inaugural ceremony will be presided over by Professor Anisuzzaman Padma Bhushan, president of the National Committee for the Observance of the 100th Death Anniversary of Martyr Bagha Jatin. The welcome address at the event will be delivered by writer and journalist Shahriar Kabir, chief coordinator of the National Committee for the Observance of the 100th Death Anniversary of Martyr Bagha Jatin.
In the second session at 3 in the afternoon, at the discussion event titled "Contribution of Revolutionary Bagha Jatin to the Liberation Struggle of the Subcontinent", presided over by Professor Muntasir Mamun, joint chairman of the National Committee for the Observance of the 100th Death Anniversary of Martyr Bagha Jatin, the chief guest will be Sri Indujyoti Mukhopadhyay, grandson of revolutionary Bagha Jatin.
Present as discussants will be Abdur Rauf, member of parliament for Kushtia-4; Professor Syed Tanvir Nasrin (Committee for the Upholding of Secularism, India); freedom fighter and columnist Syed Mahbubur Rashid, member of the National Committee for the Observance of the 100th Death Anniversary of Martyr Bagha Jatin; freedom fighter Azgar Ali, general secretary of the Kushtia district Awami League; Adv. Lalim Haque, researcher and president of Bodhday Kushtia; Golam Mohsin, president of the district Jasad; Fazlul Haque Bulbul, president of the district Workers Party; Samsuzzaman Arun, mayor of Kumarkhali pourashava (municipality); Dr Rakibul Hasan, biographer of martyr Bagha Jatin and chairman of the Department of Bengali at South-East University; Advocate Bayezid Akkas, member of the National Committee for the Observance of the 100th Death Anniversary of Martyr Bagha Jatin; freedom fighter ATM Abul Mansur Maznu; and Ziaul Islam, chairman of Kaya Union Parishad, among others.
After the discussion event, a cultural programme will be held with performances by the artists of Bagha Jatin Theater Kaya along with artists of Kumarkhali and Kushtia.
It may be mentioned that on 10 September 1915, at Kaptipada in Balasore of Odisha in India, the revolutionary Bagha Jatin was martyred after being shot in an armed encounter with the British forces. On 2 September, the guests coming from India will bring soil from Odisha and join the observance of the 100th death anniversary of Bagha Jatin being held in Kaya village of Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district of Bangladesh, and on 10 September a delegation from Bangladesh will bring soil from Kaya village, Bagha Jatin's birthplace, and join the observance of his 100th death anniversary in Odisha, India.
