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JAHANARA-DEATH-ANNIVERSARY
24th death anniversary of Jahanara Imam tomorrow
DHAKA, June 25, 2018 (BSS) – The 24th death anniversary of Shaheed Janani
Jahanara Imam who spearheaded the movement for trial of the war criminals,
will be observed in the country tomorrow.
Jahanara Imam, the brave mother of martyred Shafi Imam Rumi, along with
pro-liberation politicians, prominent cultural personalities and
intellectuals floated the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee (the
committee for annihilation of the killers and collaborators of 1971) on
January 19 in 1992.
The Nirmul Committee held symbolic trial of Golam Azam in a Gano Adalat
(mass court) at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan on March 26 in 1992 awarding
the Jamaat supremo with capital punishment.
After leading the movement for two and a half years, eminent writer and
social worker Jahanara Imam breathed her last due to cancer on June 26 in
1994.
Different socio-cultural organizations will observe the day through
various programmes.
Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee will pay rich tributes to Imam by
placing wreaths at her grave in Mirpur here at 8am. Memorial lecture and
discussion will also be held.
Health and Family Welfare Minister and Awami League Presidium Member
Mohammed Nasim will attend the memorial lecture at Institution of Engineers,
Bangladesh (IEB) seminar room at 3pm tomorrow.
Jahanara Imam was born in Murshidabad of West Bengal in India on May 3 in
1929.
Her book ‘Ekattorer Dinlipi’ is recognized as a documentation of the
Liberation War.
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