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ABDUR-RAZZAK-DEATH-ANNIVERSARY
Veteran AL leader Abdur Razzak’s 8th death anniversary observed
DHAKA, Dec 23, 2019 (BSS) – The 8th death anniversary of one of the
organisers of Liberation War, a close associate of Bangabandhu and veteran
Awami League leader Abdur Razzak was observed today with due respect.
Marking the day, Awami League and its associate as well as like-minded
organisations paid homage to Razzak by placing wreaths at his grave at Banani
graveyard in the city this morning.
After placing wreaths, the AL leaders offered fateha and doa seeking
eternal peace of the departed soul.
Besides, family members of Razzak, Abdur Razzak Smriti Parishad, Shariatpur
Foundation and different political, social and cultural organisations also
placed wreaths at the grave of the veteran AL leader.
Born in a middle class business family of South Damudya village under
Damudya upazila of Shariatpur district on August 1, 1942, Razzaq made his
debut in politics as a student activist in late 1950s and was elected the
secretary of Fazlul Haq Hall Students Union of Dhaka University in 1963 as a
candidate of the then Chhatra League.
His tremendous organising capacity made him a popular and crucial student
leader and brought him to close association of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in those crucial days when the Bengali
nationalist movement witnessed its peak ahead of the Liberation War.
He served as the general secretary of Chhatra League for two terms and
steered the Awami Volunteer Core from 1969-1972.
He was elected as a member of the then Provincial Assembly in 1970.
Razzaq was the sector commander of Meghalaya, one of four sector
commanders of Mujib Bahini, during the Liberation War and simultaneously he
was also an organiser and trainer of Mujib Bahini.
After the independence, he was elected member of the parliament in 1973,
1991, 1996, 2001 and 2008. He was the organising secretary of Bangladesh
Awami League during 1972-1975 and general secretary of Awami League from 1978
to 1981.
Razzaq also served as a presidium member of Awami League from 1991 to
2008.
He became the water resources minister during the 1996-2001 tenure of the
Awami League government when Dhaka signed the landmark Ganges Water Sharing
Treaty with India.
On December 23 in 2011, Abdur Razzak passed away at a London hospital.
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