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DAY-MASS-UPSURGE-OBSERVANCE
Historic Mass Upsurge Day observed
DHAKA, Jan 24, 2020 (BSS) – The historic Mass Upsurge Day was observed
today in the country commemorating the 1969’s movement for autonomy from the
then East Pakistan that eventually led to Liberation War and emergence of
Bangladesh in 1971.
On January 24, 1969 Matiur Rahman Mallik, a standard IX student of the
Nabakumar Institution, and Rustam Ali, a rickshaw-puller, were killed in
police firing on demonstrators in Dhaka as the Pakistani rulers desperately
tried to suppress the popular uprising.
The killings spread intense protests across the country that eventually saw
the fall of the Ayub regime.
On that time, the mass upsurge compelled the autocratic Ayub regime to
release Bangabandhu and others from jail.
It is said that the day teaches Bangladeshis the values of democracy and
protest against oppression.
Marking the day, different political, social and cultural organisations
chalked out elaborate programmes, including paying tributes to 1969 martyr
Matiur Rahman by placing wreaths at his monument at Nabakumar Institute at
Bakshibazar in the capital.
On behalf of Awami League, its Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed was
present at Nabakumar Institute here.
On the eve of the day, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a message on
the occasion, expressing profound respect for those who embraced martyrdom in
the historic movement in 1969.
BSS/KC/SRH/RY/20:20 hrs