From the creation of the world to the present day, there have been people from all walks of life who have written the charter of the liberation of humanity. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the father of the greatest Bengali nation of all time.
Birth and childhood
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born on 16 March 1920 (Bangla 20 Chaitra 1359) in the aristocratic Muslim family of Tungipara village on the banks of Madhumati river in Gopalganj district. He spent his childhood laughing and playing like ten other ordinary boys in the village.
Education Life
Sheikh Mujib received his primary education from Gimadanga Tungipara Primary School. He passed the matriculation examination from Gopalganj Mission High School in 1942. He passed IA (HSC) from Islamia College, Calcutta in 1944 and BA in Political Science and History in 1948. In the same year he was admitted in the law department of Dhaka University. But in 1949, he was expelled from the Dhaka University for actively supporting the movement for fair demands of the fourth class employees. Note that after 61 years, the Dhaka University authorities withdrew the expulsion order of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 14, 2010.
Marital life
In 1939, at the age of 19, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman married Sheikh Fazilatunnesa. Their house is illuminated by three sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russell and two daughters Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana.
Revolutionary political life
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a politically conscious man from his student life. Politics seems to be in his blood. He realized that great welfare was possible only through political reform. That is why he was always at the forefront of all political movements in this country. While in eighth grade at Gopalganj Mission High School, he was imprisoned for seven days for anti-British movement.
- Due to his leadership qualities, he was elected General Secretary of Calcutta Islamia College in 1948 without contest.
- Established East Pakistan Muslim Chhatra League (now Bangladesh Chhatra League) on 4 January 1948.
- Arrested on 11 March 1948 during the picketing of Rashtrabhasha Sangram Parishad.
- Arrested in 1949 while leading a hunger strike with Maulana Bhasani.
- When the Awami Muslim League was born on 23 June 1949, he was elected joint secretary while he was in jail.
- In 1953 he was elected general secretary of Awami League.
- On March 23, 1966, in Lahore, Pakistan, the Bengali Liberation Charter raised six points. He spent a large part of his political life in prison on false charges.
- Imprisoned in 1968 in Agartala conspiracy case.
- and was last arrested by the Pakistanis at midnight on March 25, 1971.
From Sheikh Mujib to Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the leader of the masses. He has won the love of the people just as he selflessly did politics for the welfare of the people. Huge processions in the streets demanding his release, student protests and hunger strikes are proof of that. He was a friend of the people. In recognition of this, the then VP of Dhaka Tofail Ahmed conferred the title of 'Bangabandhu' on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 23 February 1969 at the historic Race Course Ground. Proof that this title was appropriate only for him is that later Bangabandhu became his name.
From Bangabandhu to the Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the dreamer of the Bengali nation, was preoccupied with the welfare of the nation. On 5 December 1969, on the day of death of Shahid Suhrawardy, he renamed the then East Pakistan as "Bangladesh". Which takes him to the role of father. Therefore, on March 3, 1971, Asam Abdur Rob, VP of Dhaka, gave the title of 'Father of the Nation' to Bangabandhu Sheikh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Paltan Maidan.
