15/08/2023
15 August is the day of national mourning. This is the day when all beings of the whole Bengal, even nature shed tears. Because, this day of August, back in 1975, it seemed like this rainy August and brutal bloodshed of Bangabandhu were the representation of the weeping of the sky itself crying out of extreme grievance.
The time when the murderers were brush firing all the family members of Bangabandhu at the hour just before dawn, it was raining, as if nature was weeping. Frightened Bangladesh against the raised fi****ms was all bemused in mourning and the unexpected sudden shock. This flame of bereavement will burn for epochs to come. 15th August is the day to recite lamentation, the 47th anniversary of the martyrdom of the architect of independence Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Martyred Souls in that Darkest Night
On that darkest night of 15th August 1975, heinous assassins killed the unprecedented leader of the whole Bangali nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, wife of Bangabandhu Sheikh Fazilatunnessa, eldest son Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, youngest son Sheikh Russell, Sheikh Kamalโs wife Sultana Kamal, Jamalโs wife Rosy Jamal, brother of Bangabandhu Sheikh Naser, an officer at SB Siddikur Rahman, Colonel Jamil Uddin Ahmed. Almost simultaneously the assassins attacked the nephew of Bangabandhu, a Juba League leader Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moniโs residence and killed Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni, his pregnant wife Arju Moni, they attacked at brother-in-law of Bangabandhu Abdur Rab Serniabatโs residence and killed Serniabat and his daughter Baby, son Arif Serniabat, grandson Sukanta Abdullah Babu, son of Serniabatโs elder brother Shaheed Serniabat and Amir Hossain Amu's cousin Abdul Naeem Khan Rintu. The nation will remember all the martyrs with deep condolence and respect.
