By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 24 : Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami on Sunday termed the celebration of Netaji’s birth anniversary in
By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 24: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami on Sunday termed the celebration of Netaji’s birth anniversary in the country as “very touching” as he hoped that the two friendly neighbours would come even closer in the future. His remarks came in his address at seminar “Nobojagorone Netajir Adarsho”, organised by the Netaji Janmobarshiki O Deshprem Dibosh Udjapan Parishad to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Bangladesh’s Information Minister Hasan Mahmud paid rich tributes to Netaji and the 26,000 soldiers of the Azad Hind Fauj. He said the contribution of Netaji in the independence movement of the subcontinent will figure in history in golden letters. “It is our pride that Netaji was a Bengali and our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu wrote in his ‘Oshomapto Atmajiboni’ that he was attracted to the leadership of Netaji from his childhood and inspired by him,” said Mahmud, also is also Joint General Secretary of the ruling Awami League.
