Bangladesh
Sheikh Kamal Shaheed Sheikh Kamal's 74th birth anniversary today
Dhaka, August 5: Today is the 74th birth anniversary of Shaheed Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, one of the organizers of the Liberation War and sports and cultural figure. He was born on this day in 1949 in Tungipara village of then Gopalganj subdivision. On the night of August 15, 1975, he was martyred at the age of 26 by the merciless bullets of a group of misguided army officers.
Various sports and socio-cultural organizations including Awami League have taken detailed programs to observe the day. Awami League and allied organizations will lay wreaths at the portrait of martyr Sheikh Kamal at Abahani Club premises in Dhanmondi at 8 am on Saturday and pay tribute at his tomb at Banani Karrasthan at 9 am. Later Korankhani, Milad and Doa Mahfil will be held.
Meanwhile, on the occasion of Sheikh Kamal's birthday, Dhaka Metropolitan South will organize a discussion meeting at the central office of Awami League at Bangabandhu Avenue at 11 am. Besides, Dhaka Metropolitan North and South Sramik League will organize a discussion meeting on the occasion of Sheikh Kamal's birthday at 3 pm.
Shaheed Sheikh Kamal, a bright symbol of youth with multi-dimensional unique creative talent, passed secondary school from Shaheen School and higher secondary school from Dhaka College and passed BA Honors from Department of Social Science of Dhaka University. He was a student of the sitar instrument department of 'Chayanat', one of the sources of education in the field of art, literature and culture in Bangladesh. He was the founder of Abahani Krirachakra, the pioneer of modern football in Bangladesh, one of the best sports organizations in the subcontinent. Moreover, he was one of the founders of Dhaka Theatre. As an actor, he was well known in the theater of Dhaka University. From childhood, he had great enthusiasm in various sports including football, cricket, hockey, basketball. Sheikh Kamal was trained in the first war course of independent Bangladesh, got commissioned in the Liberation Army and served as the ADC of General Osmani, the chief commander of the Liberation War.
After independence, Sheikh Kamal was discharged from the army and concentrated on education. He was a member of the Bangladesh Chhatra League Central Executive and at the time of his martyrdom was a member of the Central Committee of Jatiya Chhatra League, an organ of the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League. He was a final stage candidate for MA in Social Science Department.
