Today, August 15 is the National Day of Mourning

The Dhaka Times Desk Today, August 15 is the National Day of Mourning. On this day in 1975, father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was brutally killed by assassins with his family at number 32 of Dhanmondi. The nation is observing the day with reverence today.

Today is the sad 15th of August in history. On this day in 1975, Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members were brutally murdered. Today is National Day of Mourning. August 15 is a painful and horrible day in history. 43rd martyrdom anniversary of the greatest Bengali father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

On this day in 1975, a scandalous event in history took place. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the great architect of freedom, the greatest son of the history of the Bengali nation, his family lost his life at the hands of some disorderly and misguided soldiers of the army.

Others who lost their lives in the brutal attack on August 15 were: Bangabandhu's wife Bangmata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, Sheikh Russell, daughters-in-law Sultana Kamal, Rozi Jamal, brothers Sheikh Nasser and Colonel Jamil, Bangabandhu's nephew freedom fighter Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni. , his pregnant wife Arju Moni, brother-in-law Abdur Rob Serniabat, Shaheed Serniabat, Shishu Babu, Arif Rintu Khan and many others. The month of August therefore becomes a month of mourning for the people of Bangladesh.

Although Bangabandhu's family was killed in the historic residence number 32 of Dhanmondi, Bangabandhu's eldest daughter Sheikh Hasina, the current Prime Minister and Awami League president, and Sheikh Rehana, the other youngest daughter, survived because they were not in the country that day by God's infinite grace. At that time the husband said. Sheikh Hasina was staying with Wazed Mia in Germany with her children. Sheikh Rehana was also with her elder sister.

That is why the most heartbreaking and poignant day of mourning for Bangladesh and the Bengali nation is August 15. Every year August 15 comes as a sigh of grief and sorrow in the hearts of Bengalis. The entire Bengali nation today remembers the best child with deep mourning and respect. The martyrdom anniversary of the father of the nation is being celebrated with due dignity and solemnity. The President gave separate messages on the occasion of the day. Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Leader of Opposition Begum Roshan Ershad.

On August 15, 1975, a group of assassins launched a cowardly attack on the residence number 32 of Dhanmondi. After that hellish attack, it was seen that blood, brain and bone powder were scattered on the walls, window glass, floor and ceiling of every floor of the building. The walls were also riddled with bullets. Household items were scattered in the sea of blood around. The body of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the great father of independence, dressed in check lungi and white Punjabi, was lying frozen in the middle of the stairs of the first floor. His abdomen and chest were riddled with bullets. Beside him lay his broken glasses and his favorite tobacco pipe. Sheikh Kamal in the reception room, Begum Mujib in front of the main bedroom, Sultana Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, Rozi Jamal in the bedroom, Sheikh Nasser in the bathroom next to the stairs of the ground floor and the two brothers in the main bedroom. Seeing the blood-soaked body of baby Russell wrapped in a lungi, no humanist in the world can find the words to express extreme hatred towards the murderers. This is how Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed with his family on August 15, 1975 through a hellish demonic massacre.